Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

I am still concerned about a couple who might not agree. It is feasible that one partner would say that he or she is not allowing his or her future family home to be paid into a nursing home for the other partner's mother or father. I am not condoning this but saying that it could happen. There is a great deal of difficulty in it. I can see why the Minister of State might want to tie it up because if there is disagreement and this is not in the legislation it can cause problems but there will be problems either way if there is disagreement. The courts could be dragged into this procedure too. I appreciate that it is difficult no matter which the Minister of State does. Can she clarify this any further?

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