John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

The Deputy and I discussed the matter outside. Originally the wording was permanent, which was not flexible enough. On the meaning of "long term", someone who is residing in a nursing home is often regarded as someone having long-term incapacity and that is the best way to describe it. This is a description that has been used in other legislation so we were of the view that "long term" was a better way of describing it.

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