Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

It is very difficult to accept what the Minister of State is saying about the Department's attitude to the passing on of this nursing home inspection fee of €190 when the Minister for Health and Children stated last March at a press conference that "€3.73 per week, it is an appropriate fee that is necessary to ensure that standards are enforced... clearly it will be passed on, I accept that". Those were the Minister's own words only six months ago at a press conference here. How does that sit with HIQA's statement that the practice contravenes official regulations? Where is the truth in all of this?

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