Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is not agreed. The Attorney General has published his report. There is nothing terribly surprising in it but it is disingenuous of the Taoiseach to describe the treatment of vulnerable citizens as merely an historical phenomenon. The political choices that were made by successive governments are very much contemporary. The Attorney General has set out the legal stall from his point of view. I have a question for the Taoiseach, however.

Will he, this week, avail of the opportunity to make a comprehensive statement about his actions and political decisions regarding nursing home charges and disabled persons? Likewise, will his colleagues in government the Tánaiste, Deputy Micheál Martin, the Minister for Justice, Deputy Harris, the Minister without Portfolio, Deputy McEntee, and his predecessor as Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly, make themselves available to the Houses of the Oireachtas to explain the political decisions, which in the end are what all of this is about? The Attorney General advises-----

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