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Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: I am asking questions——

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: I resent that remark about inaccuracies. The point I made has been written about in the newspapers and has been proven. I will produce the exact section where it is stated.

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: The Government would not listen to us before Christmas when we told it that the Bill was unconstitutional. The Bill went to the Supreme Court and the Government still did not learn any lessons. Now, we are back again——

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: Mr. Kelly, the former Secretary General of the Department, says he gave a folder to the Minister. Another civil servant——

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: The Minister had a folder on his desk, according to a draft letter, that was meant to be sent to the Attorney General but was never sent — in the words of the Tánaiste "was never issued".

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: They are very tetchy today. The folder may have been in an outer office but was in the Minister's remit. The question I asked of the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children is fair. Two weeks ago, she predicted what would be in the report. It is fair to ask how she was able to do so. I asked that question yesterday and the Tanáiste reacted very calmly and answered the question, unlike...

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: She did have to listen to me.

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: There are many issues in this that are very pertinent to the public. The former Minister, Deputy Martin, has claimed he was never given a briefing note by the Department, that would allow him to appreciate the significance of the charge issue. However, on page 44 of the report, this assertion appears to be undermined in paragraph 4.41. Prior to the MAC meeting on 16 December 2003, all...

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: The public needs to have full confidence in the Department. This matter should go further; there should be resignations at political level.

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: That is a patronising comment. The Senator should outline his views on the report.

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: That is the exception to the rule.

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: They are the minority.

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: There is no need to be disparaging to the vast majority of people who genuinely look after elderly people.

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: I know what I am talking about.

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: I meant the outer office.

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: On a point of order, the folder, which was in the Minister's general office, has gone missing.

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: That is why I am correcting myself. When one is being heckled, it is difficult——

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: His advisers had it.

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: Government Members are playing word games. The Secretary General clearly recollects discussing the implications of the file. It is in the report.

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Fergal Browne: As a result of the Supreme Court decision.