Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the precise number of medical card holders who stayed in private nursing homes, who are now suing the State to recover the aforesaid fees due to the failure of the State to provide them with a long stay bed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8868/07]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently 219 court cases pending in relation to private nursing homes. It is not Departmental policy to comment further on court cases while they are pending.