An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-01-31
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

Deputy McDonald keeps using the term "illegal charges". I will keep saying to her that we do not accept that. The Health Act 1970 does not provide free private nursing home care for people with medical cards. That is the view of the Government. We have bona fide defences in that regard. They were prepared by the Attorney General down the years.

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Sitting date: 2023-01-31