More than 300 cases taken over nursing home fees scandal
HSE figures showed that 35,417 applications were made to the repayment scheme, with 20,302 claimants successful. Picture: istock
More than 300 cases have been taken, related to the State's handling of nursing-home fees, an Oireachtas committee has heard.
The Public Accounts Committee today heard from the interim CEO of the HSE Stephen Mulvany who said that "in simple terms" the Health Act 2006 had "dealt with" the wrongful charging of nursing-home patients over the years.
