SF would compensate families charged for private nursing home care, says McDonald

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said State has a responsibility to protect the public purse, but also protect its citizens. Picture: Peter Morrison/PA Wire

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said her party would compensate families of public patients who were charged for private nursing home stays.

Ms McDonald also said a new report published over the weekend shows a strategy was “cooked up” at Government level around the hepatitis C scandal.