Nursing homes controversy: Opposition calls on Government to change 'callous legal strategy'

The call comes amid allegations that the State deliberately denied refunds to people who were illegally charged nursing home fees, forcing some to pursue legal action.

The Government must change a "callous legal strategy" that has been repeatedly adopted against vulnerable people failed by the State, the Dáil has heard.

Opposition leaders have hit out at the fact that people have been "denied their legal rights" unless they take cases to sue the State, with calls for a change in approach which is "in the common good".