Politics

Attorney General to investigate allegations of ‘illegal’ nursing home charges

A whistleblower has said the government pursued a secret strategy to minimise public payouts

It has been claimed that families were wrongly charged for care of their loved ones over a 30-year period. Picture: Getty

The Attorney General will investigate allegations that the government pursued a secret strategy to minimise public payouts to nursing home residents who were charged “illegally”, the Business Post has learned.

It comes following a report in the Mail on Sunday at the weekend which cited documents it claimed revealed a “secret plan” to hide the true scale of the State’s liability for “illegal” nursing home charges, as it was concerned at potentially being on the ...