Galway Bay fm newsroom - Minister of State and Galway East TD Anne Rabbitte has vowed to end long-term admissions of under-65s to nursing homes within six months.
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The Ombudsman will today call for a date to be set for the practice to finish, when he appears before an Oireachtas committee.
Over 1,300 under-65s live in nursing homes at the moment - and Peter Tyndall is strongly critical of that.
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Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability and Integration Anne Rabbitte says she's hoping to end the practice very soon.
