Waterford City and County Council are owed €52,000 in unpaid commercial rates by a former nursing home which closed down in late 2023.
The local authority confirmed to the Irish Times that they are owed the figure by Aperee Living, who closed their facilities in Ballygunner recently.
According to the report, Waterford City & County Council registered a judgment against the group over €52,168 it owes from unpaid commercial rates related to one of its homes in Ballygunner, which it had to shut down last year.
In recent months, three of the 10 nursing homes run by Aperee Living were ordered to close by the State’s healthcare watchdog, due to concerns for residents’ safety and governance shortcomings.
The Health Information and Quality Authority raised concerns about the misuse of residents’ money, failures to address flagged fire safety issues, and the overall fitness of Aperee to run care homes.
Hiqa moved to shut down Aperee’s care home in Ballygunner last September.
There are about 350 residents living in the seven nursing homes Aperee continues to run across the State. A judgment was registered to recover the debt in late December.
The local authority confirmed, “that the judgment relates to the non-payment of commercial rates”. Aperee did not respond to requests for comment on the debt judgment registered against the company.
A pest control company, Rentokil, registered a debt judgment last September, stating that it was owed more than €12,000 for work carried out for the now-shut Ballygunner nursing home.
A company that provides agency staff to nursing homes also filed a legal case against Aperee last year, over significant outstanding invoices it said it has yet to be paid by the company.
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