The controversy over Ireland's nursing homes is continuing to pile pressure on the Government.

The Labour Party is pushing ahead with a new bill on reform.

Meanwhile all opposition parties are continuing to question the use of the Attorney General's office in forming the Government's legal strategy over nursing home charges. 

Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik is bringing forward a bill to increase transparency around future legal advice given by the AG to government.

Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald's told the Sunday Business Post that the Attorney General had been reached for, to provide justification for successive governments' failure to protect the country's most vulnerable.

Separately, new complaints have emerged this weekend over 'extra's being charged at some nursing homes - with one family approached at a graveside by a representative seeking payment.

Minister for Older People Mary Butler has told the Irish Mail on Sunday that her officials will review reports of extra charges for necessities like 'hoists' to help residents out of their beds, fees for using chairs, and fees for attending mass.