Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011
11:10 am
Mr. Tony O'Brien:
The fair deal scheme has not been suspended, although one aspect of its administration has been paused. That is the chronological list basis. Currently, priority for this - and possibly next - week has been given to those applicants who are awaiting discharge from acute hospitals. The fair deal scheme has not been suspended in any sense.