Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

By 2031 some 1 million people are expected to be over 65 years, the vast majority of whom will be healthy and not need nursing home care. Over 60% of the current budget for the provision of services for older people goes towards providing long-term residential care. Only 4% of the population are in long-term nursing home care. Most of the money is being put into private nursing homes, with less than half going into home care packages to help people to stay in their own homes. Are my figures wrong?