Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

In 2015, the HSE committed to publishing the weekly cost of care-based charge rates for public nursing homes. It did not publish the rate for 2017, and produced an incorrect rate for 2018. The average weekly rate increased by 26% in public nursing homes between 2010 and 2018, and by 11% in private nursing homes.

Deputy Catherine Murphy: In 2015, the HSE commited to publishing the weekly cost of care-based charge rates for public nursing homes. It did not publish the rate for 2017, and produced an incorrect rate for 2018

Why did the HSE commit to publishing those rates in 2015 and then not do so? The executive uses rates internally for pay adjustments, for example. Perhaps Mr. Reid will address that. Does the HSE have the information? Why is it not published? What is going on in that regard?