Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 9 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives
10:35 am
Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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We can drill down into the core requirements of the needs. Almost all the residential care under the fair deal scheme involves people who have been certified as having dementia or Alzheimer's disease. They are not capable of going back into the community unless there are family members there who do not have full-time employment and can be there all the time.