Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 March 2017
Public Accounts Committee
HSE's Patients' Private Property Accounts 2015
HSE Financial Statement 2015: Note 13 re Fair Deal Scheme
Health Repayments Scheme Donations Fund 2015
9:00 am
Ms Angela Noonan:
Prior to the introduction of fair deal in 2009, people had to sell their family homes to pay for their nursing home care. One of the key provisions in introducing fair deal was to stop the family home having to be sold to pay for nursing home care. That is why there was a three-year cap introduced for the family home.