Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Has raising more money through the scheme or allowing it to continue to exist been a primary concern in the formulation of proposals? Are the possible resolution or elimination of issues that have arisen and a means to resolve them primary concerns? Have the number of situations where individuals have been placed in financial jeopardy as a result of the scheme and the manner in which it has been operated heretofore been brought to the Department's attention? I am sure that everybody here knows a number of such people. What degree of urgency arises as a result of identification of issues of that nature?