Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion

Mr. Karl Duff:

It is quite difficult to come up with one for that. We have a number of assumptions and we have a rigorous methodology, which we shared with our colleagues in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to validate it. Approximately 3% of the client base have an interest in a farm but the number of farmers we believe to be in need of long-term care is slightly higher than 3%, at close to 3.4%. The additional 0.4% were the ones we saw as potentially eligible for the scheme.