Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed)

Mr. Niall Redmond:

I will take those two questions concerning the financial support scheme. Dealing with the second one first, the Government's resilience roadmap that was published yesterday outlines an extension to the scheme of nine months, from 1 October to June 2021 approximately. That commitment to an extension of the scheme is covered in the document.

On the Deputy's first point, it is true that at the commencement of the scheme on 1 April, the capitation rates related to nursing home support scheme residents. However, that was changed shortly afterwards such that all residents of a nursing home are included in the framework for calculation of the rates payable.