Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 October 2020

Public Accounts Committee

Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion

10:15 am

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Would Mr. Mulvany not consider incontinence wear part of personal care? The HSE clearly does so in the public nursing homes and if it is provided free by the HSE to both private and public homes, why are private nursing homes charging additional costs? Is that not a breach of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act?