Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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Will the Minister of State come back on one final point? If someone is in a nursing home now but has not applied for the fair deal, pending the passage and enactment of this legislation, presumably the three-year cap will apply from when that person applies for the fair deal after the enactment of this legislation. Would that be the case? In other words, let us say that someone is in a nursing home at the moment and has not applied for the fair deal scheme. The legislation is enacted and that person then applies for the fair deal scheme. Do the three years start from that point or is there any credit for the three years that person has already spent in the nursing home outside of the fair deal scheme?