Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)

Amendments Nos. 14 and 15 were not accepted on Committee Stage. The Health Service Executive, would have to be in a position to view the degree of dependency and the means of the dependent person at any time as both dependency and financial circumstances can change significantly at any time in a 12 month period, or a lesser period. This provision represents no change from the position laid out in the 1993 subvention regulations.

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