Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)

I wish the propose the adjournment of Dáil Éireann under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent public and national concern, namely, the recent changes in the nursing home subvention scheme, which have capped the rate of subvention at €300 per week; the scrapping of the top-up system of enhancement; the worsening of the nursing home residency situation by €170 per week, which is most distressing for elderly residents and their families; the arbitrary imposition of these changes to the scheme without a full explanation to local HSE officials charged with responsibility for implementing them; and calls on the Minister for Health and Children to revisit these changes to the scheme as a matter of urgency.

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