Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

I am raising this in the context of promised legislation. We were told that three pieces of legislation would be published last term and the same three pieces of legislation are in the list for this term. None of them has been dealt with. The Minister introduced no legislation last term, despite three being on the priority list. One, the nursing homes support scheme Bill, has already been raised, while the adoption Bill and the child care Bill are the others. When will these pieces of legislation be introduced?

On the nursing home support scheme Bill, families are being crucified with regard to the means test for subvention and the family home. These people can no longer afford to pay for their relatives and we need a date for this legislation. In the meantime the HSE must be ordered to relax the methods that are being used at the moment in terms of assessing families for subvention.

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