Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

It is because they have savings. They must outlive their savings in the nursing home before they will gain any benefit from the fair deal. Even then, they have also lost the subsidy that was available to them previously. The final straw is that the tax relief they might have claimed is now down to 20%. Shame on the Minister and shame on a Government that would think of introducing a measure such as this.

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