Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This was debated earlier. It is very urgent and needs to be addressed. If we are to show care, support and dignity to elderly people, something has to be done. I ask that some of the €500 million that has been allocated to health be diverted. Using his own fingers, the Taoiseach can tell that although the money has not been cut, the 4% year-on-year increase in demand for the service is cutting the money and we need to get more money into that scheme to try to provide some kind of dignity, as the cost of a nursing home is €1,100 a week.

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