Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I again salute the Minister of State for her efforts in getting the legislation this far. It is long overdue. On the amendments the Minister of State has brought forward, the issue of the partner and the three years and three years needs to be clarified for us. The second issue relates to the value of the house being taken as capital and the derived or notional income from that is fine. If, however, the house is rented and that value is taken twice, that is something we need to address. I mention the example where someone rents out the house and the rent for the house is also taken as a notional value on the value of the property. This means that they could be paying twice into the nursing home. The other amendment we had down was on the time for the enacting of this legislation. The big disappointment is the fact that this legislation is not backdated to the date the decision was made by the Government.

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