Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has been engaging directly with the group Deputy Healy-Rae mentioned. The Government is aware there have been issues in terms of the rates set under the NTPF-administered scheme and the fact that costs have been rising. This has put enormous pressure on many of the smaller nursing homes in particular which do not have economies of scale available. I can tell Deputy Healy-Rae the Minister of State is engaged and she and the Department are working with the NTPF to see what might be done to recognise this.

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