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- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: Can I get my last question in, please? My last question relates to the nursing homes scheme. I have looked at it and I thought-----
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: No, the general scheme that replaced the subvention.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: Or the unfair deal, on occasion. I am confused about it. There is a charge on one's property of up to 7% for a maximum of three years, and one can opt into that as a way of paying for nursing home care. Eventually, when the property is sold, the money is paid. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: Yes, it works out at 21%. That is something a person can opt into if he or she has property or assets. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: There is also a loan scheme, but is that the same thing? I read here in the-----
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: I have read it-----
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: Yes, I understand that. My question is whether I am mixing up two things. Is there the option of the charge on one's property of up to 21% and a separate loan scheme or are they one and the same thing?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: That is fine, I will await the answer. I am confused myself. In terms of the nursing homes themselves, as I understand it, 80% are private and only 20% are public. Does the HSE have that statistic?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: Is there a policy in terms of what the proper balance should be? Is the HSE happy with the 80% to 20% ratio?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: Is there a policy document somewhere on that? Is there a paper on it? Where is the HSE getting its 20% to 80% figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: That is what it comes to but who made the decision that the ratio should be 80:20 as opposed to, for example, 50:50?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: I understand all that and I know what has happened. I am asking if there is a policy anywhere.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: Yes, but the HSE has decided that, as a matter of policy, public provision should not fall below 20%.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: Has the HSE fed that back to the Minister?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: Has the HSE fed it back to the Minister for Health? Has it relayed to him the view that the 80:20 ratio should stand and that public provision should not go below that critical point?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: Mr. Mulvany referred to the 20% and that is the critical point.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: A Thaoisigh nua, power is a privilege that should and must be exercised in a manner that is open, accountable and compliant with the democratic process, including the relevant legislation behind a given decision. That democratic process gave us the Dáil we have today, with no overall majority for either of the bigger parties and with the strong message from the electorate that they did...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I fully understand the cynicism of the public. Once again, the Taoiseach has refused to answer the question. He has obfuscated and talked about new legislation. The absence of legislation was not a problem in this case; there is legislation in place. The kernel of the issue is that the Taoiseach failed to comply with it and to give an explanation as to why he had not complied with it and...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: That is not what I asked.
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Action Plan for Rural Development (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: 80. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made on the initiative to encourage increased residential occupancy in town and village centres as outlined in the action plan for rural development, by county; when the initiative is expected to commence; the funding made available for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27614/17]