John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the directive she has given to the Health Service Executive to implement greater consistency to the different levels of enhanced subvention support here to bring uniformity and to abolish regional disparities where enhanced subvention in the west of Ireland is €285 approximately while in other regions it is approximately €720; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12344/06]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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The Nursing Home (Subvention) Regulations 1993 are administered by the Health Service Executive. There are currently three rates of subvention payable, €114.30, €152.40 and €190.50 for the three levels of dependency which are medium, high and maximum.

The HSE has discretion to pay more than the maximum rate of subvention relative to an individual's level of dependency in a case, for example, where personal funds are exhausted. The application of these provisions in an individual case is a matter for the HSE in the context of meeting increasing demands for subvention within its overall resources. The average rate of subvention paid by the HSE generally exceeds the current approved basic rates. Additional funding of €20 million for subventions has been made available to the Health Services Executive to support more basic level subventions, reduce waiting lists for enhanced subventions and, arising out of my concerns regarding inconsistency, reduce regional variations in these payments.