John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 18 May 2006 regarding the rates of nursing home subvention approved by her Department and the response issued by the Health Service Executive to the question, the reason her Department has not increased the rate from 2001; if the issue will be examined by her Department with a view to approving an increase in the rate being operated by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24752/06]

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, i.e. €114.30, €152.40 and €190.50 for the three levels of dependency which are medium, high and maximum. There are no plans to increase the subvention rates at present.

When the Scheme was first launched in September 1993, €5 million was made available for the administration of the Scheme. In 1994, the first full year of the Scheme, this was increased to €15 million. This year, additional funding of €20 million was made available, bringing the full budget to €160 million.