Noel O'Flynn (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding allocated to primary community and continuing care incorporates moneys allocated to nursing home subventions. [25565/06]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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The allocation for Nursing Home Subventions is specified at Appendix 1 of the Primary, Community and Continuing Care Grants in the Vote of the Health Service Executive. Additional funding of €20 million was provided for the Nursing Home Subvention Scheme in 2006, bringing the total available budget to €161 million. The €20 million is to support more basic nursing home subventions and reduce waiting lists for enhanced subventions: it is also to bring more consistency to subventions support throughout the country.

The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.