P J Sheehan (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Nursing Home Support Scheme Bill will be published; the reason the Fair Deal for nursing home care was not introduced as planned on 1 January 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9430/08]

Máire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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The Fair Deal scheme could not be introduced on 1 January 2008 because the legislation to underpin the scheme was not in place. The Bill providing for the scheme is being finalised by the Office of the Attorney General at present. It is intended to publish the Bill as soon as possible following Government approval.

The subsequent presentation and passage of the legislation through the Houses of the Oireachtas will be a matter of priority for me and my colleague, the Minister of Health and Children, Mary Harney, T.D.