Written answers
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Department of An Taoiseach
Nursing Home Fees
10:00 pm
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 106: To ask the Taoiseach if, further to the May 2009 publication of the Consumer Price Index Detailed Sub-Indices, it is possible to provide specific details of the year on year percentage change in the typical price of nursing home fees and legal fees. [20741/09]
Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Consumer Price Index covers Nursing Home Fees and Legal Fees but cannot produce individual information on either of these two categories. This is because both items form part of a wider category of services; nursing home fees are combined with fees charged by nursing agencies while legal services are one of the constituent components of the category covering professional and legal services, which includes other professional services such as auctioneers, estate agents, solicitors and engineers.
The CSO does not currently produce information on the individual components of these overall categories. However, the following table shows the annual changes for each month for Nursing Homes and Nursing Agencies and Professional Legal Services.
| Table: Year on Year percentage changes(%) | ||||||||||||||
| Title | YEAR | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | ANNUAL |
| Nursing homes and Nursing agencies | 2003 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 4.7 |
| 2004 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.1 | |
| 2005 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | |
| 2006 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.9 | |
| 2007 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 12.0 | |
| 2008 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | |
| 2009 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 6.5 | ||||||||||
| Professional and legal services | 2003 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| 2004 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 | |
| 2005 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | |
| 2006 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 4.3 | |
| 2007 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7.9 | 4.9 | |
| 2008 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 9.1 | |
| 2009 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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