Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount being charged per week per resident by the Health Service Executive in public nursing homes; if different charges have been introduced in respect of different residents in public nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5990/10]

Áine Brady (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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Individuals who were in public nursing homes prior to the commencement of the scheme on the 27th October 2009 can either apply for the Nursing Homes Support Scheme or can continue to pay €153.25 per week in accordance with the Health (Charges for In-patient Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2008.

For new entrants to public nursing home care since the commencement of the scheme, the cost of care for each nursing home has been determined using the definition of "long-term residential care services" provided in the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 underpinned by an agreed set of cost components which has been laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. The HSE has published the weekly cost of care in each public, private and voluntary nursing home on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme page of its website.

Under the scheme, individuals make a contribution to the cost of their nursing home care based on their means. The HSE meets the full balance of cost over and above the individual's contribution in public, private or voluntary nursing homes approved for the purpose of the scheme.