Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and the way in which income made from renting out a house which is the subject of ancillary State support under the nursing home support scheme is included in the means test of the owner of the house who is in a nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18201/10]

Áine Brady (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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The Financial Assessment for the Nursing Homes Support Scheme takes all of a person's income and assets into account. The person's contribution to care is then worked out based on 80% of the person's assessable income, which includes income generated from the rental of any property, and 5% of the value of their assets per annum. The first €36,000 of the person's assets, or €72,000 in the case of a couple, is not included at all in the assessment. It should also be noted that a person may never pay more than the cost of their care.