Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if any assistance can be given to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40753/10]

Áine Brady (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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The Nursing Homes Support Scheme is the single national system of financial support available to new entrants to long-term nursing home care in Ireland. Should the individual referred to by the Deputy wish to return to Ireland and avail of the scheme, he would have to satisfy the HSE that he is ordinarily resident in the State. Ordinarily resident means that someone who has been living in Ireland for at least a year or intends to live in Ireland for at least a year. The Information Booklet on the scheme can be downloaded from the HSE website at: http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Find_a_Service/Older_People_Services/nhss/