Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the portion of an individual's pension not used to cover the cost of care in a State long-stay nursing home and which is retained in a centralised fund is always returned to the individual's estate following their death; the system which existed prior to the establishment of the centralised fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44531/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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Patient Private Property (PPP) funds of deceased clients are passed to the Legal Personal Representative for them to administer the estate of the deceased as per law. This is, and was always, the practice in place to administer deceased clients' PPP funds.