Written answers

Thursday, 30 June 2011

Department of Health

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

5:00 am

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health if any consideration has been given to a review of the fair deal scheme with particular reference to the need to address any anomalies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18162/11]

Photo of Kathleen LynchKathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The Programme for Government commits to review the system of financing nursing home care with a view to developing a secure and equitable system of financing for community and long term care. This commitment will be carried through.

In addition, the Nursing Homes Support Scheme is due for formal review commencing in 2012. The Scheme will be three years in operation at that stage. The reason for allowing this period to elapse is to ensure that established and validated trends and statistics will be available in order to inform this work. It is still intended to proceed with this review and it will look at the ongoing sustainability of the Scheme, the relative costs of public versus private provision and the balance of funding between residential and community care.

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