Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rules and regulations for a person in receipt of the household benefit package who is hospitalised for an extended period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30523/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The current operational guidelines for the household benefits scheme specify that:

- On entry to a nursing home/hospital a client loses entitlement to household benefits from the end of the billing period in which he/she entered the nursing home/hospital. If they return home and reapply for the schemes within six months the schemes can be backdated to the date that the schemes were terminated.

- If the client returns home and reapplies for the schemes more than six months after his/her claim was terminated, the schemes may be backdated to the date the person returned home or for up to six months, whichever is the shorter.