Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health the schedule for the review of the nursing homes support scheme in 2012; the way civil society may engage with the review and provide feedback on its experiences with the scheme; and the factors which he intends to review. [3364/12]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The Nursing Homes Support Scheme is due for formal review in 2012. The scheme commenced on the 27th October, 2009 and will be 3 years in operation this year. The reason for allowing a three year period to elapse is to ensure that trends and statistics will be available to inform the work. The review will look at, amongst other issues:

the ongoing sustainability of the scheme;

the relative cost of public versus private provision;

the effectiveness of current methods of negotiating price in private and setting price in public nursing homes;

the balance of funding between residential and community care.

The views of relevant stake-holders will be considered as part of the review.