Written answers

Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Department of Health

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Photo of Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a specific timeframe and commitment in respect of when updated cost of care figures for public nursing home units will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16320/13]

Photo of Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a lack of transparency in respect of the cost of care under the nursing home support scheme in respect of public nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16321/13]

Photo of Kathleen LynchKathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1156 and 1157 together.

The Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 requires the Minister to lay details of the goods and services which constitute long-term residential care services in public nursing home before the Houses of the Oireachtas. the full list of goods and services which was laid before the Houses is available on the Department's website at:

The list of goods and services set out in the Deed of Agreement between the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) and each private nursing home that is approved for the purposes of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme is consistent with the list of goods and services which was laid before the Houses.

Revised public nursing home cost of care figures will be published shortly.

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