Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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396. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that were approved for the nursing home support scheme Fair Deal but were awaiting payment approval at the end of each monthly period in 2014; the average waiting period for payment approval at the end of the prospective months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7066/15]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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397. To ask the Minister for Health his views that a repeat of the extraordinarily high numbers that were awaiting payment under the Nursing Home Support Scheme during the latter half of 2014, with 2,000 plus persons awaiting payment support under the scheme during the latter half of the year, and in tandem, the extraordinary waiting period that arose, averaging four months at certain stages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7067/15]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 396 and 397 together.

The number of persons that were approved for the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS) and the average time spent on the national placement list awaiting funding under the NHSS is set out below by each month for 2014: