Written answers

Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Department of Health

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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413. To ask the Minister for Health if the current review of the legislation bringing in changes to the terms and conditions of farm businesses' means for the fair deal scheme will address the issue of the five year period within which a farm business or home can be calculated for the purposes of the fair deal scheme after it has already been transferred to a new owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49166/18]

Photo of Jim DalyJim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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There are no plans to amend the legislation in relation to the transfer of assets and any income or assets that the applicant and his/her partner may have deprived themselves of in the five years leading up to their application, or at any time on or subsequent to the date on which the application for financial support under the Scheme is first made.

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