Vol. 415 No. 8
299 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline, (a) the total number of beds in private nursing homes for elderly people which are being subvented by his Department in the Mid-Western Health Board area and (b) the value of any of these subventions.
300 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the number of beds in private nursing homes for elderly people in the Mid-Western Health Board area which are not receiving any subvention from his Department.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 299 and 300 together.
Subvention is paid in respect of 247 beds in private nursing homes in the Mid-Western Health Board region. There are a total of 656 private nursing home beds in the Mid-Western Health Board region, of which 409 beds are not receiving subvention.
Subvention is paid at the rate of £50.61 per week per bed, which is the rate specified in the regulations under section 54 of the 1970 Health Act. The total value of subventions paid in respect of private nursing home beds in the Mid-Western Health Board region in 1991 amounted to £595,000.
