Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 22 Mar 1994

Vol. 440 No. 4

Written Answers. - Accommodation for the Elderly.

Mary Wallace

Question:

333 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Health the plans, if any, he has for the establishment of private nursing home type accommodation for the elderly to be funded on the same basis as the existing accommodation in the private sector.

Minister for Health (Mr. Howlin)

My Department has no plans to build private nursing home type accommodation for the elderly as referred to by the Deputy.