Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 March 2005
172 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her estimate of the number of persons entitled to repayment of charges for publicly-funded long term residential care, specifically the number of persons from County Clare. [7479/05]
View answerMy Department is currently studying the Supreme Court judgment in detail and will take on board all the consequences for policy and law arising from the judgment.
The details of a repayment scheme to address the situation following the Supreme Court decision are currently being finalised and it is only following this that it would be possible to calculate the number of persons involved overall.
However while overall figures have now been estimated at 315,818, given the difficulties now emerging in relation to the records of individuals' addresses which exist, it will not be possible at present to provide accurate calculations of numbers in specific areas until further work has been done by the Health Service Executive.
173 Mr. Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her estimate of the number of persons entitled to repayment of charges for publicly funded long term residential care, specifically the number of persons from Tipperary south. [7481/05]
View answerMy Department is currently studying the Supreme Court judgment in detail and will take on board all the consequences for policy and law arising from the judgment.
The details of a repayment scheme to address the situation following the Supreme Court decision are currently being finalised and it is only following this that it would be possible to calculate the number of persons involved overall.
However, while overall figures have now been estimated at 315,818, given the difficulties now emerging in relation to the records of individuals' addresses which exist, it will not be possible at present to provide accurate calculations of numbers in specific areas until further work has been done by the Health Service Executive.
