Ned O'Keeffe
Question:337 Mr. N. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine an application made to the Health Service Executive for payment of one week’s nursing home fees in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork whose application has been refused; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the public health nurse had made a subvention application form available to the family but the person did not wish to be admitted to the nursing home initially and then became too unwell to remain at home and had to be admitted over the weekend without the subvention form being completed prior to their admission; if she will examine this matter on the grounds that an emergency situation arose leaving no time to complete the formal paperwork and the person is not in a position to meet the nursing home costs. [33006/06]
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