Robert Dowds
Question:359 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the number of persons accessing care in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme; and the total public expenditure on this form of care. [16234/11]
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Robert Dowds
Question:360 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the number of persons accessing care that is provided in their own homes under the fair deal scheme; and the total public expenditure on this form of care. [16235/11]
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Question:361 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health his views that by encouraging more persons to access care that is provided in their own homes under the fair deal scheme, rather than accessing care in nursing homes, there could be scope for savings to the Exchequer without compromising in any way the standard of the care provided. [16236/11]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 359 to 361, inclusive, together.
On 13 May 2011 there were 22,277 people in receipt of support from the State towards long-term residential care. Of these, almost 12,800 people were in receipt of financial support under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme. The balance were ‘saver' cases in public nursing homes (i.e people who were in public beds prior to the commencement of the scheme and opted to remain there), and contract beds or were in receipt of support under the Nursing Home Subvention scheme. The baseline funding for long-term residential care in 2011 is €963m. The Nursing Homes Support Scheme only applies to long-term nursing home care. It does not cover care in a person's home.