Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight

Thursday, 19 December 2013

Questions (330, 331)

Billy Kelleher

Question:

330. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the single assessment tool for older people services was rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54775/13]

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331. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the findings of the review of the fair deal scheme to assess its applicability to other sectors such as the disability and mental health residential sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54776/13]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 330 and 331 together.

The first phase of implementation of the Single Assessment Tool (SAT) will commence in 2014 with a minimum of 50% of all new entries to the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, Home Care Package and Home Help Schemes assessed by the SAT in the last quarter of 2014, with full implementation of SAT by the end of 2015.

Work on the review of the Nursing Home Support Scheme is on-going. It is expected that the review will be completed in early 2014 and the report will be made available as soon as possible.