Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2016
441. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the new mechanism he has put in place to incentivise private nursing home investment and new supported living and assisted living arrangements; and the engagement he has had with the strategic investment fund to provide loan finance for new and additional residential options. [39643/16]
View answerThe lead Department in relation to incentivising investment is the Department of Finance. In 2015 the Minister for Finance announced changes to the Employment and Investment Incentive Scheme (EIIS) to allow for investment in the extension, management and operation of nursing homes.
The Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, in conjunction with the Department of Health is developing policy options for supported housing/housing with care so that older people have a wider range of residential care choices available to them. Both Departments, the HSE and Dublin City Council are currently working on developing a demonstration project to provide housing with support for older people in line with Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness.
