Seamus Brennan
Ceist:113 Mr. S. Brennan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the refusal by the Eastern Health Board to increase the nursing home subvention payable in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who is confined to a wheelchair and suffers from Parkinson's disease on the grounds that he is currently qualifying for the maximum amount in regard to his level of dependency and financial circumstances; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the patient is in a nursing home which is a substantial distance from the family home where the spouse takes care of their daughter who is suffering from spina bifida and hydrocephalus and is also confined to a wheelchair; if he has satisfied himself that an increased subvention is not warranted in view of the fact that a net income of £83 per week remains available after nursing home costs and incontinence pads are deducted, out of which the spouse and wheelchair-confined daughter must live and allow for twice weekly visits to the nursing home, along with medically necessary regular visits to a spina bifida clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10139/96]
