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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 5 Oct 1999

Vol. 508 No. 3

Written Answers - Housing Aid for the Elderly.

Alan Shatter

Ceist:

120 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the consideration, if any, he has given to the enactment of legislation to secure the position of elderly people who acquire residential property in retirement villages which purport to extend nursing and social supports in view of events which occurred in Clonmannon, County Wicklow. [18662/99]

Private retirement villages such as that referred to involve essentially private contractual arrangements and do not receive funding from the schemes operated by my Department for the provision of accommodation for the elderly. Accordingly, I have no function in this regard.

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