Michael Finucane
Ceist:121 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Health and Children when payment of arrears owing on the family liability assessment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [30325/01]
Vol. 545 No. 3
121 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Health and Children when payment of arrears owing on the family liability assessment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [30325/01]
I presume the Deputy is referring to the provision in the nursing home subvention regulations which allowed for the assessment of the capacity of the adult sons or daughters of older people who applied for nursing home subventions to contribute towards the cost of their parent's nursing home care and which was deleted from the 1 January 1999. As the Deputy is aware, it has been decided that moneys should be paid to those who were adversely affected by this provision. A group representing the Department, the health boards and the Eastern Regional Health Authority was established to ensure that this process is carried out on a uniform basis as speedily as possible.