Tom Hayes
Ceist:375 Deputy Tom Hayes asked the Minister for Health and Children the situation with regard to the fair deal nursing home payment system. [27418/08]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 8 July 2008
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Freagraí scríofa
The Bill providing for the Fair Deal scheme is being finalised by the Office of the Attorney General at present. The legislation is complex and requires careful drafting in order to ensure that the interests of older people requiring residential care are fully protected.
My colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, intends to publish the Bill as soon as possible following finalisation by the Attorney General and Government approval, and to bring the legislation through the Houses of the Oireachtas thereafter. As the timeframe for bringing the legislation through both Houses is contingent upon finalisation of the Bill, a more definitive answer is not possible at this stage.