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Minister Butler welcomes the passing of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021 through both Houses of the Oireachtas
The Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler TD, has today welcomed the passage through all stages of Dáil Eireann and Seanad Éireann of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021. The Bill will now be sent to the President for signature.
The Bill will amend the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, commonly known as Fair Deal, to enhance protections for family farms and businesses. This change to the Scheme will mean that after a period of 3 years, the value of family-owned farms and businesses will no longer be taken into account when calculating the cost of a person’s nursing home care. This will happen where a family successor commits to working the farm or business.
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Farmers who have their lands leased out will not qualify for the three-year cap under the new Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021, commonly known as Fair Deal.
The amended bill, which is currently making its way through the Dáil, will offer greater equality for farmers under the national nursing-home scheme.
Its main headline – that the financial contributions of family-owned and operated farms, towards the cost of nursing-home fees is to be capped at three years – has been broadly welcomed, having been long sought after.
However, Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler, has confirmed that in the case of a family leasing out their farm, the three-year cap on nursing-home fees will not be available to that family.