Fair deal scheme for farmers
Mattie McGrath raises discrimination against farmers and the self-employed under the fair deal nursing home scheme and seeks a commitment to change it. The Taoiseach says it is due to be published in December.
Farmers and self-employed people are being discriminated against under the fair deal scheme for nursing home care. This issue has been bandied around for several years. The former Minister of State, Jim Daly, promised that the matter had gone to the Cabinet two or three years ago. It is unacceptable that the assets of farmers and self-employed people, of whom there are many, are being stripped when one of the family members, the father or mother, is the owner of the business and is sick and in need of proper healthcare. Will the Taoiseach give a commitment to introduce this fair deal scheme immediately?
