Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Seanad Éireann — 2021-04-19
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Lisa Chambers (FF), Cultural and Educational Panel

I am thrilled and this is fantastic news. It is exactly the start to the week we needed to know that in the next two weeks this will go before the Cabinet. I have no doubt it will get approval right across both Houses. It is great to be able to inform farming families and small business owners that this battle and campaign will finally come to an end. It is really important for a Government to acknowledge that a scheme put in place has been reviewed and assessed. We have acknowledged there are deficiencies and the hardship from unintended consequences, as the Minister of State called it, and we are now seeking to address those through legislation. We will make those changes and it is a fantastic delivery by the Minister of State and her Department. It will be one of the best legacies she could leave in this term.

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Sitting date: 2021-04-19