120. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the statutory basis and rationale for charging persons in excess of the 22.5% cap under the fair deal scheme if the house they were living in before permanently moving to a nursing home is sold while they are in the nursing home; if his attention has been drawn to the incentives this creates to keep a property vacant during an acute housing shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13289/18]

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120. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the statutory basis and rationale for charging persons in excess of the 22.5% cap under the fair deal scheme if the house they were living in before permanently moving to a nursing home is sold while they are in the nursing home; if his attention has been drawn to the incentives this creates to keep a property vacant during an acute housing shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13289/18]

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