306 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by elderly persons here with regard to nursing home subvention; her views on the general sense of equity in the rules and assessments regarding subvention for the elderly; the reason savings are regarded as income in regard to the rate of ordinary subvention; and her further views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has been allocated €11.47 per week to defray their nursing home costs, while those costs amount to €630 per week and rising. [32672/06]

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306 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by elderly persons here with regard to nursing home subvention; her views on the general sense of equity in the rules and assessments regarding subvention for the elderly; the reason savings are regarded as income in regard to the rate of ordinary subvention; and her further views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has been allocated €11.47 per week to defray their nursing home costs, while those costs amount to €630 per week and rising. [32672/06]

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