255. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if, in the interest of persons being able to access residential senior citizen care in their own communities and in the interest of a greater number of bed opportunities for older persons no longer able to live independently, he will restore the previous entitlement of citizens living on this side of the Border to access residential nursing home placements in facilities close to where they live but located on the northern side of the Border and provide a full entitlement under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11992/16]

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255. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if, in the interest of persons being able to access residential senior citizen care in their own communities and in the interest of a greater number of bed opportunities for older persons no longer able to live independently, he will restore the previous entitlement of citizens living on this side of the Border to access residential nursing home placements in facilities close to where they live but located on the northern side of the Border and provide a full entitlement under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11992/16]

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