Harney vows to raise threshold for nursing home grants

The Tánaiste and Health Minister Mary Harney has promised that the threshold for nursing home subventions will be increased in next month's budget for the first time since 1993.

Thu, 03 Nov, 2005 - 11:54
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The Tánaiste and Health Minister Mary Harney has promised that the threshold for nursing home subventions will be increased in next month's budget for the first time since 1993.

Ms Harney made the pledge in an address the annual conference of the Irish Nursing Homes Organisation in Dublin today.

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