Home care ‘fair deal’ pushed back to 2022

Minister of State for Older People Mary Butler has said the introduction of a scheme to allow people to stay at home is now a priority for her and has promised it will be delivered by 2022.

A long-awaited 'fair deal' scheme for homecare has been delayed until 2022 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A statutory homecare scheme was first promised by the Government as far back as 2018, however, the IT system and a new assessment process have yet to be developed to allow for its rollout.