Nursing home support scheme needs €145m from Budget 2025, says NHI boss

1909 Minister of State for Older People Mary Butler addressing the Nursing Homes Ireland annual conference in Kilkenny.

The Budget needs to allocate €145m to Fair Deal funding for private and voluntary nursing homes, Nursing Homes Ireland CEO Tadhg Daly said.

Fair Deal funding, the nursing home support scheme, is allocated per resident across all nursing homes. “The issue is the pricing mechanism,” he said. “The pricing mechanism is broken effectively, it is not reflective of the true cost of care.”