Private and voluntary nursing homes launch campaign for rise in Fair Deal funding

NHI CEO Tadhg Daly warned private homes receive 'on average, €650 less per bed, per week, than those in HSE or public nursing homes' through the Fair Deal scheme. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA

Nursing home managers from across the country launched a campaign for better funding to support private and voluntary homes outside the Dáil on Wednesday. 

However, Mary Butler, minister of state for older people, said she is “astounded” at the Nursing Homes Ireland campaign as it comes just days after a budget boost of €72.2m.