Nursing Homes Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Nursing Homes Ireland

Date published 21 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details Submission to Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee regarding issues highlighted by the Comptroller & Auditor General in its examination of the Nursing Home Support Scheme published August 2020

Intended results To inform the Committee of fundamental issues highlighted by the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding how the Fair Deal scheme is operating. The examination highlights the gross disparity in the funding of nursing home care under Fair Deal and there is no model applied by the NTPF during the negotiation process and staff are reliant on "on the job training" for undertaking a negotiation process that entails assessing fees payable for the provision of specialised care Remind the Committee the Review of the Fair Deal pricing mechanism remains unpublished three years after its deadline for completion. Furthremore, the Department of Health Value for Money Review assessing expenditure within HSE nursing homes under Fair Deal also remains unpublished three years after it commenced To present, as per C & AG report, expenditure for HSE nursing homes under the Fair Deal scheme is far removed from the reality of actual spend within such homes, with the C & AG stating the reality of spend for year 2018 was €590 million as opposed to €320m expenditure declared within Fair Deal budget To bring greater accountability to HSE expenditure under Fair Deal and outside of the scheme for nursing home care within its nursing homes To highlight to the Committee the NTPF is not fit for purpose. As highlighted by the C & AG, the funding model it is implementing is not aligned with the complexity of residents and their evolving care needs. The examination is damning and indicative of an establishment that pays scant regard to be transparent in how it adjudicates fee for the provision of nursing home care.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Tadhg Daly, NHI CEO

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? To present the issues to their local representative re Fair Deal, highlighting the disparity in weekly rates between public and private nursing homes

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Submission (1)

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Brian Stanley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Sherlock TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Verona Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Imelda Munster TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul McAuliffe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Neasa Hourigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marc MacSharry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Dillon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Carthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)