Press release
Minister for Health and Minister for Mental Health and Older People welcome funding to further support safe visiting spaces in Nursing Homes
Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD and the Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler TD, have today welcomed funding to further support nursing homes to enhance and create additional safe visiting spaces.
Given the importance of facilitating visiting over the Winter period and over Christmas, the Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme (TAPS) has been expanded on a once-off basis to allow a claim of up to €2,500 per eligible nursing home. This will enable them to create additional safe visiting spaces and enhance current visiting spaces.