Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Aged Care, Disabilities and Carers) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Have all of the 217 non-compliant facilities fully acquitted the $3,500 per resident grant given to facilities in 2004 to pay for the upgrades needed to meet the fire safety standards? Isn’t it a fact that that some of the 217 facilities have indicated to the department that they have no intention of doing the upgrade work to meet the fire safety standards? What is the intended response to those facilities? Just when will the December 2005 deadline actually be enforced? When will all residents be in facilities that meet the Commonwealth’s fire safety standards?