Fair Deal · Ireland
Fair Deal, done right the first time.
The 40-page HSE form, turned into a guided family file. You stay in charge — we do the structure.
You submit — never us. FairPath prepares the application; your family signs, posts, and stays the legal applicant. That's by design.
Built on HSE form v4 (Dec 2025) — the current fields, the current rules, so nothing you enter goes stale before you post it.
A bounced application has a price per week. Funding is never backdated — until approval, the family pays the full nursing-home rate. Getting it complete, first time, is the whole job.
See the weekly figure — and when it drops
Free · nothing savedTheir finances
Enter the finances of the person going into care — not your own, even if you're filling this in for them.
Their contribution
Estimate from the figures you entered and the published NHSS rules (80% of income, 7.5% of assets, €36,000 disregard). The HSE's own financial assessment decides the final figure.
What the wait costs
That's money Fair Deal would have covered — and funding is never backdated. An application sent back for missing documents typically adds 2–4 weeks: €1,116–€2,233 your family pays that it never needed to.
Process facts: HSE processing averages 4–6 weeks from receipt of a complete application, and Fair Deal funding is never backdated. The figures above are calculated live from what you entered — not projections or testimonials.
The FairPath Portal
- Application pre-filled from the figures you just entered — download, check, sign.
- Evidence checklist for your exact situation — home / no home, single / couple — so nothing is missing and nothing comes back.
- Share the work — assign documents to siblings and watch the list go green together.
- Submission Day and tracking — one dated plan from today until approval.
One payment for the whole family. No subscription.
FairPath prepares the application. Your family stays the applicant — you check everything and you submit it. That's by design.
Not ready yet? Keep the breakdown.
The Family File
Four siblings. One file. Everyone can see where things stand.
Mam's application
7 of 11The valuation is Seán's. The statements are Claire's. Everyone pulls. Helpers see tasks, not figures.
Open the file, see the truth. No more relaying updates one phone call at a time.
When the HSE writes back, all of you know — from acknowledgement to approval.
Pricing
One price. The whole journey.
The Family File
- Form pre-filled — check, sign, post
- Checklist for your exact situation
- Shared with siblings — jobs assigned
- Submission Day + tracking to approval
- Tax-back cycle, every January
At 11pm, families ask
Straight answers.
Will we have to sell the house?+
No — nothing in Fair Deal forces a sale. The home counts for 3 years only, capped at 22.5% of its value, and the optional loan defers that part entirely.
Do you submit for us?+
No, by design. We prepare everything; your family signs and posts, and stays the legal applicant throughout.
What if we're not ready?+
Start with the free calculator. Worth knowing early: funding is never backdated, and the HSE's clock only starts when a complete application lands.
What does a nursing home actually cost?
The average private home is €1,306 a week; public units average €1,969. See every county's prices in the FairPath Price Index.