Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011
1:10 pm
Ms Laverne McGuinness:
There is a difference between the number of packages and the number of people who are benefiting. We said the totality of the budget available in 2012 would be the same available for home care packages in 2013. Given that we did not achieve our full target, it will be an increase in 2013. The number of people benefiting can depend on the duration for which a person can have a package, but the totality of the money has not been reduced in 2013 for home care packages.
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