Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is addressed to Mr. Harty. We regularly hear from the Government that the priority is to allow people to stay in their home for as long as possible due to the cost of long-stay nursing home facilities and so forth and the cost of having people in acute hospitals. The experience on the ground appears to be quite different, certainly from my point of view as a practising politician. One is often contacted by families who wish to keep a loved one at home, but they face barrier after barrier. They find it difficult to get sufficient support from the State through the HSE to keep the person at home. What is the practical experience of the members of HCCI at present in dealing with that issue? What are the main changes Mr. Harty would make?