Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed)

2:50 pm

Mr. Michael Harty:

Absolutely. Roughly, it is between €800 and €1,000 a week for residential care, depending on location in the country, whereas, for a person of medium or low dependency, the cost of home care would be between €200 and €300 per week. It is over double the cost but, not only that, people generally do not want to be in residential care. It is rare in politics that politicians give people what they want and save money at the same time, but that is the case with home care.

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