Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There will certainly be a willingness on the part of home helps to do so. I represented them for years. They were looking for regulation from the Minister's predecessors. They are more than willing to put themselves on a more secure footing because it can be a precarious form of employment when it should not be. It is an area that we can definitely say is going to grow. How many dementia-specific packages were part of the home care initiative rolled out last year? How many were targeted last year? How many were not delivered? How many have been targeted this year and does the Minister think they will be delivered? According to my information, the targets were not hit last year.