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

I am sorry, but I do not think that it is the case. People want to be cared for in their home. I have not yet met a person who expressed an opinion on whether or not the care is private or voluntary. Half of the people do not know if it is a voluntary sector, private or HSE service. The witnesses know my view on this, which is that the HSE cut back on the services and allowed the private sector to come in to take what it has now become. Mr. Healy and Mr. Fitzgerald are two people who are directly employed and I would fight just as hard for their jobs as I would for directly employed home helps. A vacuum was created deliberately. Mr. Healy said people want choice but I have never heard anybody say that. They want to be cared for in their own home, but they do not say they want the choice of home care provided by-----