David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There are a lot of issues in the area of home helps and home care. It is a vast area, one that really should be dealt with by the Joint Committee on Health. We can come back to it and ask questions when representatives of the HSE are before us, but it is a very substantial issue. There are issues surrounding creeping privatisation and achieving value for money. If the service is not demand-led, it is governed by criteria, but, as Deputy Catherine Murphy said, they are cumbersome.