Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses.

Regarding services for older people, I am concerned there is a significant underachievement in a number of areas. The target for older people in receipt of intensive home care packages was 235 but only 149 were delivered. The target for the number of home support hours provided from intensive care home packages was 363,000 hours but only 276,000 were delivered. What are the reasons behind this?