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

I thank our guests.

On page 14, the public service performance report 2021 states: "Older Persons: no. of Home Support Hours provided (including Intensive Home Care Packages)", which had a target of €22.26 million and 93% was delivered with a spend of €20.7 million. On page 16, the report states that 49% of the target has been delivered in respect of people in receipt of intensive home care packages, the number of hours from these packages is at 68% delivery and the number of short-stay beds in public long-stay units is almost 67% of delivery. How can 93% of a budget be spent on the delivery of these key performance indicators that range between 49% to 68% delivery? If 100% of these indicators were delivered then what overspend would we be faced with and why?