Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The point being made as recently as yesterday by one of the companies was that they do not get an allowance to pay for mileage, which is a problem. It is not necessarily the same problem in an urban area but in a rural setting it is a big problem. In fairness, a huge amount of effort is being made by families to keep that support and give that time. Therefore, we should also try to encourage that and the way to encourage that is by making sure we have an adequate number of people to provide home care.