Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Yes. My time is nearly up. I have two points. The first is on what was said about basic tasks like cleaning and so on that are no longer carried out or funded. Again, has this been raised with the HSE?

This is a fundamental point because it is key to many older people being able to stay in their own home if they can keep their home clean, do basic tidying and so on, but that is not allowed now, whereas it used to be a key focus of home support services.

On access to public health nursing, PHNs are key public healthcare staff and there are many vacancies throughout the country.

What is the response from the HSE to both these issues?