Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 June 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Mr. Seán Moynihan:

In many cases, that is why we exist, where someone is getting discharged or referred for support.

We work with all the other NGOs in an area or the local authorities and we build a package for the individual to stay at home, outside of a healthcare package. There can be blockages for someone being discharged when the house is no longer suitable or there are cluttering issues. Sometimes when people are going home, they need new access to food or an adaptation made to go home. This is the type of thing that we do. We try to pull that together because ultimately, it is very hard for people to do that unless they know the system or are in the best of health, never mind if when they are in a health situation.

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