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

Photo of Seán CroweSeán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The options for older people were mentioned. South Dublin County Council has a scheme for over-55s which is very popular and heavily subscribed. It has only been rolled out recently and there is huge demand for it. That is the way to go for other local authorities. It gives local authority tenants the option to downsize and there is also a scheme for those in private accommodation. It is in South Dublin County Council but not throughout the State. It is popular, it responds to the needs of people and all local authorities should do it.

Is there anything else in regard to the legislation that has not been touched on this morning that the representatives believe needs to be included? Are they happy with how things went this morning?

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