Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)

I thank the Minister of State.

I will move on to services for older people. The document provided states that emergency department presentations of people aged over-75 have increased by 46% since 2019 and 7% since 2024. It is my firmly held opinion that many of those presentations are due to the lack of appropriate home care being provided. I will give a specific example. An 84-year-old man who has had two heart attacks, is fighting cancer and lives alone in an isolated area was approved for a home care package in March. That has yet to present itself. That was March. It is now November and he is 84.