Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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I welcome Mr. O'Brien and Dr. Ambrose McLoughlin to the meeting. The two representatives have a long track record of commitment to public service and I look forward to working with them.

I will confine my remarks, observations and questions to home care packages and the home help service. Do the representatives have figures available indicating the number of home help hours in the system and the number of home helps engaged or employed directly by the HSE versus the number engaged via private contractors?