Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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At some point it would be useful if we could zone in on the cost variation of home care packages versus nursing home stay versus acute stay because apart from the health issue, from a cost point of view the impacts are incredible. The more interventions we can make on the home care package side, effectively, the more funds we will have to go around other areas. The fact that people cannot see that drives me insane and that we are dealing with huge waiting lists throughout the country while people are held up in acute hospitals, holding up beds at up to €7,000 a week versus €550 a week for a home care package.