Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 December 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Home Care Services: Discussion

10:40 am

Photo of Michael HartyMichael Harty (Clare, Independent)
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Are providers tempted to cherrypick? Private providers may choose to provide care in concentrated urban areas and leave the rural areas to the non-profit providers who have greater difficulty because there may be greater travel times. The private providers can cherrypick in concentrated population area.