Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed)
Ms Sandra Tuohy:
We received additional funding from the Department of Health for home support so as to manage more people at home throughout the pandemic and we have been utilising that money to reduce the waiting lists in conjunction with direction from the Department on that. We have also put in for additional home support to assist more people outside of long-term care into 2021 and we are awaiting feedback on that in the winter plan.