Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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Regarding the 1 million hours allocated for home care support, what actions have been put in place to ensure their delivery? In the Dáil, when I question the Minister for Health, or the Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions, and I say we have increased the number of people waiting on home care support by more than 100 since an extra 1 million hours were provided, the Taoiseach responds by telling me these 1 million hours have been given. Mr. Watt is the Secretary General of the Department of Health. Will he tell me what actions he has taken to ensure the delivery of these 1 million hours? If not, I suppose we could just regard whatever is said when the Minister or the Taoiseach stand up, or even whatever is outlined during the delivery of the Budget Statement, as complete and utter spin. I am making this simple for Mr. Watt. What action has he taken in this regard?