Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Can I raise one other issue? We have a huge challenge with home help at the moment. I have come across a number of people who are retired in the Cork region. Some 1,800 people were employed there by the HSE during the Covid-19 pandemic. We suddenly lost 400 people. Some of the people who retired and are receiving pensions have been advised that if they come back to work, their pensions will be affected. As a result, they have decided not to. Some would love to go back. The pensions involved are small but they have been advised that if they go back to work they will lose their pensions. I am wondering if that could be reviewed. We need these people. We have a huge challenge in the area of home help with a shortage in the allocation of people for home help at the moment.