Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Staffing is an issue in home care. How would Mr. Dunne challenge that? In the south-south west area, 1,800 people providing home care were employed by the HSE. After Covid was over, it dropped by 400 and the HSE has had a challenge in trying to replace that 400. What do we need to do to make it attractive to get people into providing home care?