Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the committee of a minor technical amendment that is currently being finalised that I intend to introduce on Report Stage. This is an amendment to section 4(1)(d), which currently provides for the provision of a home help service following an assessment of need made by a registered medical practitioner or a registered nurse. The HSE has informed the Department that in the context of ongoing work by the Department of Health to update the legislative framework for home support providers, clients may be referred to such services by a range of healthcare professionals, for example, the assessment could be signed off by an occupational therapist, a social care worker or other person of that nature. It is intended that we would reflect that in the Bill.