Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 June 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Seán CroweSeán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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There is a challenge of trying to get an OT to come out and look at a house. This also impacts on the health system. We visited Limerick and I was asking about people being discharged from beds and what the relationship was like with the local authority on that. Yesterday, some of us were in the North and, again, there was the same problem. If those basic facilities cannot be put in place, how can someone be released from hospital care into their home or community care?