Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

I also wanted to ask about the home care packages because the Minister, Deputy Harney, in replying to one of my priority questions, indicated that there would be a restoration of home care packages. In the case of people currently in the National Rehabilitation Hospital who are ready to go home, will facilities such as home care packages be put in place to ensure that such people can move out of beds in order to allow other patients in?

Headway Ireland, which deals with patients with acquired brain injury, has identified a number of areas of support needed for those living with acquired brain injury who may be outside rehabilitation and who are back in the community. What measures will be put in place to address those needs? Has the Department ongoing contact with Headway Ireland to ensure that the needs of those people are addressed in their communities?

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