Máire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)

This situation is being addressed by the HSE in the context of the ongoing delivery of the service to individual clients.

It is clear from the measures I have outlined that the Government has made considerable improvements nationally to home help provision and other community-based services for older people generally. It is our intention that such services, including the home help initiative, will be improved incrementally in the coming years, in line with Government policies envisaged for the sector. There is no doubt that demand can at times exceed service resources and that this problem can manifest itself in particular at local level. However, it is a matter for the HSE to deliver services both nationally and locally in the context of its evolving priorities and overall resources.

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