Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The funding was there previously but it was not raised subsequently. People who depend on home help hours are suffering because of the inability to raise €220 million between health insurers and drug pricing. As a result, there will be savage cuts at the 11th hour for those depending on home help. These people are fragile, ill and living in difficult circumstances. We do not want them to go into institutions or long-term care settings if we can avoid it. Does the Taoiseach accept the commitment made in plain language is false or, at the very least, should be withdrawn because it cannot be fulfilled?

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