Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not have that information, but the advice from the Department of Health is that an increase will enable claims to be made for legitimate expenses incurred for keeping incapacitated people at home and that it will increase the number cared for at home or at least maintain the same number being cared for at home and take pressure from acute hospitals and nursing homes.

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