Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach might be aware that today is world elder abuse awareness day. This is a very serious issue. Under the health (miscellaneous provisions) (No. 2) Bill, is the Taoiseach aware that only 32 caseworkers in the entire country deal with this area and 13,000 cases have been referred to them? It is a huge area that needs to be addressed. It is a very sensitive and sad area. Deputy Howlin spoke about another area of abuse earlier. Only 32 staff are employed. They cannot get next nor near the amount of referrals they have.

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