Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, and the focus is on home care for that reason. That is also the reason we must make the shift from secondary care to primary care, as the Government is committed to doing. This will not happen overnight, however. We need to get the message out to members of the public that investment in home care packages has increased and they are not being cut back. However, demand has increased also and while the service is reaching more people, there is still the demand in our community that the Deputy described.

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