Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I say, from my experience as a medical doctor, providing 24-7 care in the home requiring ventilation at the level of the type of care provided in an ICU is very difficult and can be very challenging to provide, even if funding is available. I will certainly endeavour to have the Minister for Health follow up on the case. I mention again that there has been a significant increase in funding for home care packages this year, with the number of packages increasing from 15,000 to 16,750.

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