Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I have said before in the House, we need a bespoke, stand-alone scheme specifically designed for home care. A Programme for a Partnership Government signalled the Government's intention to introduce a uniform home care service and we are fully committed to the development of a statutory home care scheme and system of regulation.

This is a priority for me and the Department of Health, and we have undertaken to ensure that legislation will be enacted within two to three years to support this. The new statutory scheme for the funding-----

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