Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is a crisis across the country relating to home care packages. In many cases, families are allocated hours but there is no funding to follow up on those hours. I am told, although I may be misinformed, that a money package will be agreed with regard to the extension of this. Will the Minister or Taoiseach reply? There is a crisis. I am dealing with a family of a woman in her mid-90s. Her family have taken her home. She is entitled to 23 hours of home care. She needs 24-hour home care but the woman wanted to go home and die in her own home. No funding is available even though she has been allocated the hours. It is sad and it can probably be seen across the State.

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