Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach will say we do not give solutions but one solution would be to provide funding for home care for people to allow them be discharged from hospital. It costs approximately €125 a week to keep somebody in their home. It is costing €7,000 a week for a hospital bed. What is happening at the moment is economic madness. I know of people who have received letters stating that they were entitled to home help but that they were on a waiting list. I am aware of people who passed away while on that waiting list. What is happening is absolutely crazy.

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