Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Taoiseach to correct the record of the House regarding an answer he gave to Deputy Pearse Doherty earlier on the issue of home helps. He stated there is no waiting list for home help services in north Cork. I have a reply here from yesterday relating to just one of the 11 cases awaiting home help hours. This person was approved for services on 20 May 2019 and is currently on the HSE waiting list. A response from a HSE official to the inquiry I submitted stated that cases are being approved as hours become available on the basis of clinical need and that there is hopefully not too much longer to wait.

There is a lengthy waiting list in north Cork for home help hours. In view of what the Taoiseach stated in an earlier response, I wish to give him the opportunity to correct the record and acknowledge that there is a waiting list in north Cork.

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