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

First, there is no freeze in the allocation of home help hours. In my CHO which covers counties Cork and Kerry 1,200 additional hours are being allocated month on month. I hear this confirmed by every other CHO leader or manager. My understanding from the HSE nationally is that there is absolutely no freeze. I do not know how many times I can say it. A number of Members have said there are hours being cut from those who have hours. That is absolutely untrue. There are no hours being taken from anybody who has them.

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