Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

We have a restriction of home help allocations until November. We can debate the extent of the restriction. What was the Minister of State's part in the decision-making process? Was the decision made by someone in the HSE? Was it made by the Minister of State? If the decision was made by a person in the HSE, did that person inform the Minister of State of it? When did he or she inform him and what did he say?

The Minister of State was quoted in the Irish Examinerlast week as saying that a statutory scheme will probably involve some form of co-payment. Can he expand and comment further on that?

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