Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will certainly take the matter up with John Hayes, with whom we have a meeting next week. We will try to discover what is the problem. I was unaware that 39 hours are available in certain areas. The disparity needs to be addressed.

Does the Minister of State agree that freeing up beds in general hospitals by allocating home help will not save any money because those beds will be occupied by new patients and there will be a cost involved in treating them?

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