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

I will answer if the Deputy allows me. I do not have to hand an estimate of the additional travel costs from the HSE yet. At present the HSE has an ad hocarrangement in the individual CHOs with the unions. They have agreed blanket hours so they will all have, I imagine, a different cost to submit to me that I will be able to ascertain next week. However, they knew last year about the cost of the travel arrangements coming down the road. When we agreed the national service plan, they agreed to provide 18 million home help hours. That is what I expect the HSE to provide.

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