John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

(a)To insert the following after “should be remunerated as such;”:“— the recent and welcome agreement on travel expenses for homecare support workers;

— that the introduction of new five-over-seven-day rosters is not supported by adequate information technology (IT) systems;”;(b)To insert the following after “sustainability of homecare provision;”:“— home support to be adaptable and responsive especially for conditions such as dementia;

— individual need to be the decisive determinant of care, not geography or funding;

— the accelerated implementation nationwide of the Single Assessment Tool;

— investment in IT systems to support the implementation of five-over-seven-day rosters;

— a guarantee that the recent agreement on travel payments for homecare support workers will not impact on the delivery of the additional 800,000 home support hours pledged in the 2019 HSE National Service Plan;”; and(c)To insert the word “basic” after “statutory entitlement to”.

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