Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Figures released to our spokesperson on older people, Deputy Butler, show that 325 people in Cavan-Monaghan are waiting on the very service referred by Deputy Curran, namely, home care supports. Home care supports provide the wraparound service that means people are not in acute hospitals and long-term nursing homes. I have raised this issue on numerous occasions not just with the Minister but with the Taoiseach. People in Cavan-Monaghan are waiting months and somebody has to die before home care supports are put in place. What will this Government do to take those 325 people off the waiting list for these supports?

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