Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

This is a question for the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly. I refer to the promise to address homecare waiting lists. We know that 7,200 older people who have been approved for homecare packages are on waiting lists and being denied that right. We also know that many of those on waiting lists are in hospital and that the question of efficiency in hospitals is affected by this. The budget provided for the allocation of an additional 1 million hours, but that is less than one quarter of what is required to clear the waiting lists. How does the Government propose to address the remaining three quarters on waiting lists?

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