Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcomed the 1 million extra home support hours which were announced last week as part of budget 2020. As we all know, over 7,000 older people are waiting for home care supports. Some of them are in acute hospitals and cannot get a reasonable timeline for transfer of care. The 1 million hours that have been promised equate to approximately three hours for each of these 7,000 people. When will these 1 million hours come on stream? At what stage will the older and vulnerable people who need these supports know that these extra hours will be there for them?

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