Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the same issue, the community healthcare organisation, CHO, in the north west, namely, CHO 1, has received a small increase in funding under the winter scheme that is being rolled out to try to relieve the bed blockers in many of our hospitals. They cannot get out because no home help services are available to them in their homes. People are coming into my office - I am sure they are coming into every office around the country - to say that they are on waiting lists to get home help. The small increase in funding that was provided for in the budget is not nearly adequate to deal with this problem. As we enter into the Christmas period, the Government needs to allocate more money for the home help service across the entire country.

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