Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The programme for Government includes a commitment to keeping people in their own homes for as long as possible. Obviously, home help is a part of this. Last week, I broached the issue of people who are not getting any home help over Christmas. Many of these same people in west Cork have received letters saying that no holiday cover will be provided. If their home help carer is off, there will be no cover. This is causing huge concern.

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