Carol Nolan (Offaly, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I also wish to raise the home help issue. It is a scandal that elderly people who have paid taxes all their lives are being left without adequate home help hours. The same is true for people with disabilities. I, too, have made many representations on behalf of people across counties Laois and Offaly over the summer months. They are still left without services. If the home help carer is sick, they have no replacement. This needs to be sorted out because it is a national scandal.

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