Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is throughout 2022. At the end of September, some 15 million home support hours had been provided to more than 53,000 people. There is an enormous programme in place that is being resourced by the Government through the HSE and it has grown significantly beyond previous years. However, that, in turn, has created pressures in terms of availability of people to provide the home supports. For the moment, in terms of employment permits and so on, home care does not satisfy the conditions and the groups reviewing this believe we should first look at terms and conditions as they apply to home care workers and that is what we are doing to see if we can improve those terms and conditions to improve recruitment domestically.

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