Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Emer Higgins and I published a Private Members’ Bill in regard to the regulation of home care providers. In fairness to the Department of Health, it is progressing with the drafting of legislation and new regulation in this whole area. One of the issues it needs to put in place is an IT system for the HSE in regard to the management of home care because it is currently all paper-based. Funding was set aside for this last year but my understanding is that the IT system is still not in place. Can this issue be dealt with? Many people are being provided with home care but having a paper-based system is not the most efficient way to manage its provision.

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