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

There has been a huge acceleration in home care. Over 1 million extra hours have been provided in the last year and a half. However, because of that extra provision the skills issue or the availability of workers became a big issue. The Deputy is right that the task force was set up to see if something could be done in respect of upskilling, etc. I will come back to the Deputy on whether the Minister has interim recommendations from that work.

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