Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The shortage of home care workers is causing considerable undue hardship for older people and their families. It especially affects older people who may have had major procedures in hospital and cannot be discharged because they may require two home care workers. Because they cannot be discharged, they have to spend longer than they should in hospital. There is a solution to this. The Government could extend visas to home care workers from outside the EU and include home care workers on the critical skills list thereby providing home care hours to those who badly need it.

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