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

Back in September 2020 I published a Private Members' Bill on the regulation of professional home care. That was two and a half years ago. In fairness, the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has done much work in this area and I have had engagement with the Department of Health on the matter as well. I wish to know where we are on this. I understood the Department was going to publish its own Bill on the issue. We have more and more people requiring home care. Their number is going to continue to grow, and especially so over the next eight years. There is a need for statutory regulation of the provision of home care. Where does the legislation promised by the Department stand?

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