Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The issue I raise concerns home care and staffing in nursing homes. We can only describe this as a crisis that exists in particular in regard to home care, where there are very long waiting lists and it is largely due to very poor terms and conditions for staff working in this important area. The funding of the package to improve conditions seems to be lying with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. There is a delay in making the necessary funding available and I want to know what the Department's intentions are in that regard.

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