Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is good that there are 1,000 extra carers in the system but there are still people who need more hours. Some people are getting half an hour of home care a day. Others only get care on a certain number of days each week. They do not get care on seven days, and some of them are badly in need of it. This puts pressure on family members and in some cases there are no family members and people end up in a nursing home.

While the Government is moving on work permits, the matter needs to be escalated. I look forward to seeing the report when it comes out. What I see does not reflect those figures but the results remain to be seen.