Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of voluntary/and not-for-profit home help/home care organisations are there currently operating in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43123/12]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The information sought by the Deputy is not collated as a matter of routine by the Department of Health or the Health Service Executive.

The Deputy will be aware that the HSE work in partnership with a number of providers in the Not-for-Profit and the private sectors, who deliver home care as required on behalf of the Executive. Some of the non-profit organisations currently providing home care on behalf of the HSE, also provide other health or personal social services. However, the Executive would not have details in respect of organisations outside of this remit. There are a number of organisations representing at least some of the non-statutory home care agencies nationally and details of these are available in the public domain e.g. Home Care Association, www.hca.ie.

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the location of and to whom the new home help/home care service tenders are being given/or have been for the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43124/12]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.