Written answers
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Department of Health
Home Help Service
Arthur Spring (Kerry North-West Limerick, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Health if the model of the home help services of Northern Ireland has been examined by his Department in view of the recent report composed by researchers from Trinity College Dublin and Queen's University Belfast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48107/12]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The Report entitled Towards the Development of a Predictive Model of Long-Term Care Demand for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland was launched on 25 October last.
The Report is a welcome contribution on how we might meet the changing requirements of older people across all of Ireland in future years. The various issues raised in the report, including Home Help services in various countries, are broadly familiar to the Department of Health. The Report is at present being given detailed consideration in the Department in the context of on-going development of policies and services for older people, as agreed under the Programme for National Recovery 2011-2016.
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