Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Health with the promised restoration of the pre-September 2012 level of funding for home help hours, if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to arrange an assessment/re-assessment of the home help hours provision for all those whose hours were cut in the last quarter of 2012 with a mind to restoring the withdrawn hours to the greatest number possible, commensurate with freshly assessed need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58120/12]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The commitment of the Government, as announced following the recent Budget 2013, to restore core community services of home help, home care packages and personal assistant hours is being progressed in the context of finalising the HSE Service Plan 2013.

In line with its normal procedures for the allocation or review of Home Support services at individual level, the Executive will review as appropriate the cases raised by the Deputy to ensure that services are provided on a prioritised basis in line with assessed need.