Written answers

Thursday, 14 February 2013

Department of Health

Home Help Service Provision

Photo of Gerry AdamsGerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Health in view of 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/reassessment of the home help hours provision for all those whose hours were cut in the last quarter of 2012 with a view to restoring the withdrawn hours to the greatest number of people possible, commensurate with freshly assessed need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7449/13]

Photo of Kathleen LynchKathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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I have already indicated that care provision in 2013 for Home Help, Home Care Packages and Personal Assistant hours will be restored to 2012 levels.

In line with its normal procedures for the allocation or review of Home Support services at individual level, the HSE will review as appropriate those who have a medically assessed requirement for services, to ensure that these services are provided on a prioritised basis in line with assessed need. The review process also facilitates adjustments in the service provision to allow for changes in health or other circumstances. The HSE will continue to target services at the most vulnerable and to recycle hours and care packages from people whose needs reduce or come to an end.

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