Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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1158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to enable hospitals to block book home care hours, in order to enable providers to plan strategically and ensure that there are carers available to support timely discharge of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47634/23]

Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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1159. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that homecare providers are paid for a month when a client pauses receiving care to ensure that the homecare workers remain assigned to the client; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47635/23]

Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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1160. To ask the Minister for Health if will give due consideration to incentivising providers and carers to deliver care in rural areas (similar to the Australian Modified Monash Model which measures the remoteness and population size on scale of 1-7, i.e., major city to very remote); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47636/23]