Written answers
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Department of Health
Care of the Elderly
Michael Cahill (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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1393. To ask the Minister for Health to consider the urgent need for additional nursing staff/home carers to cater for our elderly loved ones, as there is a huge shortfall of required caring staff in Kerry, with Dingle, the Iveragh peninsula, south and east Kerry being particularly badly affected; if he will provide additional nurses/carers to visit them regularly because if the present staff shortage is not dealt with people will need to return to a hospital setting, with all associated additional costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46639/24]
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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As these are a operational matters I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
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