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Cathal Crowe Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Health
811. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has been allocated 21 hours home help but is currently only in receipt of four hours per week will receive their full allocation hours as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16372/26]
John McGuinness Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Health
878. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of qualified care assistants that have been Garda vetted and are available to take up duties delivering home care hours in the community, which are on the HSE panel in the CHO5 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16699/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
1087. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support in each month of 2025, by RHA and IHA, by whether the person is waiting for a new package or additional hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15085/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
1088. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of hours of home support delivered in each month of 2025, by RHA and IHA, by direct vs non direct delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15086/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Health
682. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving enough home help hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13956/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1146. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support in December from 2022 to 2025; the number of people receiving less than their allocated hours, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12193/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1156. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when home help service positions will be filled in Donegal; the reason for additional staff not being able to take up positions given the long waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12229/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1185. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people for each day in January who were medically discharged at Letterkenny University Hospital but had to remain in hospital as they had to wait for a home help package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12490/26]
Holly Cairns Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Health
540. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed as home support workers, either full or part-time, by community health organisation, for each of the years between 2015 and 2025; the number of home help hours available per week, by CHO, for each of the years between 2015 and 2025, in tabular form. [11159/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Health
589. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of home support hours funded nationally and in Cork city and county for each year from 2022 to date; the number of hours actually delivered; the gap between funded and delivered hours; and the reasons identified for any persistent underspend or delivery shortfall. [11404/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Health
590. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the extent to which delays in home support provision are contributing to premature admission to long-term residential care; whether any cost-comparison or value-for-money analysis has been conducted; and if she will publish any such assessment. [11405/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Health
591. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the governance mechanisms which exist within her Department to monitor home support waiting lists; how frequently data is reviewed at ministerial level; and what accountability measures apply where waiting lists remain persistently high. [11406/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Health
592. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether national targets exist for maximum waiting times for home support services; if not, whether she intends to introduce such targets; and the timeline for achieving measurable reductions in waiting lists in Cork city and county. [11407/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Health
593. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the way in which current home support waiting list levels align with Sláintecare commitments to care in the community; whether her Department accepts that prolonged delays undermine that policy objective; and what corrective actions are planned. [11408/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Health
594. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what population-based demand modelling her Department uses to project future home support needs; whether Cork’s ageing profile has been factored into capacity planning; and whether additional funding or staffing allocations are planned for 2026. [11409/26]
Joanna Byrne Written 11 Feb 2026 · to Health
294. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth waiting for home support each year from December 2022 to 2025, or latest comparable date, and the number of people receiving less than their allocated hours, in tabular form. [10584/26]
Joanna Byrne Written 11 Feb 2026 · to Health
304. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth awaiting home support for each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026 including numbers approved but not yet commenced; hours approved vs delivered; and average waiting times. [10594/26]
Natasha Newsome Drennan Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Health
379. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their home assessment of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8867/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Health
424. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO 2 awaiting home help services as of 29 January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9021/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Health
425. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for provision of home help services in CHO 2 as of 29 January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9022/26]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1158. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to provide the current waiting list for the Home Support Service in Donegal. [6609/26]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1159. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will allow the Home Support Service in Donegal to resume recruitment for health care assistants, which has been curtailed; and if the outsourcing of these services to private providers in Donegal has been curtailed. [6610/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Health
42. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to address home help waiting lists in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5072/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Health
532. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the steps that will be taken to address home help waiting lists in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5275/26]
Pat the Cope Gallagher Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
998. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the exceptional delays in providing home support services, to those already approved for such services in County Donegal; the steps she proposes to take to have the committed services provided immediately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4169/26]