1331. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the current HSE recruitment efforts for home support service staff in north Tipperary, particularly in the Lorrha and surrounding areas in CHO 3 Mid-West, outlining the number of existing vacancies and the level of recruitment planned for 2025; when these positions are expected to be filled; the measures being taken to address service deli…
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1356. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have been granted home care support in 2024 and to date in 2025, that are awaiting their care packages to be fulfilled by a carer-home support agency, broken down by county and waiting timeframe, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29338/25]
1357. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting homecare support in County Wicklow; the total number of hours allocated in 2024 and to date in 2025 in County Wicklow; the average number of hours granted to each successful applicant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29339/25]
1358. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm the number of people who have been granted home care support in 2024 and to date in 2025, who are still awaiting their care packages to be fulfilled by a carer/home support agency, broken down by county and waiting timeframe, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29340/25]
1405. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children experiencing delayed discharge due to a delay in accessing paediatric homecare packages, both funded and those who are waiting on funding, by hospital, in tabular form. [29517/25]
1406. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children who experienced delayed discharges due to a delay in accessing paediatric homecare packages in March of each year from 2019 to 2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [29518/25]
1433. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of people in RHA West and Northwest waiting for home support for longer than 1, 3, 6 months and longer than 12 months broken down by integrated health area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29644/25]
1434. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of hours on the home support waiting list in RHA West and Northwest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29645/25]
1571. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number paediatric home care packages currently being delivered, by HSE health region, in tabular form; the total allocated hours; and the total funded hours fulfilled. [30246/25]
1572. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total cost of paediatric home care packages in each of the years 2015 to 2019, in tabular form. [30247/25]
1573. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to list the HSE-approved providers of paediatric home care packages. [30248/25]
527. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 1 million addition home care hours. [28729/25]
528. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 10,000 dementia-specific home care hours. [28731/25]
366. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if home care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27759/25]
579. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the means by which the authorisation scheme charge out rate for overnights was arrived at a figure below that of a daytime rate; to explain how the HSE allocate a charge out rate for an overnight rate below that of the previous Tier 1 tender and below that of the current daytime hourly rate for a premium awake overnight service; and if she will make a statement on t…
580. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health to outline the home support services available to provide family carers with in-home respite supports between the hours of 10pm – 8am; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26742/25]
707. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a home care package will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27198/25]
777. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans to regulate home care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25967/25]
783. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a home support package is put in place for a person, as a matter of urgency, and if a public health nurse can call to assess this person’s needs (details supplied). [25165/25]
899. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of people approved for the provision of home care in CHO 5; the number of those people who have received home care provision; the number of those people who are waiting for the provision of home care; the length of time in two-month increments that those people who have not yet received home care provision have been waiting; and if she will make a sta…
901. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting home care support in County Wexford; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in County Wexford; the average number of hours granted to each successful applicant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26030/25]
906. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for home care and for additional home care hours in counties Roscommon and Galway; and the average waiting time for each waiting lists in each county, in tabular form. [26446/25]
117. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of people issued with a home care package but unable to fulfil it due to staffing shortages, or other reasons, in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23593/25]
123. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to design a statutory home care scheme, the timeline she is working towards, and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24093/25]
156. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of acute hospital bed days that were lost due to the lack of availability of home care packages and availability of nursing home places, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23594/25]