211. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to confirm the rate of the home support workers grant per hour for each of the past ten years. [74609/26]
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975. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in the HSE Cork north and east area who have been approved for home support but are waiting for a carer to be assigned, as of the most recent date available; the number of approved hours not delivered; the average and longest waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73872/26]
846. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the details of the number of home help provision hours approved by the HSE and left unmet due to staff shortages in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, by region in County Kerry. [72257/26]
876. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 70766 of 2026, if she will confirm whether the home support authorisation scheme contains any requirement for approved providers to reimburse workers for mileage, as distinct from travel time; if so, the minimum rate per kilometre specified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72411/26]
877. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted or commissioned any review of the mileage rates paid by approved home support providers to staff using their own vehicles since 2023; the findings of any such review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72414/26]
878. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the core hourly rate of €32.73 paid to approved home support providers applies uniformly in all areas, including Cork north central; whether any change to that rate has taken effect in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72417/26]
881. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE monitors or collects data on the hourly pay received by frontline home support workers employed by approved providers; if the HSE has set minimum expectation for the share of the €32.73 hourly rate that goes to worker pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72419/26]
579. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to change the frequency of the way in which salaries are paid for home support workers in the HSE (details supplied). [69972/26]
703. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she will increase the travel allowance for home help workers. [68113/26]
704. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when home support services will commence for an older person living alone in County Donegal that was approved in February 2026; and the reason for the delay. [68109/26]
744. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for HSE home support in each month of 2025 and to date in 2026 in the east Clare HSE community health network. [68177/26]
745. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for HSE home support in each month of 2025 and to date in 2026 in the west Clare HSE community health network. [68176/26]
746. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting one month or longer, three months or longer, six months or longer, and 12 months or longer for HSE home support in the west Clare HSE community health network. [68173/26]
747. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting one month or longer, three months or longer, six months or longer, and 12 months or longer for HSE home support in the east Clare HSE community health network. [68170/26]
812. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health to introduce a national mileage payment scheme for all home care workers. [68710/26]
148. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of additional home support hours that have been assessed as clinically required but remain undelivered nationally, and by county. [67229/26]
150. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of home-support hours approved but undelivered due to workforce shortages. [67240/26]
151. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health whether an analysis has been conducted on the relationship between home-support worker pay rates and unfilled home-support hours nationally. [67238/26]
152. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the proportion of State-funded home-support expenditure that reaches frontline care staff as wages [67236/26]
153. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average gross margin retained by home-support providers for each €32.73 home-support hour funded by the HSE. [67235/26]
575. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the total number of home support workers employed, by CHO area under the home support service for older people; and the number of vacancies, by CHO area. [66642/26]
1119. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals currently on waiting lists for specialist dementia home care services in CHO3; the steps being taken to expand the local operational capacity of an organisation (details supplied) in this area; and the timeline for the delivery of additional home care hours locally. [64135/26]
1120. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the status of the strategic expansion plan for the 27 specialist home care services operated nationwide by an organisation (details supplied); and the specific geographical areas or CHO regions targeted for new or expanded services under current funding allocations. [64133/26]
1432. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide additional home help supports (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65741/26]
849. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason persons assessed as requiring home support are being refused or delayed due to funding being exhausted; the steps she will take to ensure that no person living with dementia is left without the care they have been assessed as needing (details supplied); if she will confirm the commencement date for the legislation and detail the barriers that remain…