Home Care Packages

3193. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health when the proposed statutory scheme for home support will be completed; the actions that have been completed to date as part of developing such a scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55194/26]

3258. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase HSE funding for supported living packages so that community-based living can expand in line with identified needs. [55431/26]

3259. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health the method which the HSE determines the number of supported living packages funded each year; and the way unmet demand is reflected in future planning. [55432/26]

4033. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received for homecare support in Wicklow in 2025 and to date in 2026; broken down by Municipal District, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58846/26]

4034. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have been granted home care support in 2025 and to date in 2026 in Wicklow that are still awaiting care packages to be fulfilled by a carer/home support agency broken down by area and waiting timeframe for example, weeks, months and so on, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58847/26]

471. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people awaiting a home help package in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54743/26]

553. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the process by which recipients of HSE-funded home support may request a change of home care provider; whether the HSE will introduce a clear national pathway to allow clients to transfer their HSE-funded home support hours from one approved provider to another; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54581/26]

554. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health if she will consider facilitating recipients of HSE-funded home supports who wish to receive both their publicly-funded and privately-funded home care services from the same provider in order to improve continuity of care and reduce the number of carers entering their home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54582/26]

603. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support, and those receiving less than their allocated hours, at the end of quarter 2 2026 in tabular form. [54735/26]

877. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that people living with dementia can access the home care they have been assessed as needing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53429/26]

200. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has issued any national, regional or local instruction, circular, operational guidance or other direction since 1 January 2026 restricting access to new or increased home support hours for older people or people with disabilities; if so, to provide copies of all such documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51897/2…

201. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for new home support hours, additional home support hours, or reassessments that have been refused, deferred, or approved at a lower level than recommended by the assessing clinician in each HSE Health Region since 1 January 2026; the reason recorded in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51898…

202. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether it is now HSE policy in any health region that home support services should be limited to persons requiring palliative or end-of-life care, persons at immediate risk of hospital admission, or other exceptional categories; if so, the criteria applying in each health region and the date on which they came into effect; and if she will make…

203. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of persons assessed as requiring home support who, at the latest available date, are awaiting a new home support package; an increase in home support hours; and commencement of an approved package, broken down by HSE Health Region and by priority category assigned by the HSE. [51900/26]

204. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether any HSE Health Region has exhausted, or is projected to exhaust, its allocated home support budget during 2026; whether any financial control measures have been introduced as a consequence; and if she will provide, by Health Region, the allocated budget, expenditure to date, projected year-end expenditure and estimated funding shortfall…

205. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges currently attributable, in whole or in part, to the unavailability of home support services, broken down by hospital and HSE Health Region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51902/26]

206. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the approved whole-time equivalent complement, filled posts and vacancies for HSE-employed home support workers in each HSE Health Region at the latest available date, together with the number of hours of home support unavailable due to staff shortages. [51903/26]

207. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether clinical recommendations regarding home support hours may be reduced or declined for budgetary or resource reasons notwithstanding an assessed care need; if so, the policy basis for this practice; the number of occasions on which this has occurred during 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51904/26]

219. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she will provide clarity on recent changes to home support services; if it is correct that new home support packages are now only being approved for people in critical or urgent need and those receiving palliative or end-of-life care; whether home support packages are now being capped at 14 hours per week; and if complex care funding, inclu…

220. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that home support services are vital in enabling people to remain safely in their own homes; and if she will outline the rationale for the measures. [52061/26]

221. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the specific measures that will be put in place to protect vulnerable individuals who will be unable to access necessary support, including people who require assistance with essential daily activities such as washing, dressing and eating, as well as younger people with disabilities who depend on home support to live independently. [52062/26]

856. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene with the HSE to urgently review the case of a person (details supplied) in Killarney Community Hospital; if consideration will be given to extending the persons stay pending the provision of adequate home supports; if she will ensure that the necessary home help package, twice daily, seven days per week, is expedited to…

402. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will urgently assist a family in south Kerry with a home care package (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50546/26]

454. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department can take to assist a person (details supplied) who is on dialysis and ready to be stepped down from a hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50443/26]

496. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether the HSE holds, or can produce, a national aggregate figure for the total number of compliance inspections, audits and reviews conducted under the home support authorisation scheme since 2023, given that the Department's reply of 26 June 2026 confirmed all audit records are held at regional level only; if the Department will r…