Home Care Packages

1837. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will increase funding for psychological support for people living with epidermolysis bullosa (EB) by €30,000 per annum, to expand the clinical psychologist post at St. James’s Hospital from 0.25 to 0.5 WTE, thereby providing dedicated EB-specific psychological care integrated into the dermatology multidisciplinary team; and if she wi…

1838. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide annual funding of €45,000 to extend the existing epidermolysis bullosa outreach nurse service to adults in the community, to ensure integrated continuity of care across acute and community settings, reduce hospitalisations, and improve quality of life for those living with epidermolysis bullosa; and if she will make a st…

1977. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the home care hours package promised by the DOP, St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, in respect of a person (details supplied) will be provided immediately as the family supporting their care cannot cope; and if she will expedite a positive response. [59479/25]

1981. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting for a home help package in County Kerry, by area and length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59483/25]

1987. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for a new home care package; the additional hours under current home care package, broken down by county in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [59550/25]

1988. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for a existing home care package and additional hours under current home care package, broken down by county in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [59551/25]

2073. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Meath on waiting lists for a new home care package; and additional hours under current home care package, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60076/25]

2074. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for home care and for additional home care hours in county Meath; and the average waiting time for each waiting lists, in tabular form. [60077/25]

845. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 1 October 2025, if she will urgently investigate the status of home support services for a person (details supplied); if the alternate weekend care due to commence on 11 October 2025 has commenced; if she will ensure that appropriate home support is in place given their age and recent injuries; and i…

850. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours for older people provided in Meath in each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive; the target for 2025; the number provided to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57339/25]

322. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the number of home care hours delivered in County Kildare from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55794/25]

855. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the critical shortage of health care assistants in the Clonmel and south Tipperary area; the immediate measures being taken to address the waiting lists for home support services for older persons and those requiring post-hospital care.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54927/25]

856. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current number of individuals in the Clonmel and south Tipperary area who are awaiting allocation of home support hours; the average waiting time for new applicants; and the steps being taken to reduce these waiting lists. [54928/25]

880. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of homecare hours delivered by the State to date in 2025; the number of persons in receipt of such care; the way in which this compares to the targets for volume of services which is ordinarily set out in the HSE National Service Plan; the corresponding figures for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55153/…

620. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of older persons who have applied for home care support through the HSE and who are awaiting the allocation of home care in each county, in tabular form; the average wait time for same; and her views on the sustainability of the section 39 model in this respect. [53299/25]

139. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours provided for older people in Roscommon in 2024; the target for same in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52218/25]

179. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person will be reviewed (details supplied) whose home help supports ceased when she was admitted to hospital; the reason the service has not been reinstated since her discharge; if she will address concerns that the HSE has indicated the service is “out of tender”, with no provider yet allocated; if she will ensure that urgent …

916. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Roscommon and Galway on waiting lists for a new home care package; and additional hours under current home care package, in tabular form. [51937/25]

1031. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a person with a major brain injury (details supplied), whose family need extra home support hours, cannot receive the extra hours applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48049/25]

1032. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) is unable to receive additional home care hours given they have a major brain injury and their family require additional home support hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48050/25]

1038. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the list of the counties in which home share is available for those seeking respite; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48067/25]

1388. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current waiting times for access to home care packages across Carlow and Kilkenny and nationally; and the steps being taken to help meet the current demand. [49215/25]

2180. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health to confirm the care plan the HSE have in place for a person (details supplied). [44985/25]

2239. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 20 March 2025, of the 730,243 homecare hours allocated in 2024 (details supplied) the number that were supplied by private companies; the share of the budget this represents; if homecare hours are supplied in the Meath area by direct HSE staff; and the share this represents in both budget and hour…

2240. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there is a difference in cost to supply home care through the HSE directly, as opposed to the use of private companies; and if so, the difference. [45257/25]