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]
Topics / Home Care Packages
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHome Care Packages
273 questions from 72 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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271 written, 2 oral
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| January 2025 | 7 |
| February 2025 | 15 |
| March 2025 | 19 |
| April 2025 | 10 |
| May 2025 | 20 |
| June 2025 | 12 |
| July 2025 | 16 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 9 |
| October 2025 | 9 |
| November 2025 | 15 |
| December 2025 | 3 |
| January 2026 | 11 |
| February 2026 | 12 |
| March 2026 | 21 |
| April 2026 | 6 |
| May 2026 | 15 |
| June 2026 | 20 |
| July 2026 | 30 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 18 |
| October 2026 | 5 |
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1573. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to list the HSE-approved providers of paediatric home care packages. [30248/25]
521. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of 10,000 intensive home care hours. [28730/25]
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]
773. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality 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. [25966/25]
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]
955. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the number of hours currently allocated to a person (details supplied); if the service continues to be provided, the arrangements for same including the hours allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23442/25]
956. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1239 of 22 January 2025 if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23443/25]
441. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if care rationing of new home care packages took place in the CHO 8 area in 2024; if so the reason for this rationing or non-allocation of new home care packages; and if this is not currently taking place within this CHO area. [23050/25]
415. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health in relation to home care assistants providing home support services, the official policy of the HSE in relation to home care assistants providing assistance with eating and drinking to clients with physical limitations on feeding; when, in what circumstances and on what terms, such assistance may be provided within each individual CHO, in tabular form; the …
1957. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a home care package will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21041/25]
2038. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of ongoing issues with the delivery of home support services in the Cavan/Monaghan area (details supplied); if she will review the current procedures for assessing and allocating support hours, including the utilisation of available staff resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18871/25]
2339. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was granted home care support but supports are not always put into place; the reason she is not being notified when carers are not calling. [20271/25]