1117. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of persons (details supplied); if she will address the ongoing shortfall in their approved home support hours and the absence of weekend and emergency cover; the measures being taken to ensure continuity of care when regular carers are unavailable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63677/25]
Topics / Home Help Service
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHome Help Service
223 questions from 65 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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222 written, 1 oral
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| January 2025 | 4 |
| February 2025 | 17 |
| March 2025 | 4 |
| April 2025 | 10 |
| May 2025 | 11 |
| June 2025 | 10 |
| July 2025 | 16 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 12 |
| October 2025 | 6 |
| November 2025 | 18 |
| December 2025 | 6 |
| January 2026 | 8 |
| February 2026 | 18 |
| March 2026 | 15 |
| April 2026 | 14 |
| May 2026 | 11 |
| June 2026 | 14 |
| July 2026 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 16 |
| October 2026 | 8 |
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438. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when home support hours will commence for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal which were approved in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62353/25]
1016. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made by the HSE to recruit staff for the home support services being delivered in Carlow and Kilkenny; the estimated number of extra staff required to fulfil all of the demands on the service; the number of frontline staff directly employed by the HSE in the service; the number of agency staff employed for each of the past three years; if a …
485. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) and allow for nursing home care-home help; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60881/25]
172. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health for an update on the waiting lists for home support (home help) in Cork; the result of the recent recruitment campaign for home support workers by the HSE southwest in July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60273/25]
1722. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the specific measures which are being taken to address the ongoing difficulties in the provision of home help services in County Longford; if she is aware of increasing reports of elderly people being left without care support at weekends due to staff shortages, carers not being replaced when on leave, and scheduled visits being cut short, leaving families an…
2012. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will detail the impact of the current recruitment embargo on home support staffing levels in south Tipperary; and if any derogations have been sought or approved for this area. [59650/25]
2013. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the 71 clients currently awaiting home support services in Clonmel, by category of need, average waiting time to date, and longest current waiting time; and if she will provide details of waiting lists for all of South Tipperary. [59651/25]
181. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied), who has been awarded home help hours will have a home help allocated to them. [57496/25]
228. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each LHO area as of 1 October 2025 or the latest date available; the way that compares to targets in each LHO for the same time period; the number of persons currently on the waiting list for home support hours in each LHO area; the number waiting 0-3, 3-6, 6-12 and the number waiting 12 months plus, in …
794. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will allocate additional home help hours to a person (details supplied) specifically to provide over-night care or care during periods of the nighttime. [56779/25]
911. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the home help support tutoring service will be reinstated for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55470/25]
170. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health for an update on the number of individuals on the waiting list for home help in County Mayo; the plans in place to reduce this list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52555/25]
206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the plans the Government has in place to address the large number of people in County Donegal on waiting lists for home support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52382/25]
625. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a home help package in Donegal, by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49937/25]
1079. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the allocation of additional home support services care for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48301/25]
1204. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO9 awaiting home support services; and the average waiting time for such services. [48116/25]
1230. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding home help availability (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48302/25]
2109. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite the allocation of home help support for a person (details supplied) who is currently awaiting assistance; if she will ensure that home help is put in place for three days-a-week upon their return home given the urgency of their situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44740/25]
2206. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of care workers currently working under the home support scheme in each county, in tabular form. [45091/25]
2207. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently in receipt of the home support scheme in each county, in tabular form. [45092/25]
2208. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the number of care workers currently working under the home support scheme is adequate to provide the full number of care hours approved for all recipients of the scheme; the steps she will take to address any such shortfalls identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45093/25]
2209. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently provide home help for a person (details supplied) given the exceptional circumstances of this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45096/25]
2222. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of hours that are currently approved nationally for home support services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45193/25]
2223. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of hours that are currently approved in Kilkenny for home support services; the breakdown the number of these hours being carried out by HSE staff and hours carried out by agency staff; the number of hours currently awaiting personnel, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45194/25]