1436. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of approvals for HSE home support (older people) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29647/25]
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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1437. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of refusals for HSE home support (older people) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29648/25]
680. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of overnight home support hours that were delivered by HSE direction provision and authorisation scheme providers, by CHO, for the year to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26975/25]
216. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a home support application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal to allow discharge from Letterkenny University hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24759/25]
184. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently address the lack of home help services where people are approved but there is no services available; the efforts being made to improve the recruitment of home helps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23185/25]
225. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason the provision of a home help service in west Cork is failing to deliver the required hours to people, which in turn is increasing the likelihood of re-admission to an already creaking acute hospital service. [24123/25]
968. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people awaiting a home help package in Kerry, broken by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23756/25]
1169. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of elderly people awaiting a home help package in Kerry, by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24254/25]
1221. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a home help package in Kerry, broken by area and by length of time, in tabular form [24945/25]
440. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the funding allocated to County Louth HSE home support services for the years 2020 to 2025 respectively, in tabular form. [23049/25]
425. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently approve home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22096/25]
525. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a home help package in Donegal, in tabular form, broken by area and by length of time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22535/25]
345. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home support in CHO7 for longer than one month, longer than three months, longer then six months, in tabular form. [21796/25]
220. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer for quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [21525/25]
221. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024 and 2025. [21526/25]
222. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer for March of each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [21527/25]
2267. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if it is the policy of her Department and the HSE that home care workers directly employed by the HSE must retire on reaching 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20018/25]
2328. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health the current number of home helps employed, the nuance of vacancies, if there are plans to hire additional numbers, her views on the optimal number to be employed in this critical service, in each CHO region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20258/25]
2329. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health the current number of home helps employed by the HSE that are on permanent contracts, and the number on non-permanent contracts, in each CHO region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20259/25]
2330. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health the current number of home helps employed on contracts of less than 18.5 hours per week, in each CHO region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20260/25]
2409. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number nationwide on the waiting list for home help; the amount her Department is spending on private agencies to provide cover; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20735/25]
658. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on progress being made to support those living alone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16539/25]
828. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the number of patients approved for home support in Cork and waiting for the care to commence; the HSE’s plan on recruitment of home support workers; the way the HSE and agencies providing the care are being allocated; if this is completed on the date home support is awarded or on location and availability of carers; and if she will make a statement on the ma…
810. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13960/25]
1426. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) had their home support hours cut; if she is aware of the consequences of these cuts for their life; when the hours will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12288/25]