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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 21 Apr 1998

Vol. 489 No. 6

Written Answers. - Home Help Service.

Dan Neville

Question:

423 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in 1998 by the national review group on home help service; and when the group will issue a report of its findings. [8819/98]

The work of the consultants examining the operation of the home help service under the auspices of the National Council on Ageing and Older People is progressing satisfactorily and is expected to be completed by this summer.

Dan Neville

Question:

424 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the hourly payment rate of home help personnel and the total home help service budget for each of the years 1994/5, 1996/7 and 1998 under the headings total expenditure and the amount per capita expenditure in each health board area. [8820/98]

The current hourly rate of payment to part-time home helps by health board is set out below.

Health Board

Hourly Rate

£

Eastern

2.10 to 5.00

Midland

3.50*

Mid-Western

3.00

North-Eastern

2.20

North-Western

2.50 to 3.13

Southern

1.70**

South-Eastern

2.00

Western

2.42

*Average rate of payment in Midland Health Board.
**The Southern Health Board propose to increase the rate to £2.00 per hour from 1-7-98.
The salary scale for full-time home helps with effect from 1 April 1998 is in the range of £218.18-£225.69.
The budgetary information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tables:
Total Expenditure

Health Board

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

£

£

£

£

£

Eastern

4,564,764

5,019,751

4,530,000

4,653,776

Not finalised

Midland

1,095,050

1,146,200

1,145,000

1,225,200

1,252,000

Mid-Western

1,432,272

1,503,806

1,869,640

1,603,059

1,825,000

North-Eastern

937,900

1,009,000

1,106,100

1,184,000

1,810,200

North-Western

1,273,502

1,431,077

1,511,354

1,682,038

2,805,000

Southern

2,622,274

2,776,467

2,862,758

3,085,816

3,732,909

South-Eastern

999,000

1,135,000

1,226,000

1,036,000

1,205,000

Western

1,496,087

1,524,066

1,548,240

1,754,484

1,880,947

Total

14,420,849

15,545,367

15,799,092

16,224,373

14,511,056

ExpenditurePer Capita

Health Board

1994*

1995*

1996**

1997**

1998**

Eastern

3.67

4.03

3.50

3.60

Not finalised

Midland

5.39

5.65

5.57

5.96

6.09

Mid-Western

4.61

4.84

5.90

5.06

5.76

North-Eastern

3.12

3.36

3.62

3.87

5.92

North-Western

6.12

6.87

7.15

7.96

13.27

Southern

4.93

5.22

5.24

5.65

6.83

South-Eastern

2.61

2.96

3.13

2.65

3.08

Western

4.36

4.44

4.40

4.99

5.35

*Based on 1991 census figure.
**Based on 1996 census figure.
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