Vol. 516 No. 6
306 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Health and Children the action, if any, taken following the report, Future Organisation of the Home Help Service in Ireland in 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9093/00]
My Department commissioned a report entitled The Future Organisation of the Home Help Service in Ireland by the Policy Research Centre of the National College of Ireland under the direction of the National Council on Ageing and Older People. Following the publication of the report, I made available to the health boards in 1999 an additional sum of £1.5 million to expand and develop the home help service and provide appropriate training as recommended in the report. This sum, together with an additional £0.78 million has been repeated this year.
