Home Care Packages Expenditure

Wednesday, 26 June 2019

Questions (172, 173)

Peter Burke

Question:

172. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 2.2 million hours of home help. [27030/19]

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Peter Burke

Question:

173. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing 8,000 extra home care packages. [27031/19]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 173 together.

As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.