asked the Minister for Social Welfare the principal reasons why the percentage increase in home assistance since 1960 in Galway and Dublin was 197 and 148 respectively while in Waterford there was a decrease of 15 per cent.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Home Assistance.
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In Galway and Dublin the principal reasons for the increase were extra expenditure on the care of the aged and increases in home assistance rates. In Waterford the decrease was mainly due to the transfer of disabled persons from home assistance to Disabled Persons' Maintenance Allowances.