Last year the Health Service National Service Plan set a target that over 53,000 people would receive 17.9m home support hours and a further 235 people would receive 360,000 hours through intensive home care packages. This represented a combined target of over 18.2m hours of home support. This year an additional investment of €52 million has been provided for home support services and the 2020 Service Plan sets a target of over 19.2 million hours across the country which is 1 million hours more than the 2019 target.
As the Deputy's queries in relation to Cavan and Monaghan are a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.