Home care supports need to be urgently addressed – Heney

Published on: 22 January 2020


Fianna Fáil Councillor Deirdre Heney has said her party will provide additional home care support hours over the next five years if elected to government.

The commitment comes at a time when the home care support services across the country are under serious pressure.

Cllr. Heney said: “We have all seen the escalation in homecare supports over the past year. I have people coming to me extremely distressed because their loved one needs supports and they simply aren’t available.

“Some people are only getting half an hour a week, while others have been put on a waiting list and don’t know when they will receive any supports.  This is simply not good enough.  Vulnerable people are not getting the supports that the need because of the complete mismanagement of our health service by Fine Gael.”

“Fianna Fáil will move to address this as a matter of priority.  Under our health proposals we will provide an additional five million hours of home care support over the next five years as well as implementing a statutory homecare scheme.

“We need to see a more co-ordinated approach to our healthcare system; by increasing the number of hours of home care supports available it will allow for more people to receive the care they need,’ concluded Cllr Heney.

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