Question from Deputy Sorca Clarke - PQ 47744-26

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in the midlands region who have been approved for HSE home support hours but are currently unable to access all or part of those hours due to a lack of available home support workers; the number of directly employed HSE home support workers and the number employed by private providers in the region; the current vacancy rate; the measures being taken to recruit additional home support workers; and when she expects all approved home support hours to be delivered in full. -Sorca Clarke