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# Home help hours

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# hospital discharges
Almost 1,000 people added to the waiting list for home help hours since March
As of the end of June, 7,217 people are waiting on home support packages in the country.
# Home help hours
Home help care supports: How many people are waiting in your county?
A total of 6,819 people are waiting for funding for home help hours, but the HSE continues to deny any cuts to the service.
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Home help protest set for Taoiseach's Mayo office
Workers and supporters will march on Enda Kenny’s constituency office in Castlebar to protest at home help cutbacks.
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450,000 home help hours could go as HSE plans €8 million cut
The changes would equate to about 450,000 hours being lost – but the HSE says direct patient care services will stay.