653. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for homecare packages; the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay accessing homecare; and the waiting lists for homecare packages, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [41323/24]

As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.