3105. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether a value-for-money or cost comparison analysis between directly employed home support workers and externally procured providers has been completed to date under the home support authorisation scheme; if such analysis has not been completed, to state the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54837/26]

As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.