Budget: Extra five million home-care hours to keep people living in communities

The number of hours allocated as part of home-care packages is to increase by around a quarter,  from 19m hours to around 24m hours next year.

An extra 5m home-care hours are to be provided as part of Budget 2021, to help people to stay living in their communities.

Health, housing, and green initiatives will be prioritised in Tuesday's budget, with an extra €500m being added to the overall housing allocation.