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Galway TD demands proper pay structure for home care assistants

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Galway TD demands proper pay structure for home care assistants

Galway Bay fm newsroom - A Galway TD says it's no great surprise that there is a critical lack of health care assistants when the Government has done nothing to make it an attractive career choice.

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Deputy Sean Canney says there must be a pay structure that provides workers with real career opportunities.

It comes as figures from the HSE show there are almost 600 people in Galway and Mayo awaiting a service.

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Deputy Canney says keeping people in their own home is a right - but it also saves the state a lot of money.

Galway TD demands proper pay structure for home care assistants

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