Serious concern has been raised about the quality of some homecarers in Co Leitrim - with some allegedly spending only a few minutes in pensioners' homes.
That's according to Fianna Fáil councillor Gary Prior, who was speaking at a Leitrim County Council meeting yesterday.
He questioned the level of vetting and training that's done before staff are hired.
Advertisement
Councillor Prior says the standard of non-HSE homecarers is slipping - as he told Eoghan Murphy:
