Join HCCI
Join HCCI

Author: Dionne O'Mahony

Home & Community Care Ireland Winter Plan 2023

Home Care

As we enter the perennial winter hospital overcrowding crisis, exacerbated this year by health funding challenges, home care continues to be marginalised as a tool in combatting Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC). There has also been a lack of focus on preventing hospital admissions by failing to tackle persistent home care waiting lists. Current proposals […]

HCCI Home Care Data Series Volume 2: Home Support Delivery

Access private home care with HCCI easily. Find essential information and resources to enhance your home care experience and ensure your well-being. Home Support Delivery

This issue of the HCCI Home Care Data Series examines home support delivery. Using HSE data from a PQ asked by Colm Burke TD, we outline the growth in home support hours at a national and local level since 2018, including a breakdown of HSE and independent sector delivery. We look at the performance of each Community […]

Building A Better Home Care Sector: HCCI Pre-Budget Submission 2024

home care sector

Introduction: Home Care Sector Home & Community Care Ireland (HCCI) has presented its Pre-Budget 2024 submission. This outlines actionable strategies aimed at addressing the pressing issues of waiting lists and recruitment difficulties within the home care sector. These recommendations are designed to enhance the immediate operational capacity of the sector. This ensures its long-term sustainability […]

HCCI’s Pre-Budget Submission Calls For A New Deal For Home Care Workers

Home Care Workers, home care providers private home care Home Care Worker Homecare Worker healthcare

HCCI calls for a strategic approach to home care service development through Commission on Care and Statutory Home Support Scheme Tuesday 8th August: Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI), the organisation that represents private home care companies, is calling for a new deal for home care workers in its 2024 pre-Budget submission. HCCI says home […]

HCCI Home Care Data Series – The Waiting List Issue

Home Care Workers, home care providers private home care Home Care Worker Homecare Worker healthcare

Introducing the HCCI Home Care Data Series As the representative body for home care providers, Home & Community Care Ireland (HCCI) is launching a new series of quarterly reports to make data from the home care sector more accessible for service users, families, policymakers, researchers and the media. Each quarter, HCCI will release the latest […]

HCCI’s Joseph Musgrave Discusses Changes To Social Welfare Rules On RTE Radio 1 Drivetime

Joseph Musgrave

Sound clip provided by RTE Radio 1 Drivetime. Date published: Thursday 12 January 2023. Episode Notes HCCI CEO, Joseph Musgrave speaks with Cormac O’hEadhra on RTE Radio 1 Drivetime about how small changes to social welfare eligibility rules can drastically reduce home care waiting lists and make a significant contribution to the hospital overcrowding crisis. […]

Home Care Waiting List Could Be Wiped Out At The Stroke Of Pen Says HCCI

Home Care Workers, home care providers private home care Home Care Worker Homecare Worker healthcare

Dublin, 12 January 2023: The 6,000 long waiting list for home care support, which is a contributor to the hospital and delayed discharge crisis, could be wiped out instantly if home care workers were permitted to take on more hours say Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI). The organisation that represents private home care providers is […]

Report Of The Strategic Workforce Advisory Group On Home Carers Fails To Address Recruitment Crisis In The Short Term

Home Carers

Dublin, 15th October 2022: Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI), the organisation that represents private home care providers has said that the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers, published by Minister Butler today, fails to address the current home care worker recruitment crisis. Joseph Musgrave, CEO, HCCI said, “While the report reflects an awareness […]

HCCI Concerned That Reform Of The Home Care Sector Is Too Slow

Home Care Workers, home care providers private home care Home Care Worker Homecare Worker healthcare

As the homecare worker recruitment crisis deepens and waiting lists lengthen HCCI urges the Government to leverage adaptability & pace of private providers HCCI outlined various initiatives that Government has committed to but where the pace of progress is extremely slow: 15 June 2022, Dublin: Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI), the organisation representing private […]

relevant links

Other Links

contact us

3rd Floor, Ormond Building,
31-36 Ormond Quay Upper,
Dublin 7,
D07 EE37

contact us

3rd Floor, Ormond Building,
31-36 Ormond Quay Upper,
Dublin 7,
D07 EE37

©HCCI, 2024
Home & Community Care in Ireland. Registration No. 452714

Twitter Linkedin

Designed and Developed by Rokir 

Teresa McNally

HCCI Board Member

CEO of Irish HomeCare

Teresa is the CEO of Irish HomeCare, a leading national homecare provider in Ireland. As a Registered General Nurse with over 20 years of experience in the health and social care sector, Teresa has held various clinical and leadership roles across acute, residential, and community services in both Ireland and the UK. Her clinical background fuels her deep passion for the ongoing development of healthcare services, with a commitment to ensuring that home care remains at the forefront, while continuously enhancing workforce skills and capabilities to support future health and social care needs within local communities.

Teresa firmly believes that our people are at the heart of our health services and is a strong advocate for our workforce, embodying compassion in both care and leadership. In addition to her Board role at HCCI, she chairs the HCCI Disability and Community Care Committee and serves as a Board Member for the Royal College of Surgeons Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, further enriching her contributions to the field.

Samantha Rayner

HCCI Board Member

Chief Operations Officer of Virtue Integrated Care

Samantha Rayner is Chief Operations Officer with Virtue Integrated Care and leads the Home Care division of the company which includes Danu Home Care, Be Independent Home Care and Heritage Home Care.   

She has extensive Irish Health Care experience in senior roles across Operations, Project Management and Corporate Services. She was formally HSE national lead for Residential Care Services for Older Persons, Intermediate Care and Discharge Planning and Community Services including Day Care, Housing with Supports and Meals on Wheels.  

She has a BA in Health Services Management and Economics and is a trained Business and Executive Coach.

Dionne O'Mahony

Policy & Communications Officer

Dionne joined the HCCI team in early 2024 as Policy and Communications Officer. Dionne has an undergraduate degree in Commerce and Spanish, and a master’s in International Public Policy and Diplomacy, both from University College Cork.

Before starting at HCCI, Dionne completed an internship at the Electoral Commission and lived in Spain improving her Spanish. 

Jamie Farrelly

Policy & Communications Manager

Jamie Farrelly joined HCCI in 2021 and was promoted to Policy & Communications Manager in December 2022. He has BA in Politics & Economics from Maynooth University, an MA in Public Affairs and Political Communications from Technical University Dublin and a Post
Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Innovation from Trinity College Dublin. From 2022 to 2024, Jamie was Club Secretary for the Dublin Devils FC and advocated for LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport across national TV & Radio.

Anne Fleming

Finance Officer

Anne is the Finance Officer for the organisation and is responsible for the daily running of the Finance Department. She spent fifteen years in branch banking with AIB Bank and is CPA qualified. She also holds a diploma in Forensic Accounting.

Tracy Fitzgerald

Liaison Officer

Tracy is HCCI’s Liaison officer between HCCI and Garda national vetting bureau (GNVB). Her role focuses on processing Garda Vetting for our members and non-members, ensuring that home care workers can begin their role as fast as possible.

Tracey started in the healthcare business as a home care worker, going on to complete the full QQI level 5 in Community healthcare services. She has worked her way up in various areas within the home care sector, before starting in HCCI in November 2023.

Paul Kelly

Garda Vetting & Member Relations Manager

Paul is the Garda Vetting & Member Relations Manager at HCCI. Having joined HCCI in March 2020, Paul manages the Garda Vetting service and is responsible for bringing new members into the organisation.

Paul has over 20 years supervisory management experience in manufacturing/logistics and
purchasing. Outside of work, he has ten years volunteer experience with local grassroots football club as secretary and treasurer. Paul has represented Ireland in tenpin bowling at junior and senior level for over ten years, but now spends any spare time playing golf.

David McKone

HCCI Director

Managing Director of Right at Home Ireland

David established Right at Home in 2013, having acquired the master franchise licence for Ireland from the organisation’s international headquarters in the USA.  Since 2013, David has grown Right at Home successfully, with current franchise offices operating in Galway, Cork, Kildare, Dublin and South Dublin / Wicklow Areas – covering five CHO’s across the country.  Prior to establishing Right At Home Ireland, David worked in the IT sector and ran his own IT company, supporting large construction and NGO projects.

Collette Gleeson

HCCI Board Member

Managing Director of Comfort Keepers Homecare Ireland & Elevation Training

With over 20 years’ experience across the public, not for profit and private sectors in hospital, home, palliative, and disability services, Collette has dedicated her professional life to providing person centred, ethical, technological, and strategic services through the lens of quality and value-based people leadership. She is deeply passionate about the important role Health and Social Care services play in all our lives and has focused on contributing at a local, national, and international level on the development of services, governance, digital transformation, and people development to advance the sector in the delivery of choice and to help shape the future of services. 

She holds an MBA in Technology and Management, BA in HR and Diplomas in Risk Management and Coaching.

Kieran Hallinan

HCCI Board Member

Managing Director of Bluebird Care Northeast

Kieran Hallinan is the Managing Director of Bluebird Care Northeast and a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH).

With over 20 years of experience in health and safety management, Kieran has led Bluebird Care Northeast since 2011, ensuring top-tier homecare services across the North East Region. His expertise includes risk management, environmental compliance, quality improvement, and business strategy, making him a leader in the healthcare sector. He previously held management roles at Siemens Energy and SISK Group. 

He holds an MSc in Occupational Health, BSc in Environmental Science and Diplomas in Further Education and Coaching.

Ryan Williams LLB MSSC

HCCI Board Member

Chief People Officer with Connected Health

Ryan is a founding shareholder, Director and Chief People Officer with Connected Health. Connected Health is one of Ireland’s largest Homecare providers employing some 1800 staff across the Island. Connected Health delivers over 6 million individual care visits per year and is leading the charge across both service and product innovation within the home and additional health and social care settings. Ryan is also a Director and Co-Founder of Conscia Talent delivering outsourced talent and consultancy services to clients across Ireland, UK and EMEA. Ryan is a serial angel investor in local high growth SME’s and is the Founder and Lead investor at the AMP Business Incubator in Derry.

Ryan holds an LLB and MSSC in Criminology, both from Queens University Belfast. Ryan is a former President of Queens Law Society and non-Executive Director of the Western Health and Social Services Board. Ryan is a multiple Ironman, distinctly average Triathlete and open water swimmer, having twice swam from Asia to Europe raising much needed resources for his chosen charity the Sunshine Foundation Romania.

Michael Wright

HCCI Board Member

Director of Corporate Operations at Home Instead Ireland

Michael Wright opened the first private home care business in County Tipperary in 2008, opening Ireland’s 12th Irish Home Instead office in Thurles. Having ran a highly successful franchise business for 11 years, providing services to private clients and HSE older persons and disability funded service users, Michael sold his franchise back to Home Instead corporate.

As Home Instead’s new Director of Public Affairs, Michael developed Home Instead’s public affairs strategy and successfully co-ordinated activity between private and not-for-profit home care organisations. Michael then worked as Home Instead’s Director of Sales where he developed Home Instead’s private Live-in Care business before moving to his current role as Director of Corporate Operations. With only one Home Instead franchise office remaining in Ireland, Home Instead no longer considers itself a franchise organisation and Michael leads on growth across Home Instead’s Irish business.

Prior to joining Home Instead, Michael enjoyed a career in sales management in the pharmaceutical and clinical nutrition sectors in the UK and Ireland. Michael lives in Co. Limerick.

Joseph Musgrave

HCCI Chief Executive

Joseph was appointed Chief Executive of HCCI in September 2018. He also serves as a Director of the Board.

Prior to joining HCCI, he worked at a number of the world’s leading communications consultancies. Joseph has significant experience with business operations, providing executive leadership and all aspects of communications.

In one of his proudest achievements, Joseph served as the national spokesman for the successful pro-gay marriage campaign in the United Kingdom throughout its duration from 2012 to 2013.