Care Services
Dail Éireann — 2024-09-24
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Peadar Tóibín (AON), Meath West

I want to speak to the issue of care and the fact that care is so vital in our society at the moment. One in eight Irish people currently provide unpaid care. It is a tremendously tough job. It is often 24-7. It can be extremely demanding. How can we start to help, in the context of income, people who are providing care? Many of them are means-tested and many of them are suffering because they deliver care.

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Sitting date: 2024-09-24