Social Welfare Code
Dail Éireann — 2025-02-27
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Louise O'Reilly (SF), Dublin Fingal West

This is a subject we discussed at length during the most recent election. I am pleased that, due to pressure from the organisations representing carers and from members of the Opposition, including my party, the two parties that now make up two thirds of the Government committed to the abolition of the means test for carers. As yet, we do not have a detailed timeline in relation to that. My question relates to the means by which this will be done, and the timeline.

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Sitting date: 2025-02-27