Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, United Left) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State did not answer the question I put to him. The information that I have from FLAC states:

In the case of carer's allowance, section 179(4) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, as amended, provides: "(4) For the purposes of subsection (1), a relevant person shall be regarded as requiring full-time care and attention where-----,

It goes on to set out the points with regard to continual supervision. By contrast, this legislation states, "For the purposes of the definition of 'relevant person' in this Chapter, a person shall not be regarded", etc. Why does the Minister of State believe that wording needs to be inserted? Is there some reason he has to change the legislation?