Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Healy, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Crotty, Ms Metcalfe and Mr. McCarthy for their contributions. I certainly think it was a learning experience for all of us. The Law Reform Commission report on the regulation of home care providers has already been published. There is a draft Bill in place. I know the Department is working on this. However, I hope that, in the context of the work relating to that draft legislation, there will be consultation with our witnesses. They are the people who operate at the coalface. I am also talking about the home care workers. One of the other issues raised was about people who are in receipt of social welfare and their difficulties. They want to make a contribution but they are restricted in what they can do. That needs to be looked at fairly promptly in order to get people into the workplace.