Dr. Laura Cahillane:

First, I am lawyer and I am looking at this from a legal perspective. Those who have worked with carers and those in civil society organisations may well present a different view but, as a lawyer, I do not see the impact of a symbolic provision. One can easily achieve the same legislatively. One can insert much more detail and there can be much more discussion on a legislative provision. If the Government decided to go for straightforward deletion, it should do so in the context of a promise that this would also be dealt with on a legislative basis. That is where the citizens' assembly idea, or at least a public consultation on this, is important so that we look at what is necessary in terms of statutory rights for carers.