Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Select Committee on Social Protection
Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised)
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I am sorry to contradict the Deputy but it does not. Our improved figure for carer's allowance has reduced from 19 weeks to 17 weeks. I hope that with the additional staff we have deployed in the last couple of weeks we will continue to see that number fall. It takes 12 weeks for carer's benefit.
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