Dr. Nat O'Connor:

With regard to the broader care picture, the issue is that there is much informal care whereby people are simply employed directly to work in somebody's home. They are not necessarily working for an agency at all, or even for a non-profit, meaning there is no regulation or supervision at that end of the spectrum regarding the employment relationship.

It is simply that a person has directly employed someone to work as a carer in the home. If we are going to have a statutory home care system, which perhaps provides funding, how will it interact with the informal care that goes on to make sure it is regularised and regulated?