Ms Catherine Cox:

To add to that, it is a matter of pay, conditions, the terms and conditions of employment and being able to offer guaranteed hours. Mileage is a very significant issue. There is no doubt about that. To go back to the issue of non-EEA workers, if they could get work permits, it would certainly help. There is no one solution. Combined efforts are necessary. Again, with regard to the three-day rule, if workers could do their five or ten hours over five days, that would help. Given that I come from Family Carers Ireland, it is important for me to state that, as we said a few moments ago, this is about caring for people in their homes, maintaining their independence and dignity for as long as possible, working with their family carers, which they most often will have, and supporting them to continue caring safely for their loved ones. Home help and those services provide a crucial support to allow that to happen.