Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality

Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Paul McAuliffePaul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am thinking about more practical things like social welfare supports and the former respite care grant we have talked about. Often people do not know about those things. I am thinking about almost a Citizens Information for carers that is tailored to the interactions of carers when they present. As Mr. Dunne rightly said, it is not just the caring element but also the financial element that wears people down. When people present at that point of crisis, when they have just gone beyond the point of coping, nobody addresses that second aspect. Certainly, the public health nurse team is not equipped or-----

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