Mr. Tim Duggan:

I will agree with the Deputy when he gives that example of somebody working and not needing the home caring period or the credit in many cases but there are some cases where somebody may have worked and cared at the same time and may not have worked long enough to have the ten years of contributions and may not have cared exclusively long enough to get the 20 years of long-term caring. I am saying that where there was caring during the working period, we will put them together to ensure that person is eligible for long-term caring of 20 years. That is all. It is actually beneficial and advantageous to people. We are taking a very generous approach to it and there will not be cliff edges around such matters. That is all I am saying.

The class A issue has been debated on numerous occasions and I am going to plead that it is beyond my pay grade now and that it is entirely a political matter at this stage.