Dr. Nikki Dunne:

I might add a breakdown of that additional €397 million. The PBO has looked at carers who are currently receiving the carer's support grant and used that as a proxy. That is a stand-alone payment where carers still have to meet all the medical and other additional eligibility criteria, except the means test. It is looking at bringing anyone who is in receipt of the carer's support grant but not the carer's allowance into the bracket. It is also looking at bringing into the bracket carers who are in receipt of half-rate and reduced-rate carer's allowance, parents who are receiving the domiciliary care allowance who are not currently receiving the carer's allowance, and carers who have been in receipt of the carer's benefit for two years.