Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion

9:00 am

Ms Allison Metcalfe:

It is because carers are seen as the lowest rank in society. I am repeating what I have been told by our members. They feel undervalued and invisible and as if they are the lowest rank. The way they are treated tells them they are the lowest rank and they are undervalued.