Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I wish to record opposition to the taking of this matter, and with a guillotine applying. It is apparent to me from recent engagements by Members of all sides with representatives of the HSE that even on the Government benches there is clear opposition to one of the real effects of the implementation of this legislation, which will see the family home immediately brought into the whole assessment of subvention, which will leave vulnerable people at a significant disadvantage with all the residual and resulting pain that will be visited on them and their families. This is an absolutely objectionable element within this legislation.

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