David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)

Can people who looked after children under 12 in the home before the introduction of the scheme, qualify for the years after the scheme was introduced? Does the Minister have any plans to make the scheme retrospective to take into account people who took up home-making duties before the scheme was introduced? How many people looking after children at home do not currently qualify because they did not enter the scheme in time, in 1994?

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