Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The people who do the caring will get exactly the same allowance as before the budget. The people who are entitled to claim the half carer's allowance will get it, just like the day before the budget. We have gone to great care to ensure those people's payments are ring-fenced.

In terms of throwing in rhetorical flourishes about the back-to-school allowance and various other things-----

See this speech in context