Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

With regard to GPs, if a GP makes a diagnosis, there is no question about the diagnosis but it is an overall assessment that decides the carer's allowance.

I have addressed the contents of the Bill on Committee Stage and also this morning, including the particular points made. A Deputy asked: "What work?" There are jobs out there. When we came into government, unemployment was at 15.1% and it is now at 10%. When the recovery started, many jobs were part-time or short-time but, for the past 18 months, there have been substantial announcements of high paid, solid jobs providing 39 hours a week, and the tax returns show this. The Minister of State, Deputy Nash, in his commission will address many of the issues the Deputy has raised. Right across the House, everybody has been worried about low-hour contracts.

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