Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

This is a straightforward, fair and reasonable request that carers, who do an enormous service to this State by caring for the disabled, sick, old and infirm, would be acknowledged and afforded the full benefit of a PRSI contribution. This would mean that when they finish caring, they would be entitled to non-means-tested benefits, which would be fair and would acknowledge the hugely important work they do for the State, work for which the State would have to pay a hell of a lot if carers did not do it.

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