Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

As Minister for Social Protection in the previous Government, I had a close connection with this issue in that many parents applied for the domiciliary care allowance. The test in dealing with such applications was to ascertain the level of care and attention their child required over and above the normal level of good quality care and attention required. I strongly recommend that the Department of Education and Skills keep this in mind when implementing the changes to which the Minister referred.

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