Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I attended a meeting yesterday organised by Family Carers Ireland, which noted that the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, had launched a consultation process for the home care scheme. Originally, the consultation process was due to be launched in May with a closing date in August but it was only launched last week and the closing date is still August. The group appealed to the Government to extend the consultation period by at least a month because many of the groups concerned will not be able to meet to discuss the issue within the existing timeframe.

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