Dáil debates

Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

 

12:45 pm

Photo of James BrowneJames Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Page 74 of the programme for Government states that carers are the backbone of care provision in this country. Currently, it is taking 18 to 20 weeks for carers to get approved. These delays are unacceptable in the round but they become especially contemptible in circumstances where the person to be cared for is dying of cancer. My office has now witnessed several incidents where a person to be cared for is dead before the carer's grant is decided. Often these are people who cannot afford care in their dying days by their own means. Surely when there is medical evidence of terminal cancer an exceptional case can be made and a rapid decision on a carer's grant can be made.

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