Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Penrose and I have been sent correspondence during the past week with regard to this particular suggestion. It does not bear any changing of the date. The introduction of the new bands happened on the date of the introduction of the new legislation with regard to the T12 project.

I also take the opportunity to put on record a point concerning an amendment Deputy O'Dea kindly withdrew from the domiciliary care allowance section of the Bill on Committee Stage. It relates to our inability, under the current regulations, to recognise that parents have new family relationship arrangements for minding children. As a result of the five-day rule in regulation, domiciliary care allowance is being withheld in the cases of some children. I am proposing to change the regulations in the coming weeks and I have correspondence to come to the Deputy in that regard. I thank the Deputy for withdrawing the amendment. I will make the amendments to the regulations in the coming weeks.

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