Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Can the Minister indicate what the uptake of the voucher scheme has been, specifically in the Border region? Among the mayhem that is going on at Westminster, we read the headline that 55,000 jobs could be lost in a no-deal Brexit scenario. I am asking the Minister to show a positive bias towards the Border counties, because I genuinely believe that if the Border becomes a physical structure again there will be an issue and concern will be raised.

A woman came into my office recently whose mother is being cared for by a carer who travels across the Border every day. What will happen to the elderly mother of that woman, who is depending on carers coming to her house three times a day? She is concerned that the carer will have to show a passport or go through checks. Will it be possible to continue with the care in place for her elderly mother?

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