Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I know the Deputy is not suggesting this, but I am not trying to defend anything. I am only trying to put it as it is. I cannot answer his last two questions because they are outside of my remit. One of the questions he asked me concerned the four-month wait for approval of an application for carer's allowance. That is the responsibility of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, so I would have to defer to her on the matter. I do not have any role in carer's allowance or carer's benefit.

As for the number of young carers in Tipperary, I think the Deputy is asking about people in receipt of carer's benefit, which is slightly different from home help. I will have to defer to the Minister, Deputy Regina Doherty, on the question. Does Deputy McGrath have any questions about home help?

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