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

The TCA in 2012 and 2020 will bear no resemblance to each other. I again ask for the Deputies' patience and indulgence. When I bring the design to the Cabinet and as soon as that meeting is over, the Deputies will know as much as I know today. They should not fall into the trap of making the assumption that it will be exactly the same. The TCA in 2020 will bear no resemblance to the caring credits approached introduced by the previous Government. I am quite pleased with the results of the review of the cases of 92,000 people because 54% of women who were potentially maligned by the caring credits approach or the lack thereof received an increase in their payments to the full pension. All of the other women stayed on exactly the same money, while 21% of gentlemen folk received an increase. Obviously, the remaining number of men could not access caring credits. I am quite happy with the lessons learned in the review. They have certainly fed into the design of the new 2020 proposals which I hope to bring to the Cabinet in the very near future.

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