David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have many more questions for the Minister now on that issue but I do not have the time to put them.

On the question of family carers which I asked last week and which I have also asked in various different ways, I got four different answers as to where they will sit. I was told that they could be in group 2, group 4, group 6 and group 10. The Minister said last week that carers who work for the HSE and for private providers are in group 2. Can he give for the first time a straight and consistent answer to this question? What group do family carers sit in? They want to know, they are watching this, they are asking and lobbying all of us, and have a right to know. They are not looking to jump the queue but they simply want to know in what category they sit. Rather than getting multiple answers, which confuse people and which is not what we should be doing, can the Minister please answer that question for me? We should be providing clarity.

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