Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There is a lot happening in the pensions place in terms of auto-enrolment. There are a lot of big projects going on too. We are looking at legislation for that, and it could be next year before we see a lot of the big changes. That is a broad response to the specific question asked by the Deputy. Between child benefit, the homemakers scheme, the home caring periods and this new measure, I would be hopeful that all foster carers will be covered in terms of PRSI contributions. If that is not the case, it is important that we hear about it in terms of our responsibility. I suppose I also have the advantage of having a foot in the other Department the Deputy has referred to. I will certainly speak to the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, about this issue too.

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