Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The amendment that I and the Social Democrats have tabled proposes to insert the words: "The State recognises that the provision of care by members of a family, and within the wider community, gives Society a support without which the common good cannot be achieved, and shall take reasonable measures to support such care both within families and the wider community." Similar wording has been put forward by a number of Opposition parties, including the Social Democrats, the Labour Party and the Rural Independent Group. The fact that three groupings that would not normally put forward similar amendments are doing so speaks to the fact that the current wording from the Government does not seem to satisfy many.

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