Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not familiar with those cases or how many there were but I will certainly look into it. I know there are cases that were litigated and it was found the existing article did offer very little protection to women in the home. The main purpose, however, of the change we are making is to recognise care in our Constitution. At the moment, care is not recognised. The duty of women in the home is recognised in our Constitution but carers, male and female, within the family do not have recognition and do not have protection. Regardless of the answer to the question in that regard, it is still going to be a positive change because we are extending a gender-specific right that only applies to women in the home to carers who are male or female within the wider family, and that will require the Government to strive to support them.

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