Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate the Minister on his appointment and wish him well in the Department.

Both Government parties in their election manifestos committed to the abolition of the means test for the carer’s allowance. The public believed when those parties formed a Government that the means test would be abolished, if not immediately then certainly in the 2026 budget in October. There seems to be no clarity about that now and I ask for clarity on that today.

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