Aisling Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In light of the commitment made in the programme for Government to continue to significantly increase the income disregard for carer's allowance in each budget and, ultimately, phase out the means test, will the Government reconsider cases of people whose carer's allowance has been removed because they had to increase their income to provide private therapies for their children? I have a case of a family in Meath West, a couple who have fought for their daughter's needs every step of the way. The mother continued to work despite her daughter's complex needs and the father took on a second job, all to ensure their daughter could avail of private services as they felt they had waited too long publicly. I welcome the commitment to phase out the means test, but could we not freeze immediately the review of means test for carers currently in the system?

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