Seanad debates
Wednesday, 18 December 2002
Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages.
We discussed the removal of the means test on Second Stage. At present, it would cost about €150 million to abolish the means test. In the programme for Government we aim to bring 5,000 new carers into the system. By introducing the income disregards we have been able to take another 1,700 into the scheme this year and I hope that over the course of the scheme the numbers will rise to 5,000.
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