The extra expenditure for the Department of Social and Family Affairs necessitated by the expansion of the scheme can be made available through savings in the Department of Health and Children. I urge the Minister to look closely at the advantages it could bring to the elderly and those with disabilities, as well as to the Exchequer and the health services. It will take some vision to achieve this and I believe the Minister is the right person to do the job. Has a study has been carried out to establish the cost of extending the carer's allowance across the board, including the benefits that would accrue to the State through savings in the Department of Health and Children?