Seanad debates

Tuesday, 25 March 2003

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed).

 

The respite care grant increase is also welcome. The Minister mentioned that it would rise to €735 later this year and that there would be an increased grant where someone was looking after more than one person. The carer's benefit scheme to which Senator Cox referred is one of great imagination and will prove of great benefit in the years ahead. People have been learning about it in recent years. I ask the Minister to see to it that any red tape in regard to it is done away with.

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