Phil Prendergast (Labour)

I move amendment No. 11:

In page 3, before section 2, to insert the following new section:

"2.—The Minister shall as soon as may be after the passing of this Act prepare and lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the implications of facilitating carers who take up Carer's Allowance move from a position where they were neither paying or receiving credits to one where they receive credits from the date they are awarded the Carer's Allowance so that they improve their pension qualification upon retirement and the implications of having this provision backdated.".

This amendment seeks to address what we see as an anomaly.