Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Senator Darragh O'Brien raised the question of home help and I think Senator Kelly answered his specific questions. One will always have a doubting Thomas when good news is announced. Senator Kelly has outlined the situation on home helps, which the Minister of Health announced at the Joint Committee on Health and Children. Senator O'Brien raised a number of questions on the provisions of the Social Welfare Bill. I am not going to remind him that in the 2010 budget the then Fianna Fail-Green Party Government cut the carer's allowance by ¤16.50 per week, which is ¤850 a year.