Aideen Hayden (Labour) | Oireachtas source

According to budget 2013, the Government will pay ¤775 million on care in the State. I made the point on the Order of Business that, later, we will examine the legislation on property tax in this country. The property tax will raise ¤200 million in half a year and ¤500 million in a full year. It will be levied on every home in the country and will raise less money than the Government will spend next year on the carers' budget. It is obscene to suggest the Government does not care about carers and the issues they face.