Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do not necessarily mean a payment or financial value. This proposes that home caring credits would, like the period for which a person is required to be unemployed before certain employment training options are open to him or her, count in lieu of being on the live register for a time. One may need to be on the live register for six months before certain options become available. This is about ensuring we can fast-track people's engagement with the fullest set of possible options. People who may have been invisible to the system will now be more visible thanks to the introduction of home caring credits for the pension system, and this also provides us with an opportunity to keep people engaged in the system rather than waiting for them to reach retirement age.