Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 10 May, if consideration will be given to the provision of a non means-tested subsidy for summer camps for children with additional needs and their siblings through the National Council for Special Education; if she will liaise with the Minister responsible for Employment Affairs on relaxing the means-test for the carer's allowance for the summer months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31828/22]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

I wish to inform the Deputy the provision of relaxation of means-tests is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection.

Further to details are provided in Parliamentary Question No. 523, and details of the Summer Programme run by my Department are available on www.gov.ie/summerprogramme.