Sinn Fein Make Call for Carers Means Test To Be Scrapped

It's their final Dail motion of this Government.

Sinn Féin are using their final Dáil motion of this Government to call for the means test for carers to be scrapped.

The party also want to see all changes to the means test threshold in Budget 2025 brought forward to January, in line with other social welfare payments.

The cost would amount to around 380 million euro annually, according to figures from Family Carers Ireland and the Parliamentary Budget Office. 

Longford Westmeath Sinn Féin TD Sorca Clarke says carers and those with disabilities deserve respect and to be listened to:

 

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