342. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the cost estimate range for abolishing the carer's allowance means test, which she put on the record of €600 million to €2 billion, if she will clarify if the €2 billion is based upon the assumption that all persons who self-declared themselves to be carers in Census of Population 2022 would become eligible for carer’s allowance in the absence of the means-test, and that this would include people who self-declared that they provide up to 14 hours of care per week and between 15 and 28 hours of care per week, both categories of whom would be ineligible for carer’s allowance given the scheme's requirement that you must be providing at least 35 hours of care per week. [40278/24]

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342. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the cost estimate range for abolishing the carer's allowance means test, which she put on the record of €600 million to €2 billion, if she will clarify if the €2 billion is based upon the assumption that all persons who self-declared themselves to be carers in Census of Population 2022 would become eligible for carer’s allowance in the absence of the means-test, and that this would include people who self-declared that they provide up to 14 hours of care per week and between 15 and 28 hours of care per week, both categories of whom would be ineligible for carer’s allowance given the scheme's requirement that you must be providing at least 35 hours of care per week. [40278/24]

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