Carers' body: Budget 'does not go far enough'

The body representing family carers in the home has said the measures announced in today's Budget "do not go far enough to deliver real support to Ireland’s family carers".

Carers' body: Budget 'does not go far enough'

The body representing family carers in the home has said the measures announced in today's Budget "do not go far enough to deliver real support to Ireland’s family carers".

The Carers Association, the national representative organisation for Ireland’s 150,000 family carers, welcomed the increases in the carers' allowance and the respite care grant in today’s Budget, however.

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