Abolish the Carer's Allowance means test

What this means

• Fine Gael is a political party that made this commitment in its November 2024 general election manifesto.[source]
• The party promised to abolish the means test for Carer's Allowance, which currently limits who can receive the payment based on income and assets.[source]
• Fine Gael also committed to raising the Home Carers Tax Credit so it equals the PAYE Tax Credit, giving unpaid carers a larger tax relief.[source]
• This commitment relates to social protection policy and directly affects family members and others who provide unpaid care to loved ones.[source]
• The promise has no stated delivery date, so voters and oversight bodies should track whether it is acted on after the election.[source]

Direct impact (1)

• owned by party
  Fine GaelParty

Indirect impact (10)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
  Alan DillonOfficeholder
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  Barry WardOfficeholder
• owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
  Brian BrennanOfficeholder
• owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
  Catherine CallaghanOfficeholder
• owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
  Colm BrophyOfficeholder
• owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
  Colm BurkeOfficeholder
• owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
  David MaxwellOfficeholder
• owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
  Edward TimminsOfficeholder
• owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
  Emer CurrieOfficeholder
• owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
  Emer HigginsOfficeholder