Roscommon Sinn Fein Deputy Claire Kerrane is criticising the government for excluding Family Carers from the pandemic frontline bonus of €1,000 for frontline healthcare and ambulance workers.
The Sinn Féin TD who is the party's spokesperson on Social Protection says family carers do immense work all the time and they deserve recognition for all the additional work undertaken in the past two years.
She says practically all supports which Family Carers depend on were withdrawn overnight and Carers were left isolated.
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Deputy Kerrane says they are the forgotten frontline who protect our health service on an ongoing basis by providing care to very vulnerable loved ones, saving the State billions every year.
