First National Carers Strategy
As part of the National Social Partnership Agreement Towards 2016, the Government is committed to developing a National Carers Strategy in 2008 focusing on all informal and family Carers in the community.
The National Carers Strategy will be a landmark policy development.
The Strategy will set out the Government's vision for informal and family carers and establish a set of high level goals and actions in the following areas:
- Income Support
- Health care and Services
- Programme of training (during caring and post caring)
- Labour market issues
- Transport
- Housing
- Information Services
- Social Inclusion
- Research and Technology Development
The Government received many submissions, as listed below:
| Members of the public |
107 |
| Agencies/Organisations/Carers Support Groups |
45 |
| Carers Assoc. Questionnaire |
364 |
| IT Tralee Qestionnaire |
562 |
The Carers Association has prepared a document "Towards a Family Carers Strategy", (click to view) which details our submission to Government.
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