Theresa Byrne
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No, definitely not.
The carers and the nurses were totally left out with the government, per usual.
Like, for what they have done...
They should hang their heads in shame, the lot of them.
The carers are on the ground there 24-7 helping all of the elderly, which I presume some of them could possibly be their offsprings, helping them out at every beck and call and yet we were neglected and let go by the wayside as if our jobs meant nothing to no one.
The situation is I work for Wicklow Community Care and, as you know, we go from house to house.
Now, for the mileage that we would be allowed, it covers nothing.
It literally covers little or nothing.
But to say that the price of the petrol and diesel went up
And we still had to get to our clients and still had to provide that service regardless.
We couldn't say that, oh no, sorry, like it was only the haulage and all of that, the farmers that was given.
We couldn't say that.
That wouldn't get any of the elderly up out of bed.
That wouldn't help them get their breakfast or their dinners or anything.
Like it was absolutely fuming, fuming to watch it.