The Carer's Support Grant is available to all carers providing full-time care to an older person or a person with a disability, regardless of their means or social insurance contributions.

Darren McCreesh is the manager of The Patrick Kavanagh Centre in Inniskeen.

Tuesday will see sunny spells and some heavy showers in parts with similar conditions set for Wednesday.

The Senator noted that when the weather is good, there is one thousand and one jobs to be done.

Pauline Tully was speaking in the Seanad following a recent EPA report which indicated more than half of local septic tanks are failing inspections locally.