The Law Reform Commission’s Consultation Paper on Professional Home Carers will be launched by Dr Maureen Gaffney, Chair of the National Economic and Social Forum (and former Law Reform Commissioner), at the Commission’s offices at 6 pm this evening.

The Consultation Paper forms part of the Commission’s Third Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014, and involves an examination of the extent to which the law should be reformed to ensure that appropriate legal standards are in place for professional home carers. The Consultation Paper makes 21 provisional recommendations for reform of the law.

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