There have been growing calls to address the issue facing home carers during the Covid pandemic and for Taoiseach, Micheal Martin and the Cabinet to recognise carers as a priority group on the Covid-19 vaccination list.

Teena Gates, author, journalist, dementia advocate joined Susan to discuss and together look at how home carers in Ireland are treated in comparison to other EU countries.

Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast with Susan Keogh on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.

Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.

You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.