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- Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: ...adults will be a carer. A total of 52% of the people who responded were living in a household with a gross income of less than €30,000, struggling to make ends meet, struggling psychologically and struggling to pay their rent or their mortgage. Last week, the Dáil endorsed, although I did not, a pension scheme that will take an additional €40 a week out of the pocket...
- Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)
Emer Higgins: ...of this year and December of last year and a €400 lump-sum payment for people receiving the carer's support grant, which was paid in November 2023. In addition, the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, has acted to provide a pension solution for long-term carers. A range of other supports for carers, provided by the Department of Social Protection, are not based on a means assessment. ...
- Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)
Gary Gannon: ...scrutiny and have their bank accounts analysed. This is the reality faced by many long-term caregivers who, lest we forget, had to fight so hard to spur the Government to create an adequate pension scheme for them, which is very welcome. No group is more deserving of the admiration and support of our society than people who spend years and decades in these caring roles. Aside from the...
- Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)
Seán Sherlock: ...30 years, recognises the validity and dignity that carers bring to those for whom they are caring. I acknowledge the advances made to date. The Minister said that there will be access to the State pension for carers. That is very laudable, as is the increase to the carer's support grant. The Department has increased the weekly carer's payment by €29 over the last three budgets...
- Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)
Cathal Berry: ...If Rachel could speak, I suspect she would first acknowledge the very small improvements that have occurred over the last six months. There have been improvements, as Deputy Grealish outlined, from a pension point of view and from the income threshold perspective but much more needs to be done. She would remind the Minister of State that it is the State's obligation to look after her and...
- Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)
Mary Butler: ...Department of Social Protection, the Minister increased the carer's support grant to €1,850, its highest ever level. She has also delivered on the programme for Government commitment to provide a pension solution for long-term carers, which has been welcomed by Deputies. From January 2024, a new long-term carers contribution scheme was introduced. This significant reform enables...
- Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)
Noel Grealish: ...to recognise that in a concrete way. I welcome the measures introduced in January of this year which allow people who have been full-time carers for almost 20 years to qualify for a contributory State pension when they reach retirement age, but it should not be restricted to those who have spent more than two decades caring for a child with a disability or other loved one. Parents...
- Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)
Seán Canney: ...is worth approximately €20 billion per year. This is a no-brainer. If we do not start the process now, we will be talking about it again in ten years' time. The important thing is that dedicated carers have been penalised and have not been recognised by successive governments. They have been denied a State pension because they did not contribute. They have been taxed for...