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Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Heather Humphreys: In response to Deputy Naughten, the vast majority of carers are women. I provided a pension to carers. Female participation in the workforce has never been higher and I absolutely want more women back working. I launched the updated pathways to work just this Tuesday. There is a significant focus on helping to get people back to work. Regarding the poverty and gender impact analysis,...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Duncan Smith: ...through the House. I would like clarity on whether additional allowances for dependents will be maintained under the new system. Many people working part time who have to take extended breaks from employment are carers with dependants, be they adults or children. We cannot have a situation whereby these people, some of our most financially vulnerable workers, lose out in the new...

Seanad: Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2024: Motion (30 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

James Browne: ...leaves were introduced under the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023. Notably, this Act introduced five days' leave for medical care purposes for parents of children under 12 years of age and for carers, as well as the right to request flexible working for parents and carers. Such flexible working arrangements will allow parents and carers to alter their working day...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Lowry: ...vital service in many locations across the country. These centres are partnered with and recognised by the Irish Cancer Society for the instrumental role they play in the lives of patients, their carers and their families. The national cancer strategy identifies community cancer support centres as a key service for cancer patients. They provide psychological, emotional, educational and...

Seanad: Housing Commission Report: Motion (29 May 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...afford to live where they work. Our health system is on the brink with nurses and doctors leaving in droves. Only this afternoon, I was in Rathborne Nursing Home, listening to the residents there. They were telling me how upsetting it is that when they get used to and familiar with the carers they have and build up a relationship of trust, and then those carers move on because of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Community-based Cancer Support Services: Discussion (29 May 2024)

...patient pathways before, during and after treatment. The strategy recognises the contribution of the voluntary and community sector in providing services to cancer patients, their families, and carers. We are here as representatives of a number of those centres. Over the past 30-plus years, a significant number of similar centres has been established on a voluntary basis by local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Carer’s Allowance and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Impact of Means Testing on Carer’s Allowance and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (29 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Incapacity Supplement € 0.04 € 0.00 € 0.05 Jobseeker's Benefit € 1.83 € 0.07 € 1.90 Jobseeker's Benefit (Self Employed) € 0.03 € 0.00 € 0.04 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Bereavement Grant, which was a once-off payment of €850 for funeral costs, was discontinued in January 2014. The number of bereavement grant claims in 2013 was 23,716 at a cost of €20.3 million. It is estimated that the cost of reintroducing the grant would be close to €31 million per annum and would increase annually. Accordingly, any decision to reinstate such a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (29 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Maurice Quinlivan: 139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who was declined a carer’s allowance in January 2024 and immediately submitted an appeal, but is yet to receive a response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24329/24]

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Sharon Keogan: ...threshold also remains at €32,500, which is now meagrely over the annual minimum wage of €25,756. The threshold for group C is €16,250, and this is mostly for non-family relationships, such as friends, carers and possibly those deemed to be in a durable or casual relationship. If this Government is serious about easing the housing crisis and listening to the needs of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...in their school and has been expanded to include student teachers and students in relevant disciplines such as therapy, social care and nursing and others, including early childcare workers and carers. My department is committed to delivering an education system that is of the highest quality and where every child and young person feels valued and is actively supported and nurtured...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...and SNAs to register their interest in working on a school-based programme in a Special School. Student teachers and students in relevant disciplines such as therapy, social care and nursing and others, including early childcare workers and carers, will also be able to register their interest in working on this year’s programme. In 2023, the Inclusion Programme and Special Class...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Francis Noel Duffy: 311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position on means testing home carers who may wish to return to work; if a scheme is being developed to ensure that such persons are not penalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23607/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (28 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Insurance Fund (SIF) fully funds payments on a wide range of schemes relating to pensions, working age income supports, illness, disability and carers schemes, child related schemes and some supplementary payment schemes such as telephone support allowance. A small number of schemes such as fuel allowance and household benefits are funded through both the SIF and Vote 37. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (28 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...for people who have been caring for incapacitated dependents for over 20 years (1040 weeks). If the person concerned has been caring for incapacitated dependents for over 20 years, they can apply for long-term carers contributions (LTCC). If the criteria are met, the equivalent of paid contributions may be attributed to cover gaps in their contribution record. The periods of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (28 May 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 421. To ask the Minister for Health to seek urgent assistance for a person (details supplied) who is 74 years old and a full-time carer to their spouse who is housebound, and where the person has been referred to neurology on an urgent basis as they are showing symptoms of clinical signs for Parkinson’s; if he will urgently intervene as the person has been informed it may be December...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Meals-on-Wheels Services (23 May 2024)

Mark Wall: ...basis. His family are very concerned about his health and welfare. The second is a lady who unfortunately suffered a bereavement in the last few months. Her husband, who is now deceased, was her carer. She is not in a position to look after herself and again her relatives are either living out of the country or are not in the Kildare area. I have heard a number of cases like these in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (23 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...a provision for people who have been caring for incapacitated dependents for over 20 years (1040 weeks). If the person concerned has been caring for incapacitated dependents for over 20 years, they can apply for long-term carers contributions (LTCC). If the criteria are met, the equivalent of paid contributions may be attributed to cover gaps in their contribution record. The periods of...