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Health (Amendment) (Professional Home Care) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." In 2011, the Law Reform Commission published a report, entitled Legal Aspects of Professional Home Care. It set out clear recommendations in this area. To implement these recommendations, it is necessary to introduce legislation to amend the Health Act 2007, which is exactly what this Bill does. The new Bill is necessary and is...

Health (Amendment) (Professional Home Care) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for being here this evening to deal with this matter. I fully appreciate that there are lots of pressures on the Department of Health as it is an area on which I have focused since coming into the Oireachtas back in 2011. I also thank all of the Deputies who contributed to this debate. I very much appreciate that and I also thank my colleague, Deputy Higgins,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the building of a new school (details supplied) has completed the tender stage; if the contract has been awarded; if so, when building work will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26118/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Deaths (24 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if meetings to give personal and sensitive details in relation to the filing of a form for the registration of a death will be undertaken in a private, confidential setting on a one to one basis in a meeting room in each facility during Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26074/20]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: As someone who has worked in the District Court on the criminal side, albeit not a huge amount, in fairness, each court may approach the issue in a different way. If someone comes in to have a case withdrawn, the judge may look for reasons, so it can depend on the way in which it is approached. It is something that could arise, for instance, where a judge raises a technical issue and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Credits (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to increasing the dependent relative tax credit in line with the incapacitated child tax credit in order that this tax relief can be made available to all full-time carers regardless of their relationship to the cared-for person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26417/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Credits (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the extension of eligibility for the home carer tax credit to include single working carers who, in cases, work part time while also caring for a dependent person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26418/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Credits (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 273. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to allowing carers to claim tax relief on the cost of employing a care worker while also claiming the dependent relative or incapacitated child tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26419/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be made available for the Glashaboy flood relief scheme, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26409/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the catchment area for bus routes to schools in Fermoy to include Glenville (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26420/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a phased restoration to the income disregard for carer’s allowance will be expanded to ensure that those on average industrial incomes can qualify in full for the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26389/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to increasing the €20,000 disregard for the carer’s allowance to €50,000 in the capital formula in line with the disability allowance in which the first €50,000 of capital is disregarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26390/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to increasing the carer’s support grant (details supplied) from €1,700 to €2,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26392/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending eligibility for the carer’s benefit to include self-employed persons or those paying a class S stamp that need the assurance of having a financial support available to them should they need to take time away from work to provide care; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending eligibility for the domiciliary care allowance to children residing in hospital that do not satisfy the requirement that they live at home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26394/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to developing a pension solution for family carers that due to extended periods out of the workforce to provide care for family members, do not qualify for a State pension (contributory) or a State pension (non-contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26397/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 786. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to delivering a carers guarantee to providing access to a core basket of supports including respite, home care and training to carers nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26395/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Carer's Leave (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 787. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing an integrated statutory scheme for the provision of home and long-term care including the right to a carer needs assessment and 20 days' respite each year for all full-time family carers in line with the annual leave entitlement of paid workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26396/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 788. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the carer general practitioner visit card to carers who are in receipt of the non-means tested carer’s support grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26398/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 789. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to introducing the transport support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26399/20]