Results 1-20 of 694 for carers speaker:Michael Healy-Rae

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Carer's allowance and carer's benefit applications are taking up to four months to process. I appreciate that a carer's allowance application takes longer to process owing to the level of documentation to be assessed but carer's benefit applications are based on PRSI contributions and medical evidence and, therefore, should be processed quicker. I have been contacted by a constituent who...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Income received from carer's allowance is disregarded in medical card applications. However, the issue is that if a person applies for carer's allowance and a medical card at the same time, a decision is not made on the medical card until a decision is made on the carer's allowance even though that income is disregarded. As the Tánaiste is aware, a decision on carer's allowance takes...

Reform of Carer's Allowance Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: First, I thank the excellent carers who provide such an invaluable service in County Kerry, which I represent. Carers play a vital role in society by providing support and care for those who are unable to care for themselves. Carers provide invaluable emotional support for those in their care. This includes offering companionship, listening to concerns and providing comfort during...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (11 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there any plans to introduce a scheme for carers who are long-term carers claiming carer's allowance for ten-plus years when it comes to their State pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49655/22]

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...the Minister of State on her elevation. I wish her good luck. I welcome this motion and I fully support its objectives. Today in Ireland more than half a million people, one in eight, are family carers providing regular unpaid care. These carers form the backbone of Ireland's care provision, yet they often lack the support and recognition they deserve. The long-term intensive nature...

Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: I have a question on the programme for Government and a very serious anomaly. A person who applies for carer's allowance for someone who is terminally ill must wait four months for a decision. Unfortunately, sometimes, that time is not there for the person who wants to receive the carer's allowance because the person is terminally ill and does not have that time to spare. Somebody needs to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services Provision (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 755. To ask the Minister for Health if the carer's need assessment will be rolled out for older persons in view of a five-year term for all carers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35289/17]

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Deputy Tully and Sinn Féin for bringing forward this important motion tonight. Relaxing the carer's allowance means test and increasing the disability allowance, invalidity pension, illness benefit, carer's allowance and benefit, and the annual carer's support grant is of paramount importance. I believe that taking care of people in their own home is the best place you can have...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...Protection his views on whether rapid access to carer’s allowance and domiciliary care allowance should be granted for those parents have had to give up or reduce employment hours to become carer's for their child or children suffering from Narcolepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23539/13]

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Michael Healy-Rae: I received the following letter from a man with a family: ...sorry for dropping you a message like this. I am one of the people that will be hit by the Carers being means tested. I only earn 400 per week, we have 3 kids, one of which has DS. He is 3, our eldest is 7 and we have a new baby 2 months old. As you are well aware of the cost and the work that goes hand in hand with any special...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Sep 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I have a question the Minister can answer. It concerns the carer's allowance and the fact that it is taking four months to reach decisions. I respectfully suggest that more staff be hired to work in that section. A family member who is quitting work to take care of a person who needs care must survive for four months with no income. This is unfair. I respect the people working in the...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...issues, it is respite provision that is the most pressing. They feel betrayed, and are very annoyed with this Government for not addressing this issue. I also fully support the CEO of Family Carers Ireland who has spoken of the need to increase the carer's allowance to €325 per week in budget 2023. This would be only right and proper because the care that is given to people in...

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am grateful to Sinn Féin for bringing this important Private Members' motion before the House as it provides an opportunity before the budget to speak about the crucial role of all carers in Ireland, from childcare carers to carers for our elderly and people with intellectual and physical disabilities. The problem with childcare has a number of different elements. First, if the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: My question is for the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection. Although it was promised that the waiting list for carer's allowance would be reduced, people must currently wait for more than three months for a decision. This is a disgrace. All that people who take care of elderly people or people who are ill and who keep people at home want is their allowance to be paid....

Written Answers — National Carers Strategy: National Carers Strategy (7 Jun 2011)

Michael Healy-Rae: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to implement the national carers strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14439/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (16 Jun 2011)

Michael Healy-Rae: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay on a decision on carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) [16057/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)

Michael Healy-Rae: Question 421: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24162/11]

Written Answers — National Carers Strategy: National Carers Strategy (11 Oct 2011)

Michael Healy-Rae: Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health when the national carers strategy (details supplied) will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28449/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2011)

Michael Healy-Rae: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give an assurance that carer's allowance will not be cut further in the upcoming budget. [30079/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Dec 2011)

Michael Healy-Rae: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carers allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40560/11]