Results 201-220 of 15,223 for carer's

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 May 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Séamus Healy: 73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend the local authority differential rent scheme to exclude carer's allowance and carer's benefit from rent assessment under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24262/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (15 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...supporting families and individuals across a broad range of services. These services include income supports, employment services, pensions, illness and disability payments, as well as supports for carers, families and jobseekers. Deciding Officers and Designated Persons are required to apply the law on a case-by-case basis when deciding applications. All statutory decisions are bound...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 May 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...in accordance with a Government decision in September 2024, in supporting the evacuation of a number of sick children from Gaza for treatment and care. The position is that a child patient, one carer and that carer’s minor dependents (i.e. patient child’s siblings) have been issued with a Stamp 4 immigration permission. Any adults in addition to the nominated carer will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (15 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...programme and the HSE Global Health Programme. The first 12 paediatric patients arrived in Ireland to receive healthcare treatment between December and May. The patients are accompanied by 12 carers and 21 immediate family members. The patients and family travelled from Cairo to Dublin Airport on medical transport planes provided by the Slovakian and Norwegian Governments and were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ....hpra.ie/regulation/human-medicine/patients-and-healthcar e-professionals/medicines-shortages The webpage is updated daily as the HPRA receives new information. In the event that patients or their carers are unable to source a medicine, they are advised to discuss possible alternatives with their doctor pending the resumption of normal supply.

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Gillian Toole: ...so the necessity for driving and driver permits is extremely important. Apprenticeships were referenced. It is highly impactful, with delays for apprentices, for students getting to college, for the carers of those who are most vulnerable, or for carers who are non-Irish nationals and are waiting for their test in order to travel to clients. I will end on this point. I do not mean to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2025)

Joanne Collins: ...at home but are being given no real support to do so. They are told that the HSE promotes home care but the reality is cruel. There is a gap in the policy and practice. In that gap falls the carers who are exhausted, isolated and unheard. I have another case just down the road from me. The elderly mother of a good friend of mine, who was an active woman, fell, broke her hip and had...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (14 May 2025)

Norma Foley: ...the availability of suitable placements for children in care. These include:The Foster Care Allowance was increased by 21% last year in order to support the recruitment and retention of foster carers. Additionally, in 2025 foster carers will receive a bonus payment at the start of each initial foster care placement. I was also pleased to announce additional mileage support for foster...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...xsLCJvcmRlciI6Imxhc3R1cGRhdGVkIERFU0MiLCJmaWx0ZXIiOiJBbGwifQ %3D%3D . The webpage is updated daily as the HPRA receives new information. In the event that patients or their carers are unable to source a medicine, they are advised to discuss possible alternatives with their doctor pending the resumption of normal supply. The HPRA is not currently aware of any supply issues with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 May 2025)

Liam Quaide: ...behaviour therapy (DBT) services across Ireland, including any expansion of DBT teams, training initiatives, data on the availability of individual and group therapy, and support for families and carers over the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24832/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Care Packages (13 May 2025)

Kieran O'Donnell: ..., including intensive and complex home support. The HSE has reported that 5,556 people were assessed and waiting on the provision of home support at the end of 2024, including those waiting for a carer to be assigned and those waiting on funding to be allocated. This is a substantial reduction since the start of 2020, when over 9,000 people were waiting across both categories. Of the...

Power of Higher Education, Research and Skills as Economic Enablers in a Changing World: Statements (13 May 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Gillian Toole: ...groups on the stark realities of life for our ageing population. These vulnerable children and adults require additional supports from occupational and speech therapists, special needs assistants and carers. The education and training boards delivering further education courses and work experience opportunities to students can provide graduates in these areas of critical social need....

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Pauline Tully: ...employed directly by the HSE. Up to recently, the practice was to submit claims for travel expenses on a paper form. However, the HSE has changed this and there is now an online system. One carer submitted a paper form and had it returned to her. She was told to use the online system. The online system requires the use of a tablet or laptop but not all carers have one. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (13 May 2025)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...with home support recruitment the Department of Health established a cross-departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group (SWAG) in March 2022. This group set out to examine the challenges in front-line carer roles in the home support and long-term residential care sectors and identified 16 recommendations to address these challenges. The implementation of many of these recommendation is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Appointments (13 May 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to provide places for parents and carers to be represented on the Department of An Taoiseach Disability Unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24113/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Appointments (13 May 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanism by which she will ensure the Disability Committee is accessible to parents and carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24117/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 May 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 787. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23213/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 May 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

John McGuinness: 792. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer’s allowance submitted in August 2024 will be approved as a matter of urgency (details supplied). [23371/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 May 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Pa Daly: 799. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the median and mean time to process carer's allowance reviews and appeals in each of the years 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23746/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 May 2025) See 2 other results from this answer

John Paul O'Shea: 801. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the roadmap for phasing out the carer's allowance means test, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23772/25]