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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024) See 36 other results from this debate

Seán Crowe: The purpose of today's meeting is to engage with representatives from the Alzheimer Society of Ireland and Family Carers Ireland on the health needs of persons with dementia and the services available to them. I am pleased to welcome from the Alzheimer Society of Ireland Mr. Andy Heffernan, chief executive officer, Ms Clodagh Whelan, advocacy manager, and Dr. Laura O'Philbin, research and...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Heather Humphreys: ...demographic challenges unfolding for this programme. Thankfully, people are living longer lives but that, of course, means an increasing proportion of the Department's expenditure is now providing income support for people in their older years. Expenditure on illness, disability and carer's payments amount to €5.6 billion in 2024. That represents 21.9% of expenditure and is up by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Feb 2024) See 2 other results from this answer

Louise O'Reilly: 299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a way to have contributions for self-employed persons working the requisite number of hours to qualify for carer's benefit where they do not pay contributions in class A, B, C, D, E and H; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5039/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...1 Maternity Benefit 43,253 6 Paternity Benefit 29,177 6 Parent's Benefit 76,935 1 Carer's Allowance 22,617 6 Carer's Benefit 4,492 4 Disability Allowance 28,704 10 Invalidity Pension...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Paul McAuliffe: 315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a breakdown in tabular form of the amount of carer’s allowance applications that were appealed; and how many appeals were successful in the years: 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [5569/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: 525. To ask the Minister for Health when the new dementia specific weekend day centres are intended to be operational; the locations of same and how carer's/those suffering with dementia can avail of this new and exciting service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5283/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (7 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...number of recent interruptions in the supply of medicines for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2023 and 2024. We recognise that medicine shortages can be challenging for patients, carers, healthcare professionals and their teams. Based on shortages notified to the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), this matter has been the subject of engagement across Health...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: ...funds have been left unclaimed mostly by the most vulnerable families. I will give the Tánaiste a few examples. We know there has only been a take-up of 3% for the new GP card entitlements, 3% as well for the carer's support grant and 35% for the rent relief. The biggest of all these schemes has only seen a take-up of 25% for the working family payment. A cross-government...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (1 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I would agree. I have raised this scheme with the Minister and the Taoiseach many times over the past 12 months on behalf of my constituents, Joe, and his carer, William, in Kilkee. The Minister agreed with me, and I note that he still does, but also the Taoiseach agreed with me. The Taoiseach stated it was ridiculous that just because they are not blood relatives, they are not eligible...

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

Willie O'Dea: 301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the carer's allowance was payable to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4682/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision will be made on an appeal in respect of a carer's allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4741/24]

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

John McGuinness: 306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [4774/24]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: This is an absolute disgrace. If anybody looking on or listening to this ever doubted the contempt with which disabled citizens and carers are held in this country, here is the evidence. This is the proof of it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

Lisa Chambers: ...may be shared, all other Senators not to exceed five minutes and the Minister to be given no less than ten minutes to reply to the debate; and No. 128(7), Private Member's business, motion regarding family carers, to be taken at 5 p.m., with the time allocated to this debate not to exceed two hours.

Family Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Niall Collins: ...a full restoration of maintenance grants for postgraduate students. Importantly, for the first time ever, fees for undergraduate part-time studies will now also be fully funded, thus benefittng eligible one-parent families, students with disabilities, and carers on low incomes as part of a brand-new pilot programme. As the committee will recognise, the further and higher education sector...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (31 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care.CA had been in payment for the person concerned since 6 January 2011. The overpayment amount in this case refers to an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...and strategies and a shared commitment to supporting positive health and wellbeing outcomes in community and healthcare settings for the public, health service staff, patients, their families and carers, as well as the development of creativity and the arts more broadly. Working with the Creative Ireland Programme, the HSE and the Arts Council, a range of initiatives have been funded to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...and the double payment that 1.3 million people received this week. This is really welcome. It was part of the budget package to help people with the cost of living. People such as pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, lone parents and people on low incomes received a double payment this week. That is really welcome. It is a huge boost for them and their communities, because we...