Results 341-360 of 15,286 for carer's

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Apr 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Ann Graves: 1437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the carer's allowance entitlement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19884/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (29 Apr 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Denise Mitchell: 1439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered for qualification for half carer’s allowance. [19911/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: 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. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 06 December 2024. As part of the decision process,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Apr 2025)

Colm Burke: 1458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their carer’s allowance appeal, given that the application has been submitted for some time; that serious consideration would be given to granting this allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20487/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (29 Apr 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Barry Heneghan: 1466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what the current plans are regarding the potential removal of means testing for carers, as committed to in the Programme for Government. [20649/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (29 Apr 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Colm Burke: 1467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider granting a person (details supplied) additional PRSI credits for the purposes of the State pension (contributory) for the period where they were caring for their parent full-time and in receipt of carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20702/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 Apr 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Willie O'Dea: 1470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when carer’s allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20805/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: Carer's Benefit is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. To qualify, the carer must satisfy PRSI conditions, employment conditions, show that they are providing full-time care and attention, and show that the care recipient requires full-time care and attention. An...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Carer’s Support Grant (CSG) is an annual payment made to full-time carers who satisfy certain conditions. The person claiming the CSG must:Be aged 16 or over and ordinarily resident in this State.Care for the person on a full-time basis.Care for the person for a continuous period of at least six months – this period must include the first Thursday in June.Live with the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax Code (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...Oireachtas proposes to extend eligibility to WCP and WPG to Qualifying Cohabitants. Other payments made by my Department include the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance, Child Benefit, Carer's Benefit and Allowance. Each of these payments have their own qualifying criteria, however the civil status of each applicant is not a factor. Furthermore, my Department operates...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Apr 2025) See 3 other results from this answer

Willie O'Dea: 1491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a carer’s allowance review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21295/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (29 Apr 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Johnny Guirke: 1823. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people waiting for carer funding and for a carer provision for HSE home support in each month of 2025 in Meath, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19116/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: ...includes a Sponsorship arrangement which allows designated bodies to refer children to the Scheme on child welfare, protection, family support or other specified grounds. ‘Alternative Care Policy’ Unit Foster Care Allowance Presently foster carers are paid a weekly allowance, which is a payment to meet the needs of the child in their care. The foster care allowance is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: ...including in relation to the foster care allowance, which was increased to €400 per week for children aged under 12, and €425 per week for those over 12 in 2024. In 2025, this means that foster carers will receive an additional €3,900 in allowances, depending on the age of the foster child. Additionally Budget 2025 set out further investment and support towards...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medicinal Products (29 Apr 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.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Strategies (29 Apr 2025)

Colm Burke: ...of cancer patients approved under the treatment abroad scheme between the years 2020 to 2024 received funding to cover their economic air or sea fares under the scheme; the number of companion/carers were approved for funding for economic air or sea fares under the scheme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19562/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Waiting Lists (29 Apr 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Johnny Guirke: 2203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for carer funding and for a carer provision for HSE home support in each month of 2025 in Meath, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19708/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Home Care Packages (29 Apr 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 2339. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was granted home care support but supports are not always put into place; the reason she is not being notified when carers are not calling. [20271/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...Cancer Society and Irish Hospice Foundation, the HSE also delivers Night Nursing care to patients receiving specialist palliative care. The service enables people to die at home and provides respite to carers during end-of-life care. In 2024, 2,674 patients received Night Nursing care in their own homes, utilising an average of three nights of care per patient. This amounts to a total of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: ...disadvantaged students, will have an impact on cohorts such as low-income families, lone parents, teen parents, widows, members of the Traveller and Roma communities, persons with disabilities and carers. This new initiative has opened access to higher education to many underrepresented groups who cannot participate in full-time programmes. In 2024 there were 62 eligible courses which has...