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

Pat Buckley: ...previous speakers about the people who care for others. It is personal but there is the knock-on effect of poverty, mental health issues and so on. I am going to concentrate on the good work that carers do, in particular on an amazing and successful story that I raised in the House a number of months ago. One woman cared for her daughter for more than 20 years. She never received a...

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

Peter Fitzpatrick: The recent referendum has once again shone a light on the critical role carers play in our communities. In every corner of Ireland, there are family carers tirelessly devoting themselves to the well-being of their loved ones. In fact, family carers represent one in eight of the Irish population and have long been the cornerstone of care provision in this country. Whether it is caring for...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...bhfuil siad compordach. Tá siad á ndéanamh toisc go bhfuil sé tábhachtach agus mar léiriú dá gcuid grá do na daoine atá siad ag tabhairt aire dóibh. I will start with a statement that I think is obvious but is important to reflect upon. Nobody is on carer's allowance because it is easy. Nobody is on carer's allowance because it is...

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

Verona Murphy: ...of this issue in the House since the failed referendum. I remind the House of the commitment of the former Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, that the Government will continue to increase payments to carers and people with disabilities. He also said that the Government would relax the means test and improve the home care tax credit. We need to follow up on that. We lauded carers. We even...

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

Peadar Tóibín: ...I thank the Regional Group, and especially Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh, for their work in producing this motion. I thank them for all of the work that they have done with the organisations that represent carers in this country. It is an incredible that one in eight people is tasked with this particular role. It is tremendous work. It is really important work. The care they provide is...

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

Cathal Berry: ..., who had the initiative to come up with this concept in the first place. Deputy Denis Naughten and our group administrator, Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh, put the meat on the bones of this motion. Family Carers Ireland advised us throughout the entire process. I can be 100% sure, as I am sure the Minister of State is, that every word in this motion has massive relevance, is really important...

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

Cathal Berry: A downpayment would prove that the Government is serious and has intent and would show that carers around the country will finally be recognised rather than penalised. The mantra that has come back to us over the last number of weeks is that carers feel they have been penalised rather than recognised. The speech that the Minister of State will make here and the budget in a few months' time...

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

Mary Butler: ...as she had a long-standing commitment. The Minister is not opposing the motion put forward by the Deputies. I welcome this opportunity to discuss the important issue of supporting our family carers. I thank the Regional Group of Deputies who brought forward this motion. I think this is a timely discussion. As the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health and older...

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

Noel Grealish: I thank Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh for all the work she did in putting this motion together. We continually hear praise being lavished on people who act as full-time carers for others. They are often described as heroes, and rightly so. However, the motion we are discussing today is an attempt to go further and do something concrete for the people who look after the most vulnerable in our...

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

Michael Lowry: Becoming a family carer can happen at any stage in life. It comes about as a result of need. It is undertaken as a result of love. While need and love are the driving forces behind one family member undertaking to attend to the needs of another, the long-term reality of what is involved can prove to be daunting. Neither the need nor the love diminish as time moves on. Until people stand...

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

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

Seán Canney: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — more than 500,000 individuals are family carers, which means one in eight people in Ireland provide regular unpaid care; — family carers are the backbone of care provision in Ireland, however they often lack support and recognition; — caring intensively over a long period without support or recognition...