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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Dec 2023)

Michael Creed: 474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a carer's allowance appeal (details supplied). [54718/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (12 Dec 2023)

Robert Troy: ...Affairs and Social Protection how someone’s annual average entitlement for a contributory State pension is calculated; and if credit is paid for a home making period and period spent as a carer. [54743/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (12 Dec 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...in measures to assist households with the cost of living. This includes across-the-board increases of €12 per week in all core payments and will be combined with a series of lump sum payments for carers, people with disabilities, working families as well as those living alone on low incomes. There will be a Christmas Bonus paid in December to almost 1.3 million welfare recipients...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (12 Dec 2023) See 3 other results from this answer

Frank Feighan: 487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive a decision regarding the review of their carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54926/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Pearse Doherty: 491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54962/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Niamh Smyth: 499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a carer support grant application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55170/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...almost €2.3 billion in measures to assist households with the cost of living. This includes across-the-board increases of €12 per week in all core payments and will be combined with a series of lump sum payments for carers, people with disabilities, working families as well as those living alone on low incomes. Last week there was Christmas Bonus paid in December to 1.3...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (12 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person is in receipt of carer's allowance and works part-time and is paid monthly, how her Department determines a person's weekly hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55309/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (12 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...point of contact for older adults and a catalyst to signpost services on their behalf. Referral into the programme can be made by the older person themselves, or by a family member, friend, GP, carer, or member of their community. On referral into the programme, their Local Coordinator will carry out a home visit to conduct a holistic assessment of needs in the areas of health, housing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equal Opportunities Employment (12 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: ...their efforts to design inclusive programmes, which include some dedicated programmes that are specifically designed for autistic learners. In some instances these programmes are targeted towards the parents and carers of people with autism. Some ETBs have developed spaces and hubs specifically designed with the needs of autistic learners in mind. Others work with autism support groups,...

Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023) See 9 other results from this debate

Ivana Bacik: ...hear all the time from the parents of children who cannot get a special needs place or supports to enable their kids to fulfil their potential in our education system. Earlier today, at a Family Carers Ireland event, listened to the poignant testimony of a parent who cares for a child with special needs. It was profoundly moving to hear the hoops she has had to jump through and the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Richard Bruton: The Oireachtas had an opportunity to hear from family carers this morning. While they welcome innovations coming from the Government, such as the carer's pension, they have identified a number of gaps, including in the statutory home care proposal and support for assisted living wraparound services. When will the commission for older people get under way? Can we expect that the home carer...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pensions (7 Dec 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...increase to weekly rates of payment, the Government decided to front-load supports through the provision of special payments including extra fuel allowance, working family payment, child benefit, carer's allowance, disability allowance, qualified child and living alone payments. These payments are in addition not only to the €12 increase in the weekly payment rate, but to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Dec 2023) See 7 other results from this debate

Éamon Ó Cuív: I welcome that because it will make a huge difference, along with the change in the means test for the carer's allowance, which is getting nearer to the target the social welfare committee was heading towards and the recommendation of a disregard of the first €500 for a single person and the first €1,000 for a couple. It is getting much nearer to that, at €450 and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Dec 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...the State pension system is to be addressed through gradual incremental increases in social insurance rates, which has happened, the introduction of enhanced State pension provision for long-term carers of incapacitated dependants and a smoothed earnings method of calculating the benchmarking index rate of State pension payments, which is to be introduced as an input into the annual budget...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (7 Dec 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...information. I welcome that the Department recently undertook a scoping exercise. I hope the review into the differential rent scheme will start and finish as soon as possible. I know that Family Carers Ireland made a submission, and I will deal with that in my supplementary contribution. For now, I will speak about how we ended up in this situation in the first place. The mass sale...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: ...women in the home and the concept of a family. Those are important debates that we will have. As the Deputy Leader is aware from her current and previous roles, the removal of the means test for carer's allowance has been debated repeatedly. The issue was raised recently in Kerry by Kathleen O'Sullivan from Portmagee, who looks after her daughter, Hannah, who has cerebral palsy....

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Dec 2023) See 6 other results from this debate

Joe O'Brien: ...this week to over 1.3 million recipients. There will be another double payment for those recipients in January 2024 as well as one-off payments for recipients of working family payment, disability and carers' payments, living alone allowance, fuel allowance and child benefit and those in receipt of an increase for qualified children. These measures do not require primary legislation and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Claire Kerrane: 102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why approved carer's allowance applicants are waiting weeks to receive their first payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53472/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Dec 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...rate of increase to weekly rates of payment, the Government decided to 'front-load' supports through the provision of special payments including extra fuel allowance, working family, child benefit, carers', disability, qualified child and living alone payments. These payments are in addition not only to the €12 increase in the weekly payment rate, but to the Christmas bonus...