Results 461-480 of 14,213 for carers

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

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s plans for a public awareness campaign to alert long-term carers to changes in their pension provisions under the provision of Social Welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52958/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Dec 2023) See 3 other results from this answer

Aindrias Moynihan: 111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when details on the carer’s pension will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54185/23]

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

Heather Humphreys: ...20 years or more. Where a person has not been in a position to satisfy the minimum of 520 paid contributions condition for pension purposes due to the time spent caring, they may be entitled to long-term carer's contributions. Long-term carer's contributions can be awarded to a person who has cared for an incapacitated person for a period of 20 years. These contributions will be treated...

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

Paul McAuliffe: 131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to make provision for pension contributions for foster carers where they are unable to take-up other employment due to their role as a foster carer. [54218/23]

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

Heather Humphreys: ...of Budget 2024. This represents, for the second year in a row, the largest Budget package for the Department of Social Protection in the history of the State and will help to support our pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, lone parents and families during this difficult period. The Budget Package included:Weekly Personal and Qualified Adult Rates increases by €12Increase...

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

Heather Humphreys: ...a single person and €1,000 for a couple. These changes resulted in an additional 35,000 households joining the scheme so far.Last year, I significantly increased the income and capital disregards for Carer's Allowance. This enables more carers with modest incomes to become eligible for the scheme and allows carers and their families to earn more from employment while retaining...

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

Denis Naughten: 153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has given consideration to a submission from Family Carers Ireland on the introduction of a non-means-tested participation income for family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53878/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (7 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 1.3 million welfare recipients and for...

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

Heather Humphreys: ...care to a person including a disabled child under 16 may be entitled to other related payment(s) from my Department, subject to satisfying the relevant qualifying criteria. My Department's Carer's Allowance (CA) payment 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 an adult or a...

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

Bernard Durkan: 250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which carer's allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54411/23]

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

Heather Humphreys: ...is €265.30, i.e., the same as the maximum rate of the SPC, with allowances (notably the Living Alone Allowance) payable where applicable.This Government acknowledges the important role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting them in that role. Accordingly, the current State Pension (Contributory) system provides measures including PRSI credits, Homemaking...

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

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position in respect of restoration of a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54417/23]

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

Bernard Durkan: 254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carer's allowance whose allowance has been withdrawn for whatever reason in each of the past four years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54420/23]

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

Heather Humphreys: My Department understands the many pressures faced by customers and always seeks to ensure that claims are processed quickly and efficiently. Processing times for new applications vary across schemes, depending on the differing qualification criteria. Schemes that require a high level of documentary evidence from the customer, particularly in the case of illness-related schemes, can take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Helen McEntee: If I may add to that, we want the young girl and her carer to make a full recovery and I wish them well.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Mary Fitzpatrick: I welcome the encouraging news earlier this week that the young girl and her carer who were viciously attacked in the north inner city on Parnell Square over a week ago are making a good recovery. I want to wish them well and wish their families well. I hope they make a full recovery soon and that the young girl is at home for Santa visiting this Christmas. I absolutely and utterly condemn...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Pearse Doherty: 110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made for a carer’s benefit review (details supplied); if any outstanding documentation is required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53923/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (6 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: ...) would have enough contributions to enable her to qualify for a State pension or a form of payment from her Department following recent changes and updates in this area with respect to long-term carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54055/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Dec 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ... 6-12 Months > 12 Months Blind Pension 2 0 0 Back to Work Family Dividend 6 4 1 Carer's Allowance 1039 66 14 Carer's Benefit 81 3 1 Child Benefit 153 56 39 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (6 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ..., including the Head of Service of the new National Home support Office, have been appointed. In March 2022, Minister Butler established the cross-departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants. It set out to examine the challenges in front-line carer roles in the home support and long-term residential care sectors. The...