Results 561-580 of 14,213 for carers

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disease Management (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Tully for raising this really important issue. All of us in the House fully appreciate how devastating a diagnosis of a rare disease can be for patients, their families and carers. There is cross-party support for doing everything we possibly can to help patients who live with this awful condition on a daily basis. As Deputy Tully said, EB is a rare, life-long genetic...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Existing Levels of Service Costs: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

...of what the Estimate should be on that line. There are a number of drivers for different lines but we have a number of lines that are driven by demographics. These would be the lines on pensions, carers, and disability. Here we use data; both administrative data the Department of Social Protection collects through transactions with the recipients and Central Statistics Office...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Catherine Murphy: 101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to increase carer's allowance by €6.50 per week. [50083/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

...the HSE, recognising that it is our duty as State agencies to work together to provide the integrated services that a child or young person needs rather than an individual, their family or a carer having to navigate different agencies or services, particularly at a vulnerable time in their lives. Being in loco parentisto 5,565 children and young people in the care of the State, we know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

...of world sepsis month and the leaflets we circulated earlier this year. A core part of what we want to do is that public awareness piece where we describe the symptoms of sepsis to parents and carers so they know to take it more seriously than a run-of-the-mill infection. It is difficult to diagnose, treat and recognise in hospitals so it is going to be difficult to diagnose and...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...to win 17% plus one of the overall vote, but since it will remain a four-seater, a new Independent candidate will have to win 20% plus one of the vote. For the 21% of the Clare population with a disability, for the nearly 9,000 carers in the county or for the parts of the constituency like Shannon and Kilrush that were deemed above average in terms of deprivation in Pobal’s recent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...the reasons it warns about the comparability of national figures on health expenditure is that it relies on countries to produce their own data. Is it still the case that in Ireland payments to family carers are included in the healthcare expenditure we report to the OECD? Is it the norm among OECD countries to include such payments in their expenditure?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Seán Canney: 286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the working limit for eligibility for home carers from 18.5 hours to 21.5 hours to allow for an increase in the number of carer's available to care for vulnerable people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49380/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...905 633 0 Disability Allowance 2,015,920 1,231,794 778,926 5,200 Blind Pension 12,815 8,885 3,905 0 Carer's Allowance 993,158 676,441 314,378 2,339 Domiciliary Care Allowance 224,476 188,059 35,830 587...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Claire Kerrane: 289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a special pardon for family carers who engaged in work (details supplied) during Covid-19, given the circumstances at the time and the small number of recipients who would be in this category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49386/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal for carers allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49477/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this answer

Pearse Doherty: 305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made for a carer’s benefit review (details supplied); the current processing times for such reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49839/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons an application for carer's allowance was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); the degree to which the person was over the income limits for carer's allowance; if the application can be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49890/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (9 Nov 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...relieved and that a system that works is created. However, we will have to address the underlying issue, particularly in north County Louth, that there just are not enough people working as home carers at the minute and people cannot get the hours they need to keep their loved ones in home settings. This would provide some level of reprieve, however. I brought up another issue. We...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...than 3,000 people have been approved for funding and are waiting. The Minister of State led a really important new contract that has been taken up, which improves the terms and conditions for home carers. It sets out a minimum base for the living wage and it has payments for travel time. Our aim is to go from 21.5 million hours delivered this year to adding another 0.5 million hours...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (9 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: ...of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group which I established last year. A new and improved HSE Home Support Tender delivers on commitments for sectoral reform such as payment for travel time, paying carers the National Living Wage at a minimum, and bringing legacy rates in line with the new revised rates of funding.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (9 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: ...centre-based day care. This was first introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic and is universally viewed as beneficial, improving both the quality of life of clients and providing a break for family carers. Alongside this, I allocated €300,000 in funding to the Alzheimer Society of Ireland to provide weekend activity clubs for people with young onset dementia. This new service...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Nov 2023) See 6 other results from this answer

Paul Kehoe: 261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a carers allowance review for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49090/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review/appeal can be entertained in the case of the refusal of application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49225/23]