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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 31. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the CDNT recruitment campaign, ‘Be part of our team, be part of their lives’; the number of people who have been recruited to the CDNTs through this recruitment campaign; the current number of staff vacancies nationally in CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I wish to ask for an update on the children's disability network team, CDNT, recruitment campaign, Be part of our team, Be part of our lives. How many people have been recruited to the CDNTs through this campaign? What is the current number of staff vacancies nationally in CDNTs? Will the Minister of State will make a statement on this matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Tully for raising this question. It will be the second time today I address her, after being in committee earlier. The CDNT recruitment campaign, Be part of our team, Be part of their lives, has closed across CHOs. To date, 190 job offers have been made and 55 individuals are currently in the final stages of recruitment. Funding has been provided in recent years for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The Minister of State mentioned the staff census of 2022. The 2023 staff census has yet to be published. Does the Minister of State have a date for when it will be published? I know it was delayed because of the industrial action but I wonder is there a date for that in order to be able to compare across the board. I wish to focus on my constituency of Cavan-Monaghan. The HSE-run team...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: The date for the publication of the 2023 staff census will be in the next two weeks. While I do not have a specific figure for Cavan and Monaghan, I know that for CHO 1, which covers the Cavan and Monaghan areas, there were 88 people who expressed interest. As to what measures are being taken, the national team development of the programme is holding lunchtime webinars. There are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The Minister of State mentioned graduates. Have the numbers entering these professions in college increased and have they increased dramatically? Are we seeing an increase in the number of people graduating and staying in Ireland to work? The Minister of State mentioned the apprenticeship model, which is an excellent model as well. Are we seeing a lot more people taking up these courses...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. Bogaimid ar aghaidh. I understand that to wrap up, Deputy Tully is sharing with Deputy Patricia Ryan.

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach, and I thank Deputy Tully for bringing this motion to the floor today. I would like to say I am shocked by the figures in the Family Carers Ireland report, but in all good conscience I cannot say that. As Sinn Féin spokesperson for older people, I know only too well how much these selfless people do and how poorly valued they feel, especially...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: I also thank Deputy Tully for bringing the motion to the House. This is in an important motion in light of the report by Family Carers Ireland, which revealed that 74% of those surveyed do not receive significant formal support, while 72% have never received respite. By its very nature, the rights of carers and the supports they are given extend to the very people they are caring for....

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It is fairly straightforward what we are asking for here and I welcome the fact the Government is not opposing this. If we are talking about carer's allowance, it is quite straightforward. We need to have an element of flexibility, and whether we are talking about the time someone spends on education or working, 18.5 hours with no element of flexibility is not working for many. We know...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I support the motion and welcome the opportunity to speak of the legendary work that carers do for the most vulnerable people, day in, day out. Carers save the State an estimated €20 billion per year and that is the equivalent of a second HSE. Carers are predominantly female and, for the most part, are alone and isolated. They are not respected for the work they do or the moneys...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Colm Burke: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. In coming back in response, it is important for me to state that I too have been involved in trying to work out support for people who reside at home. The challenge is that people are living longer and life expectancy in Ireland has increased by six years over the past 20 years and, therefore, we have a lot more people living longer. For...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Next are Deputies Connolly and Harkin, who are sharing time.

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Regarding that last comment, quite a number of our carers are non-Irish. It is important to acknowledge that. I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. It builds on what Sinn Féin, Deputy Canney, others and I have done. We are doing this not to embarrass the Government. Well, perhaps we are doing it to embarrass the Government into acting. Rather than use my own words, I...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: Is the Deputy referring to respite beds for older persons?

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: A mixture. It is difficult to understand from the answers whether the beds are for older people or people with disabilities. There is a mix. I will put my hands up and say I am adding to the confusion. These are basic requirements. Carers are saving us billions of euro. I heard a figure of €20 billion mentioned. I do not know what the exact figure is, but the one I was using...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion, which builds on many motions, including my own Private Members’ motion on the need to eliminate the means test for the carer’s allowance. This motion is timely because we are coming up to budget 2025. As I have often said, the means test is commonly known as the “mean test”. From speaking and listening to carers...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: Can I correct something there, if the Ceann Comhairle does not mind?

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Yes.

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: That is not correct. If your clinician deems that you are medically in need, there is a one-page medical application form that is sent from the consultant directly to the HSE where it is approved within 24 hours.