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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I am aware of the consistently high poverty rates among people who are unable to work due to a disability, as reported in the CSO’s 2022 Survey on Income and Living Conditions. My department provides income supports to 220,000 people who cannot work due to a long-term illness or disability. The two main long-term payments are Disability Allowance and Invalidity Pension. I am committed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Darren O'Rourke: 82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if time spent acting as a carer can be applied when calculating illness benefit; if time spent caring for children can be applied when calculating illness benefit; if it is possible to apply this retrospectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46366/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Peadar Tóibín: 85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the carer’s allowance; and the number who were in receipt of the allowance in each of the past ten years. [46376/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Heather Humphreys: ...);Benefit Payment for 65 Year Olds;Treatment Benefit; andWidow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension.The only benefits that Class S PRSI does not provide access to are Carer's Benefit, Health and Safety Benefit, Illness Benefit, and Occupational Injuries Benefits. Any changes would need to be considered in an overall policy and budgetary context, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the current processing times for disability allowance, carers allowance and social welfare appeals; if she will compare these waiting times to this time last year; her views on the increase in processing times for these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46189/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...adults and those on reduced rates.Also, in January 2024, there will be a once-off double Cost of Living Support Payment which will be paid to qualifying Social Protection recipients, including all pensioners, carers and people on long-term disability payments.I also introduced a number of measures that disabled people may benefit from, depending on their personal circumstances:In November,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (24 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...under the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023. Under the Act, flexible working arrangements such as adjusted working patterns or reduced hours, will be available to parents and carers. Under the Act, employers will be obliged to have regard to a Code of Practice when considering applications for flexible and remote working arrangements. Employees will be able to refer...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in determination of an appeal for carers allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46086/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Household Benefits Package comprises the electricity or gas allowance, and the free television licence. My Department will spend approximately €285 million this year on the Household Benefits Package. Approximately 517,000 households are in receipt of the Household Benefits package. People over the age of 70 receive the Household Benefits package, with one package provided...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Claire Kerrane: 361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will bring forward changes to the means test for carer's allowance to January 2024 rather than June 2024, given the hardship family carers are facing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46304/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...;20,000 to €50,000. The weekly means threshold for those aged under 70 was increased by €80 to €200 above the appropriate rate of State Pension (Contributory). Also from January 2023, Disablement Benefit and Half-rate Carer's Allowance payment are disregarded when assessing means for Fuel Allowance purposes. The Government has, therefore, implemented significant...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal for carer’s allowance will be processed and a decision made (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46532/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...have been caring for incapacitated dependents for over 20 years. If the person concerned has been caring for incapacitated dependents for over 20 years (1040 weeks), it is open to them to apply for the Long-Term Carer's Contributions (LTCC). The periods of care-giving do not need to be consecutive. If the criteria is met, the equivalent of paid contributions will be attributed to cover...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which means and other tests for carer's allowance continue to be cognisant of the person’s physical/mental needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46736/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of carer’s allowance whose payment has been reviewed in recent times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46737/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...as we come into colder weather for pensioners and people with disabilities who may need extra heating.In the week beginning the 27th of November three further payments will be made:A €400 lump sum will be paid to 130,000 carers;Because people living on their own face similar energy costs as couples, a payment of €200 will be paid to 237,000 people who receive the Living Alone...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Programme (24 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Act 2023 was enacted on 4 April 2023. Many of the provisions of the Act have now been commenced, including the introduction, as of 3 July 2023, of leave for medical care purposes for parents and carers and amendments to the Maternity Protection Acts to provide for the extension of breastfeeding breaks. An order amending regulations relating to breastfeeding breaks made under the Maternity...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Priorities (24 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...the earliest possible stage, consultations are being planned which will include those most directly affected by this policy. Children and young people in informal kinship care arrangements, their carers and parents will be consulted in-depth as part of the development of the policy. In line with current best practice, these consultations will be carried out by my Department and completed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (24 Oct 2023) See 14 other results from this answer

Darren O'Rourke: 568. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of carers employed by the HSE in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46502/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Róisín Shortall: I ask Mr. Watt for an update on funding of the carer’s guarantee for family carers to eliminate the postcode lottery that currently exists and take pressure off carers. What is the status of the funding of that guarantee?