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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Children in Care (19 Oct 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Alan Farrell: ...January. In November 2024, the allowance for children under 12 will increase to €400 per week and the foster care allowance for children aged 12 and over will increase to €495 per week. Foster carers provide an extraordinary service and the payment of the foster care allowance should recognise the role foster families play in our country. In 2022, 556 children entered...

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Bernard Durkan: ...ever said that. The Ceann Comhairle and I pointed this out on numerous occasions. It is logical that it would cost more. The most important element here is that it does not matter how many carers we have. With an increasing population and an increasing demand, it takes time to travel between point A and point B. With the increase in traffic on the roads and the increase in population,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...saving treatments next year due to the decision not to provide dedicated funding for new drugs. We know that more than 6,000 people throughout the country are desperate for access to home care due to a lack of carers available. Almost 900,000 people languish on some form of health waiting list, more than 100,000 of whom are children and young people. Today we heard at the Committee on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Costs (19 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: ...and child poverty, it made sense to start at lower income levels, where we are most likely to capture those most in need. I gave consideration to trying to define certain groupings, such as parents, carers and people with disabilities, but then we would need to justify having one group and not another group. We are trying to ensure everyone can access education and that cost is not a...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: We have difficulties in this area and we need to work with it. The money is available for carers at the moment and we do not have the carers, so it is really important that the Department gets its act together on that and smooths it out as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Peadar Tóibín: 232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine a case with regard to an application for a carer’s support grant (details supplied). [45888/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Peter Fitzpatrick: 233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a carer's payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45892/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Éamon Ó Cuív: 235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a review of a carer’s allowance payment will be carried out (details supplied) as requested by the carer due to a change in means; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45922/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...include the provision of a targeted one-off €400 Cost-of-Living lump sum, which will be paid in November 2023 to recipients of Disability Allowance, Blind Pension, Invalidity Pension and Carer's Support Grant. Recipients who are in receipt of more than one of these payments will qualify for only one €400 lump-sum payment. The Partial Capacity Benefit scheme has been designed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...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. The equivalent of paid contributions will be attributed to long-term carers to cover gaps in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...their pension entitlement can be reviewed. 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. The equivalent of paid contributions will be attributed to long-term carers to cover gaps in their...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Réada Cronin: ...Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in recognition of financial need and the critical social value of the work they undertake, the additional Budget 2024 provisions for foster carers could be paid in full in January, without a delay of several months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45933/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Pension Provisions (19 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The foster care allowance is payable to foster carers on behalf of and to offset expenses in relation to the child in foster care. Foster carers are not employees and accordingly Tusla does not make pension contributions on their behalf. However, I am aware that eligibility in respect of the State Pension (Contributory) is an issue of genuine concern for foster carers. I have been advised...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (19 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...for children in care, it was a priority of mine to secure a meaningful increase to the foster care allowance in this year’s Budget in order to support the vital role being carried out by foster carers. As outlined in Budget 2024, from 1st January 2024 the rates of the foster care allowance will increase by €25 per week, up to €350 per week for children aged under...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Leo Varadkar: ...the 23,000 hired since this Government came into office. We need to make sure it hires the correct 2,000 and not simply any 2,000. We will be engaging with the CEO of the HSE and his team about that. The carer's means test has been relaxed in the budget for 2024. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, will set that out in the social welfare Bill. In response to Deputy Murphy's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Richard Bruton: .... I am interested in having an idea of that. One of the areas that has posed difficulty over time has been roles such as au pair, or people who work overnight in caring situations, including carers who stay overnight. There has always been an issue as to whether those arrangements are in breach of labour law. This overnight rate was one of the ways of trying to bridge the gap between...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Budget 2024 (18 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...xb7;A double month of Child Benefit; ·A €100 lump sum for families receiving the Increase for a Qualified Child (IQC) on top of that; ·A €400 lump sum for families receiving the Working Family Payment; ·A €400 Carer's Support Grant; ·A €300 Fuel Allowance Lump Sum; ·A January Social Welfare double-payment; ·An extension of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (18 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Carol Nolan: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance to clarify the conditions that must be fulfilled for a person to claim carer's credits; what evidence is required or would be accepted to prove a person was a carer if, for example, they never applied for carers allowance but engaged in caring for a family member for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45388/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2024 (18 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...Social Protection measures as part of Budget 2024. This represents 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. As part of this package, a wide range of lump-sum payments will be paid in the coming months. In...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Allowance (CA) 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 a child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care. Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) is an educational opportunities scheme for persons in receipt of certain social welfare...