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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: Could I get a written reply on that issue concerning where we are now and where we hope to be in 12 months time regarding step-down facilities?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: Could I ask-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: I asked about the €590 million spent in 2018, but I did not get clarification on that topic. Some €320 million comes from the fair deal scheme and €68 million from the residents in the public nursing homes, but there is a gap. Could I get a reply in writing regarding how that gap arose?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and for the work they are doing. On the long-term planning, we have had a huge increase in population in the Cork area. Our hospital services are not able to cope with the demand. In the context of Covid, can the Minister tell me if there has been any engagement with the private hospitals in Cork as regards accessing facilities? For instance,...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: I was asking particularly about Cork.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: Can we have a deadline for that? I have been raising the matter for the past four years and have got the same answer every time. It is still with the South/South West Hospital Group, or the HSE, or the Department and we are waiting for one to get back to the other. For God's sake, can someone sit down around a table with all interested parties and come to a decision?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: I accept that, but there are waiting lists for people who require surgery. They cannot get that surgery without the facilities being available.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: Can I get a response from Dr. Glynn about what is happening in Vienna?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: That is fair enough.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Credits (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to increasing the dependent relative tax credit in line with the incapacitated child tax credit in order that this tax relief can be made available to all full-time carers regardless of their relationship to the cared-for person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26417/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Credits (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the extension of eligibility for the home carer tax credit to include single working carers who, in cases, work part time while also caring for a dependent person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26418/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Credits (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 273. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to allowing carers to claim tax relief on the cost of employing a care worker while also claiming the dependent relative or incapacitated child tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26419/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be made available for the Glashaboy flood relief scheme, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26409/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the catchment area for bus routes to schools in Fermoy to include Glenville (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26420/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a phased restoration to the income disregard for carer’s allowance will be expanded to ensure that those on average industrial incomes can qualify in full for the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26389/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to increasing the €20,000 disregard for the carer’s allowance to €50,000 in the capital formula in line with the disability allowance in which the first €50,000 of capital is disregarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26390/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to increasing the carer’s support grant (details supplied) from €1,700 to €2,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26392/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending eligibility for the carer’s benefit to include self-employed persons or those paying a class S stamp that need the assurance of having a financial support available to them should they need to take time away from work to provide care; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending eligibility for the domiciliary care allowance to children residing in hospital that do not satisfy the requirement that they live at home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26394/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to developing a pension solution for family carers that due to extended periods out of the workforce to provide care for family members, do not qualify for a State pension (contributory) or a State pension (non-contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26397/20]