Results 61-76 of 76 for carers speaker:Anne Rabbitte

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (6 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the home carer’s tax credit by increments (details supplied) in tabular form. [35435/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Availability (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 513. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used for respite care for persons with disabilities; if the age of the carer is taken into consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29927/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Availability (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: ...for Health the number of persons with disabilities between 30 and 40 years of age still being cared for by their parents; his plans for respite for such persons in view of the fact that their carers are older; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29928/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foster Care Supports (28 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister. At the outset I must acknowledge the fantastic work that foster parents and social care workers do to provide support. I would not be asking this question if foster carers, care leavers and Empowering People In Care, EPIC, had not come to me and said that they had a problem, so much so that they are planning to march through the streets of Dublin in May to highlight...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (12 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 604. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the assurance review by Tusla of allegations made regarding a carer of a child or young person with a disability. [12115/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (10 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a comprehensive review of a carer's allowance which was recently withdrawn from a child's (details supplied) parents even though this child has very complex needs will be undertaken; if it will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20597/18]

Report on the Provision of Foster Care Services in Ireland: Motion (3 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: ...families and to support them if we want to give children a second chance. We must ensure they are in the best possible place - a home setting. In that context, Tusla must make foster care a priority in order that foster carers will be able to proudly identify as a group within the care sector that does its job well, rather than a group that is in the public eye for all of the wrong...

Topical Issue Debate: Foster Care Provision (26 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: ...we are bringing a spotlight onto a particular case but it is incumbent on us to highlight it so we can do the right thing for children. The Minister of State acknowledged that foster carers undergo a rigorous assessment process. That is absolutely the case but where it falls down is in regard to the follow-up, the governance and the procedures covering checks and balances. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Dec 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 159. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a second carer in Merlin Park in order to be able to transfer them from care in County Wicklow to County Galway. [53317/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (4 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: ...used for assessing persons for home care supports and packages at university college hospital Galway; the scoring system with regard to community supports; and the way in which low, medium and high carer vulnerability is decided. [42094/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (11 Jul 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 733. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an oral hearing for a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied). [32174/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: ...in place for grandparents, uncles or aunts fostering children from the UK or another jurisdiction? Some of my colleagues can help me. I believe the Deputy was asking about supports for relative carers. They receive an allowance from us in respect of caring for these children.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (31 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: ...care workers. Surely, the IFCA is part of the chain of engagement and follow-up. How much social care interaction does it actually get? We talk about the link worker, but that is for the foster carer. I am talking about the social care worker for the child in relation to the communication IFCA is getting. That communication seems to be vital because what came out of Dr. Geoffrey...

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to Disability Service in the South East and Related Matters): Motion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: ..., as do all sides of the House, that our balances and checks, our policies and procedures are working, they are robust and they protect the most vulnerable in society. All of us in this House are their carers. We are their parents. We have ultimate responsibility to protect. I wish the Minister of State well with the commission of investigation. We will be supporting it, but there are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (7 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for carer's benefit for a person (details supplied), in view of the fact that all documentation required has been submitted. [5970/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (14 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the future of the home carer tax credit. [40259/16]