Results 81-100 of 1,034,392 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Jim O'Callaghan OR speaker:Peter Burke OR speaker:Richard Bruton)
- Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)
Johnny Mythen: I thank my colleagues, Deputies Tully and Patricia Ryan, for their dedicated advocacy on behalf of carers and the elderly and for tabling this motion. It is universally accepted that people with disabilities and their carers are more financially vulnerable than any other section of society. In fact, the Joint Committee on Gender Equality recommended bringing social protection rates for...
- Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)
Johnny Guirke: This is not the first time I have raised the issue of home care hours being approved but not provided. In a lot of cases not enough hours are provided to clients. One lady in my constituency currently going through cancer was approved home care support months ago but she has yet to receive that care. Care availability remains an issue. It has been highlighted for years but not dealt with....
- Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)
Dessie Ellis: There has been a very obvious increase in the number of cases coming in to my constituency office that concern issues around carers. In particular, more people are coming looking for help in getting the carer's allowance or the domiciliary care allowance. Most applications fail because of the strict adherence to section 179(4) of the carers Act. While it is important to have a set of...
- Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)
Paul Donnelly: More than 299,000 people identified as unpaid carers in the 2022 census. People aged between 50 and 59 were the group most likely to be providing regular unpaid care. Access to care and the quality of care provided presents challenges for all societies. In Ireland, there was an expectation on women to shoulder unpaid care responsibilities. Today, there continues to be a heavy reliance on...
- Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)
Réada Cronin: I thank Deputy Tully for the motion. I am glad to speak on it because I feel as though I am speaking for the army of invisible people who work 24-7, relying on the extremely modest carer's allowance, with many unable to make ends meet. They are kept under constant scrutiny by the State for that payment, a State that seems more intent on catching them out in some way than helping them,...
- Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)
Denise Mitchell: Tonight, we ask the Government to listen to the voices of carers, who are stretched beyond their means and have been left to their own devices by Minister after Minister. Carers throughout this State have to fight tooth and nail for services they should be entitled to. The State takes their work for granted and that is reflected in the lack of State assistance. In its most recent report,...
- Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: I am very happy to be here to address some of the issues raised in the Private Members' motion on carers. Support for carers is a topic that is always on the agenda and it is, of course, an enormously important one that comprises so many different cross-departmental issues. It covers not just health and social care supports but also income supports and housing, as the Deputies clearly...
- Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)
- Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)
Pauline Tully: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that Family Carers Ireland's report entitled "The State of Caring 2024" found: — almost three quarters of carers have never received respite; — half of carers have to pay privately for services that should be publicly provided to support their caring role; and — the vast majority of carers are finding it difficult to make...
- Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Family carers are the backbone of care provision in Ireland. That has long been recognised in sentiment and it is now time it was recognised in substance. They play one of the most important roles in our society. They care for their loved ones, their families and friends, out of a sense of love, duty and responsibility. They are not looking for any applause. However, being a carer in...
- Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: If we are to judge a government by how it treats its most vulnerable, and in turn those who care for the most vulnerable, then how can we judge this Government? For far too long, the voices of family carers have been completely overlooked and ignored. Day in, day out, including on the doors before the recent local and EU elections, they tell us how they feel pushed aside and abandoned by...
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)
Thomas Pringle: It is heartbreaking to see people in this country use those who are in an extremely vulnerable position as a political talking point, as if stances regarding migration are merely a matter of opinion and not a matter of human rights and a matter of right and wrong. We cannot stand here and debate whether people have a right to live, a right to safety, a right to a life other than the one many...
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In accordance with the arrangement agreed on the Order of Business, proceedings now stand adjourned until tomorrow.
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)
Debate adjourned.
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)
Matt Shanahan: The management of migration and application for refugee or temporary status in this country has been dysfunctional in many ways for years. Historically, with relatively low levels of migration, the number of applications for international protection status hovered between 1,500 and 2,500 per annum. Even then, our system of direct provision left people in limbo for years in shoddy...
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)
Simon Coveney: That is just not true.
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)
Helen McEntee: That is not correct.
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy is better than that.
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)
Matt Shanahan: Others are being bused into towns and villages throughout Ireland, often without the knowledge of local residents, and left in hotels miles away from resources. Refugees are walking for miles to get to the nearest shop all because Ireland is saying "Yes" to a situation for which we have not properly prepared.
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)
Helen McEntee: That is a complete lie.