Results 121-140 of 12,342 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (27 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: This is a subject we discussed at length during the most recent election. I am pleased that, due to pressure from the organisations representing carers and from members of the Opposition, including my party, the two parties that now make up two thirds of the Government committed to the abolition of the means test for carers. As yet, we do not have a detailed timeline in relation to that....
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (27 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: I will have to substantially redefine my understanding of what a significant commitment means if that is what the Minister believes it means. I asked for a detailed timeline and what I got instead from the Minister was a very watery indication that he might at some point do something. We talked at lot about this during the election. The commitment was given and carers need to know it will...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (27 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: According to Family Carers Ireland, three in four of the family carers it surveyed indicated that the people they support do not receive sufficient formal support and 72% had never received any respite. The Minister should think about how his words will sound to a person who is stuck at home and does not have access to respite, as is the case for most people. As the Minister knows, that is...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Widow's Pension (27 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms of the widow's or widower's pension, particularly in respect of non-married or cohabiting couples, and the judgment of the Supreme Court on 22 January 2024; the expected timeline in terms of the legislative changes that are required in respect of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9018/25]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Widow's Pension (27 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister and wish him the very best in his new role. I very much look forward to working with him in a constructive way, which, as he knows from our previous engagements, is how I work. I will not say it is my trademark; I am sure he knows what I mean. My question is a very straightforward one. It relates to the Supreme Court judgment issued in January 2024. I am looking...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Widow's Pension (27 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: The Minister's news is very welcome. If he could put a date on "imminently", it would be even more welcome. He referenced the case taken by John O'Meara. In the aftermath of that case, which he won, Mr. O'Meara was reported as saying, "We are all equal as regards families." However, all families will not be equal until the legislation goes through. This will impact on 150,000 cohabiting...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Widow's Pension (27 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: With regard to backdating, my concern is not just in respect of the case taken by John O'Meara. There are cases in the system that predate the judgment. Will the Minister give some consideration to those people, as well as people who are experiencing issues on an individual basis? I do not imagine the numbers will be huge. However, we have seen a large increase in the number of cohabiting...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (27 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures he has taken to ensure storm readiness and to support those impacted by storms given the recent issues that arose in the aftermath of storm Éowyn. [8361/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (27 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the renewal of public services cards needs to be done in person and no longer via phone or online; if he will consider facilitating online or over the phone renewals for public service cards, given the challenges this poses for anyone with reduced mobility or for elderly people; and if he will make a statement on...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (27 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has considered additional staffing given increased applications for additional needs payments. [8364/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (27 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration could be given to the provision of free transport to those in emergency accommodation. [8363/25]
- Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (26 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the victims, survivors and their families in the Gallery. I thank Deputy Coppinger and her group for bringing forward this motion and providing us with the opportunity to have this important discussion. In November last year, Focus Ireland published a report which found domestic violence is a significant factor in making mothers and their children homeless. I will, if I can,...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time, by payment, in tabular form. [8228/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures he is taking to reduce application waiting times for social welfare payments. [8360/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of additional needs payments and the number disallowed in 2019 and in 2024, by category, in tabular form. [8229/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the mean and maximum waiting times for additional needs payment, by county, in tabular form. [8230/25]
- Disability: Statements (25 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: I wish both the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and Minister all the best in their new respective roles. In her opening remarks, the Minister referred to a renewed sense of optimism. That optimism really not shared by people with disabilities in my constituency because they are living with the consequences of the policies of the Government parties and their attitude to persons with disabilities....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: You are the Government.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: Was it like that when you got here?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: The Taoiseach is publishing a report.