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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)
Aindrias Moynihan: I will focus on the particular group who do not qualify for the various social welfare payments such as child dependant payments. Child benefit is probably the only social welfare payment going into the house and it is a hugely significant part of the overall household budget. It has not been increased in many years from the €140 rate. If she were to make a change in that, the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)
Heather Humphreys: The Deputy is correct that there is a cohort in the middle that does not have any other supports and the child benefit payment is important. Some people have said to me that people with high incomes get the same payment, but I have met a lot more people in the middle income bracket than millionaires over the years. It is an important payment. It is €140 with a double payment last...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)
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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 19. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether she intends to examine a cost of disability payment; if she intends to introduce reforms to the disability payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37678/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will keep it short and sweet. We had a lot of discussion about the Green Paper and all that went with it. The Minister correctly identified that there were shortcomings in the approach outlined, however well intentioned. However, there is a cost to disability that has long been identified in various reports. We need to come back to how that can be addressed. How does the Minister now...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)
Heather Humphreys: I published the Green Paper on Disability Reform in September last year. The Green Paper sought to reform my Department's system of disability payments to better target supports and better account for the cost of disability. The Green Paper was a consultation document. Feedback from the public consultation raised concerns about its proposals. In particular, people questioned whether it...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)
Aindrias Moynihan: I thank the Minister. The modifications that were made were very beneficial, especially for people who are caring for children throughout much of their life. This situation arises for people who take on a caring role later in life, in their 40s, 50s and 60s. I would welcome an opportunity to review the scheme and include it in any of the next steps that will be taken. Is there any...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)
Heather Humphreys: The Deputy outlined a specific case where someone had retired and was going to look after his wife. There are situations where a person with fewer than 20 years of caring may be entitled to avail of home caring periods or the homemaker scheme, subject to existing qualification conditions. I do not think the person in the case the Deputy mentioned would qualify under that scheme. This...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We are proceeding faster than usual. Minister, am I right in saying that you can deal with up to Question No. 17. Am I right in that?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)
Heather Humphreys: I can take Questions Nos. 17, 18, 19 and 20.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: All right. We can keep going.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)
Peadar Tóibín: The Minister will take up to Question No. 20.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: As far as Question No. 20-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)
Heather Humphreys: That is what I have now, but I might take more. There could be more to come.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We will go back to Deputy Ó Laoghaire's-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)
Heather Humphreys: I do not mind; we can go back if you wish.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Does Deputy Wynne have a Priority Question?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)
Violet-Anne Wynne: No, I am after that.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We will go back.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)
Question No. 16 taken with Written Answers.