Results 161-180 of 14,207 for carer's

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...SNAs to register their interest in working on a school-based programme. Student teachers and students in relevant disciplines such as therapy, social care and nursing and others, including early childcare workers and carers, will also be able to register their interest in working on this year’s Programme. In 2023, the Inclusion Programme and Special Class elements from 2022 were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...SNAs to register their interest in working on a school-based programme. Student teachers and students in relevant disciplines such as therapy, social care and nursing and others, including early childcare workers and carers, will also be able to register their interest in working on this year’s Programme. In 2023, the Inclusion Programme and Special Class elements from 2022 were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...and SNAs to register their interest in working on a school-based programme. Student teachers and students in relevant disciplines such as therapy, social care and nursing and others, including early childcare workers and carers, will also be able to register their interest in working on this year’s Programme. A role that was introduced in 2023 is that of the Summer Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...SNAs to register their interest in working on a school-based programme. Student teachers and students in relevant disciplines such as therapy, social care and nursing and others, including early childcare workers and carers, will also be able to register their interest in working on this year’s Programme. In 2023, the Inclusion Programme and Special Class elements from 2022 were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...SNAs to register their interest in working on a school-based programme. Student teachers and students in relevant disciplines such as therapy, social care and nursing and others, including early childcare workers and carers, will also be able to register their interest in working on this year’s Programme. In 2023, the Inclusion Programme and Special Class elements from 2022 were...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...are usually awarded at the employee's last rate of PRSI paid and may be used to maintain entitlement to a range of the Department's schemes. The Homemaker’s Scheme - The scheme is designed to help homemakers and carers qualify for State pension (contributory). The scheme allows periods caring for children or people with a caring need to be disregarded when working out a person's...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 743. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a carer’s allowance appeal (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be reached; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13988/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael Creed: 750. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision will issue on a carer’s allowance application (details supplied). [14139/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: This Government acknowledges the important role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting them in that role. Accordingly, the State Pension system currently gives significant recognition to those whose work history includes an extended period outside of paid employment, often to raise families or in a full-time caring role. Despite these measures, some long-term carers...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 765. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason foster carers are not acknowledged as being carers, and cannot claim for a stamp or credits towards a State pension (contributory) and other State supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14387/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 771. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in a review in the case of a person (details supplied); the extent to which they can qualify for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14414/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 793, 795 and 796 together. The Roadmap for Social Inclusion contains a commitment to develop a benchmarking approach for use in adjusting the value of State pension payments. The approach proposed by the Department, known as the smoothed earnings approach, was subsequently endorsed by the Pensions Commission. Government subsequently decided that the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...); Benefit Payment for 65 Year Olds; Treatment Benefit; and Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension. The only benefits that class S PRSI do not provide access to are carer's benefit, health and safety benefit, illness benefit, and occupational injuries benefit. In circumstances where people are ill but do not qualify for illness benefit, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Denis Naughten: ...of carer’s allowance; the number in receipt of the half-rate carer’s allowance; the number of recipients of the carer’s support grant; the steps which she is taking to ensure that all full-time carers avail of the carer’s support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15481/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the increase in the foster carers' allowance was delayed to November and did not take immediate effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14386/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (9 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...restructuring of Tusla’s service areas and improving early access to therapeutic services for children in care. Additionally, a priority of mine in the led up to Budget 2024 was to seek to improve the supports foster carers can avail of. As part of Budget 2024, from 1st January 2024 the rates of the foster care allowance have increased by €25 per week, up to €350...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (9 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to reduce reliance on SEAs. I have resourced Tusla to maintain and expand their services by securing additional funding as part of Budget 2024. In addition, regarding efforts to maintain the number of foster carers, I was very pleased to secure a significant increase in the rates of the Foster Care Allowance in Budget 2024. In the interim, specific measures are being taken by Tusla to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (9 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The challenges which have led to Tusla’s increasing reliance on SEAs are complex, and there is no one easy solution to them. They include difficulties in maintaining the number of foster carers, difficulties in maintaining sufficient capacity in residential care services, the complexity of the presentation of some children presenting to Tusla, and the unprecedented number of Separated...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ...who have been diagnosed with a life limiting illness from the time of diagnosis through bereavement and death. This policy considers both the needs of the person with a serious illness and that of their carer. The new policy is focused on improving services and supports for patients, families, and carers. A population-based and needs-based approach to service provision is to be adopted....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (9 Apr 2024)

David Cullinane: 1622. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive in tabular form; and the breakdown, by length of wait. [15432/24]