Results 1-20 of 185 for carers speaker:John McGuinness

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2024)

John McGuinness: ...To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if full carer’s allowance will be approved and back dated in the case of a person (details supplied) as they are currently on half carer's; and if the matter will be expedited. [23400/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer’s allowance will be approved as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22398/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (16 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance submitted in November 2022, which was refused in 2023 and then reconsidered and refused again under review in the name of a person (details supplied), will be approved based on the further information submitted being considered in far greater detail in the appeal process. [22244/24]

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

John McGuinness: ...can examine it. I have seen money spent through the HSE that does not deliver value for money and is not worthwhile spending. That needs to be addressed. If it is the case that people need to have home carers or other supports at home, those should be delivered. If they cannot be delivered because of the cost of the professional, worker or carer who goes into the home, then we need to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) has been approved. [20261/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

John McGuinness: 220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if carer’s allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied) who is giving full-time care to their father; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18538/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Apr 2024)

John McGuinness: 233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if carer’s allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied); if the letter of refusal issued by her Department will be reviewed as it refers to the person receiving the care as another person; and if the matter will be expedited. [17134/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: 309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer’s allowance (details supplied) will be considered in far greater detail on appeal, and if an oral hearing will be considered. [8909/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: 452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the payment of carers allowance and arrears due will be made immediately in the case of a person (details supplied). [6548/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (1 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: 306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [4774/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: ...Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be approved for a person (details supplied) to cover the cost of their grandmother’s funeral as this person was their carer for the past five years and has limited means and cannot be expected to cover any of the cost; and if she will expedite a positive response. [42975/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: 114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for carer’s benefit, now under review, will be expedited and approved; and if the information provided of the care being given will be considered. [28736/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

John McGuinness: 456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if full carer's allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24173/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Apr 2023)

John McGuinness: 944. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the carer’s allowance arrears due to a person (details supplied) will be paid immediately. [17932/23]

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

John McGuinness: ...with the many people who received the increased fuel allowance and double payments and so on. I ask the Minister to please address that issue. Another matter I wish to raise relates to foster carers. A case in this regard has been already made to the Minister by a particular group. This cohort fall short in their contributions towards a full State pension. I ask the Minister to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: ...ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full carer’s allowance will be approved immediately for a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of payment of half of the carer's payment and whose financial circumstances have changed. [52517/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: 138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer’s allowance which has been approved in the name of a person (details supplied) will be backdated to the date of the original application in 2021; if arrears have already been paid based on the recent approval and the circumstances of the applicant during this period; and if a review of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: 295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if carer's allowance will be put back into payment for a person (details supplied), in line with the specified timeframe set out in the original decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50986/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (4 May 2022)

John McGuinness: 307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a response to a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21940/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Jul 2021)

John McGuinness: 257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the application to transfer the carer’s allowance payment to a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [36950/21]