Results 1-20 of 51 for carer's speaker:Helen McEntee

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: From the outset, the Department wishes to extend its deepest sympathy to the person named. The provisions of the Bereavement Leave Scheme for teachers are outlined in the department’s Circular 0078/2022, which states: 2.2 Bereavement Leave must be availed of at the time of the bereavement, to facilitate the teacher with time off from work. And: 2.6 Where a teacher is already...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: The payment of teachers on carer's leave is a manual process. The school employer is required to notify the Payroll Section of my Department of the days worked by the teacher while on carer's leave during the payroll period. My Department has implemented a Customer contact form which allows schools to submit the required information through an online form. This allows efficient processing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Policy (20 May 2025)

Helen McEntee: ...young people in relation to wellbeing and mental health in schools - provide learning opportunities for students that promote mental health and wellbeing Support for parents will: - enhance parent/carer involvement in wellbeing school initiatives and engagement in promoting wellbeing and mental health in the school community - enhance Student Support Teams to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (2 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: ...programme provider. Other initiatives in the programme include paying contracted teachers and SNAs their personal rate of pay and allowing student teachers and other external workers such as early childcare workers, carers and other students in relevant areas such as therapy, nursing and social care to take part in programmes.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The terms for retaining an acting allowance on a personal basis are set out in section 16 of Chapter 3 of Circular 0044/2019: 16. Retention of Post of Responsibility Allowances on a Personal Basis: 16.1 Where an acting Principal, acting Deputy Principal, acting Assistant Principal I or acting Assistant Principal II post is held for a period in excess of five consecutive school years, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Facilities (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: ...to actively seek and respond to the voice of young people in relation to wellbeing and mental health in schoolsprovide learning opportunities for students that promote mental health and wellbeing Support for parents will:enhance parent/carer involvement in wellbeing school initiatives and engagement in promoting wellbeing and mental health in the school communityenhance Student Support...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...attack outside Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire that lunchtime. Again, I am sure Deputy Daly and others will join me in wishing the victims of that attack, especially the five-year-old girl and her carer, a speedy recovery. I also commend the Garda Commissioner and all the gardaí involved throughout that day on their strong and effective response in restoring order to the city. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Helen McEntee: If I may add to that, we want the young girl and her carer to make a full recovery and I wish them well.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...the House very much remain with the victims of the appalling attack that took place 12 days ago outside Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire and my thoughts are, in particular, with the young child and her carer who are both still in a critical condition in hospital. Of course, we are all wishing for their full recovery. Deputy McDonald has left the Chamber. My colleagues have responded...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Helen McEntee: I wish to say at the outset that my thoughts are still very much with the young girl and with her carer, both of whom are critically ill in hospital. What happened to those children and that school is an unimaginable tragedy. My thoughts are with them, their families, the school and the wider community. What we saw unfold after that appalling tragedy was a small group of people, who do...

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...important debate and discussion on what happened last Thursday evening. I join again with colleagues in condemning this barbaric attack on a group of young and innocent schoolchildren and their carer. My wishes and thoughts are with the young girl and her carer, who are still critically ill in hospital. My wishes and thoughts are also with their families, the children who were there and...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...in response to what have been appalling scenes and an appalling attack. What I have heard is political opportunity and I have heard political point scoring. A young girl, her school classmates and her carer were viciously assaulted last Thursday. The violent disorder that ensued, because of thugs and criminals, should be an opportunity and a reason for us to come together to ensure this...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...of everyone in this House remain with the victims of the appalling attack that took place outside Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire last week. Our thoughts are particularly with the young child and her carer, who intervened so bravely. Both remain in critical condition in hospital. We all wish for their full recovery, as we have been doing all weekend. We have all gone home to our own...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (16 Nov 2021)

Helen McEntee: ...acknowledged the progress that has been made in the delivery of health care in Irish prisons since the 2014 visit. The delegation found very good access to health care in prisons and noted that the carers employed at Midlands Prison to assist the older population of prisoners were very good, displaying genuine warmth and affection towards their charges. Table 1. Deaths in custody, Midlands...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Carer's Leave (14 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: Section 6 of the Carer's Leave Act 2001 provides that employees with at least one year's continuous service are entitled to take up to 104 weeks of carer's leave. While there are no plans to amend the Carer's Leave Act, I am conscious of demands on parents at this time and hope that the additional measures to support working parents that my Department has introduced in recent years are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Carer's Leave (30 Jun 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...is entitled is subject to a maximum of 104 weeks in respect of any one care recipient and the minimum statutory entitlement is 13 weeks. An employer may refuse, with good reason, an application for carer's leave for a period of less than 13 weeks. A person availing of carer’s leave may also qualify for Carer’s Benefit or Carer’s Allowance. The payment of benefits is...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Helen McEntee: ...2020 will see further improvements in the delivery of health services. Next year we will see an additional 1,000 front-line staff hired to care for patients in the community. That is what people want. We will see an additional 1 million home care hours that will see families and carers supported in the provision of care for their loved ones. That is extremely important. As the...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Helen McEntee: ...justice there will be 800 new gardaí. There is additional funding allocated for disability provision. There is also additional funding for the most vulnerable in our society, including increases in social welfare payments, carer's allowance, unemployment assistance, disability allowance, the one-parent family payment and the family income supplement. All of this is progress. Of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (21 Jun 2017)

Helen McEntee: ...Expert Group Review of the Mental Health Act 2001 which was published in 2015 recommended that there should be greater ‘proactive encouragement for the patient at all stages to involve his/her family/carer and/or chosen advocate in the admission process and in the development of the care and treatment plan with the patient’s consent’. The Group did not recommend that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (21 Jun 2017)

Helen McEntee: ...self-harm; improve access to appropriate interventions at times of personal crisis; ensure rapid and timely linkage to appropriate follow-up care, and optimise the experience of families and carers in trying to support those who present with self-harm. Following clinical assessment of a person who presents to an Emergency Department following self-harm, a decision with regard to...