Results 1-10 of 10 for carers speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 Jan 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy relating to assessment of full and half-rate carer's allowance payments in relation to the local authority home loan; if the payments are assessed as income on all applications; if there is any flexibility in the case that the payment puts an applicant marginally over the income limit; if not, if flexibility will...

Dublin Fire Brigade: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: .... When I look at successive Governments, I find that often it is those public servants at the very coalface of some of the most difficult jobs who are resourced the poorest. Sometimes, that is carers and other times it is nurses or members of the Defence Forces. That the men and women of the Dublin Fire Brigade felt the need to ballot for industrial action is itself a failure....

Autism Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...system. I echo the comments of other Members on schools and school placements, particularly senior school placements in Dublin, and on social welfare anomalies such as the taxing of carer's allowance - unlike domiciliary allowance - which places an unnecessary burden on parents. I very much hope that the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, who is present, is listening to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (2 Apr 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 406. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a domestic waste collection waiver or rebate for those full-time carers caring for family members who are doubly incontinent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14933/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (2 Apr 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: ..., Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a working group established to consider introducing a domestic waste collection waiver or rebate for those full-time carers caring for family members who are doubly incontinent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14934/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (7 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the policy of not providing credited PRSI contributions for persons in receipt of carer's allowance will be reviewed; and if this policy will be changed in recognition of the fact that carers are working full-time looking after their family member and should be recognised as such. [36329/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Carer's Allowance Payments (7 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the policy of not allowing carer's allowance to be taken into account as earned income for the purposes of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be reviewed on the grounds that carers are effectively working full-time caring for their family members. [36330/18]

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (7 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...matter, a very simple solution would be to allow local authorities to disregard family income supplement when conducting the means test for social housing. That is already the case in respect of carer's allowance. In my constituency, a working family were €500 a year over the social housing income threshold and were consequently denied access to social housing support and have to...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...relates to family income supplement, FIS. This payment is made because the State recognises that household earns an income that is too low to sustain itself. Local authorities do not include FIS or carer's allowance in their assessment of the rent so it makes no sense that they would take FIS or carer's allowance into account for the assessment for social housing in the first instance....

Other Questions: Voluntary Housing Sector (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...funding. There should only be one system of rental arrangements in this sector. I would like to mention two other anomalies. Local authorities do not include family income supplement or carer's allowance in their assessments for rent payment purposes, but some housing associations do in certain kinds of tenancies. That makes no sense whatsoever. Similarly, some housing associations...