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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Meals-on-Wheels Services (23 May 2024)

Mark Wall: ...basis. His family are very concerned about his health and welfare. The second is a lady who unfortunately suffered a bereavement in the last few months. Her husband, who is now deceased, was her carer. She is not in a position to look after herself and again her relatives are either living out of the country or are not in the Kildare area. I have heard a number of cases like these in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024)

Paddy Burke: ...of providing an extra respite bed at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Castlebar. There is only one respite bed in the hospital and there is huge demand for respite. We all know the great work that carers carry out. When a respite appointment is cancelled it causes huge disappointment for the people who were going to get a break to find out they will not get one. I ask that we invite the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (22 May 2024)

Ossian Smyth: ...high energy prices, the Government has continued to support energy consumers to stay warm and well. This includes a €2.2 billion suite of cost-of-living supports to assist families, pensioners, carers and people with disabilities as part of budget 2024. The Department is currently developing a revised energy poverty action plan which will be published in the coming months.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Patricia Ryan: 110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied) was refused; the reason this has taken nine months for the person to be notified of the refusal. [23155/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...about another person. She is also a mother. Her annual interest has risen by €8,000. She is denied the Minister's tax credit. Why? It is because she claims the incapacitated child tax credit and the home carer's tax credit. Her income is too low. Her interest has gone through the roof and the Minister's scheme locks her out. He has made a mess of mortgage interest relief....

Housing Situation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 May 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I met a member of the Defence Forces in my constituency office this week. He has two children with additional needs and his wife is their full-time carer. He has been in the Defence Forces for nearly 20 years. He is renting privately and is one of the fortunate ones in that his landlord has not increased the rent, not yet anyway. However, he understands the landlord will now sell the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 May 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...to pay higher income tax and USC rates.” In addition, the PfG states that “the Earned Income Tax Credit will be equalised with the employee tax credit”. It also includes a commitment to increase the Home Carer Tax Credit to support stay-at-home parents and those with caring responsibilities. Significant progress has been made in achieving these commitments. For...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (21 May 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...Provisions Act commenced on 7 March 2024 and provides the right to request remote working arrangements for all employees and the right to request flexible working arrangements for parents and carers. The Code of Practice for Employers and Employees Right to Request Flexible Working and Right to Request Remote Working was also published on that date. Employers and employees are obliged...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Brendan Griffin: 368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22340/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 May 2024) See 3 other results from this answer

Éamon Ó Cuív: 373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for carer’s allowance submitted on 16 October (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22394/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (21 May 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 does not provide access to are carer's benefit, health and safety benefit, illness benefit, and occupational injuries benefits. In circumstances where people are ill but do not qualify for illness benefit, my...

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

Heather Humphreys: A Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018 - 2023 committed to: (i) set a formal benchmark of 34% of average earnings for State pension contributory payments, and (ii) Institute a process whereby future changes in pension rates of payment are explicitly linked to changes in the consumer price index and average wages. The approach proposed by the Department, known as the smoothed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (21 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Heather Humphreys: ... 1,887 Back to Work Scheme Family Dividend 2,107 Benefit Payment for 65 Year Olds 4,110 Blind Pension 961 Carer's Allowance 96,597 Carer's Benefit 3,987 Child Benefit 671,931 Daily Expenses Allowance 17,567 ...

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

Heather Humphreys: ...x20ac;0.03 €0.00 € 0.03 Incapacity Supplement €0.04 €0.00 €0.05 Jobseeker's Benefit €1.83 €0.07 €1.90 Jobseeker's Benefit (Self Employed) €0.03 €0.00 €0.04 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (21 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the annual carer’s support grant by €1. [22805/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (21 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending carer’s benefit to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22806/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael Creed: 409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all documentation (details supplied) was reviewed in the context of an application for carer’s benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22820/24]

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

Heather Humphreys: ...Other Employment Supports Part Time Job Incentive W 90 95 ILLNESS, DISABILITY AND CARERS Disability Allowance W 162,326 159,866 Blind Pension W 968 990 ...

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

Heather Humphreys: ...70 €281.70 Incapacity Supplement 66yrs & Over €239.30 €251.30 State Pension (Non Contributory) 66yrs & Over €254.00 €266.00 Carer's Allowance 66yrs & Over €274.00 €286.00 Invalidity...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (21 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Richard Bruton: 416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a foster carer of more than 20 years, but with less than 520 contributions, can access the new long-term carer's pension route to allow them access to a State pension in their own right and name; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22959/24]