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Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (16 Nov 2005) See 1 other result from this answer

Seán Power: As the Deputy is aware, carers provide an invaluable role in supporting family members in the community and it is important to recognise their contribution to society. The role of carers in society has to some extent not been fully recognised in the past but this situation is changing with a number of initiatives being introduced to address the needs of carers. The Department of Health and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a range of income supports for full-time carers including Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the Carer’s Support Grant.  Combined spending on all these payments to carers in 2022 is estimated to exceed €1.5 billion.   Eligibility for Carer’s Allowance is not contingent on a...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Government and probably everybody in the country recognises and acknowledges the crucial role that family carers play in our society. We are fully committed to supporting carers in that role. The commitment is recognised in the national carers strategy. As the House may be aware, yesterday the Government agreed a new health service measure that will have a positive impact on the lives...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Jan 2024)

Verona Murphy: I want to appeal to the Taoiseach's better nature on the means test relating to family carers, carer's allowance and half-rate carer's allowance. Statistics from Family Carers Ireland show that carers save the State €20 billion per annum. We are about to put a referendum to the people that lauds carers, and yet we are means testing 95,000 of them. We do not know what the cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the crucial role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. The main income supports to carers provided by my Department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: National Carers Strategy Implementation (25 Jun 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Government acknowledges the important role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for a Partnership Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. The Department of Health has responsibility for the National Carers’ Strategy which sets out the strategic direction for future...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (11 Nov 2008)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 445, 447 and 480 together. Supporting and recognising carers in our society is, and has been, a priority of the Government since 1997. Over that period, weekly payment rates to carers have been greatly increased, qualifying conditions for carer's allowance have been significantly eased, coverage of the scheme has been extended and new schemes such as carer's...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (8 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government commits to delivering a ‘Carers Guarantee’ that will provide a core basket of services to carers across the country, regardless of where they live. This commitment is consistent with the National Carers' Strategy, which seeks to support family carers to care with confidence through the provision of adequate information,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Expenditure (26 Jun 2019)

Regina Doherty: Carer's Benefit is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce to care for someone in need of full-time care and attention. A person may be eligible for Carer's Benefit if they have enough PRSI contributions. This and other care-related supports, such as the Carer’s Allowance payment and the Carer’s Support Grant, provide recognition and support for the valuable...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (5 Jul 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The Carer’s Support Grant is an annual payment made by my Department to full-time carers. It is paid automatically to carers who are already in receipt of Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit and Domiciliary Care Allowance. Payment is made on the 1st Thursday in June. This year, some 86,000 of these carers received the Grant on 2 June. All carers who were automatically...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a range of income supports for full-time carers including Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the Carer’s Support Grant. Combined spending on all these payments to carers in 2022 is estimated to exceed €1.5 billion.  Carer’s Allowance is the primary income support through which the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (11 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The €500 Cost of Living payment referred to by the Deputy is a lump sum payment to those carers who are eligible for the Carer’s Support Grant. Unlike the Carer’s Support Grant, which is paid in respect of each person being cared for, the new lump sum payment is a single lump sum paid to the carer, irrespective of the number of persons being cared for, in response to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (7 Dec 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the valuable role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. The main income supports to carers provided by my department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the...

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

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 30, 31, 44 and 53 together. The main income supports to carers provided by my department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the Carer’s Support Grant. Spending on these payments is expected to amount to over €1.7 billion this year. The Carer’s Allowance scheme is the main scheme by which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government (23 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The 2020 Programme for Government commits to delivering a ‘Carers Guarantee’ to provide a core basket of services to carers across the country, regardless of where they live. Annually recurring funding of €2 million was provided in Budget 2021 towards delivering the Carers’ Guarantee, providing a more standard package of supports to family carers in every region,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (28 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Programme for Government contains specific commitments in recognition of the contribution of Family Carers to care provision in Ireland, which will build on the progress to date in the implementation of the National Carers’ Strategy. One of these is to review and update the National Carers' Strategy. The other commitments coming under the remit of the Department of Health are to...

Reform of Carer's Allowance Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: ...: notes that: — according to the Central Statistics Office's (CSO) Irish Health Survey 2019, one in eight people over the age of 15 provide care, and therefore there are approximately 500,000 family carers in Ireland; — the 2018 Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children survey, sponsored by the Department of Health, shows that 13.3 per cent of young people between the...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the important role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. The key role of my department is to provide income supports where an income need may arise due to unemployment, illness/disability and caring...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the important role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. There is a comprehensive package of carers’ income supports in place, including Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Feb 2007)

Séamus Brennan: There are currently 27,597 persons in receipt of carer's allowance (week ending 2 February 2007). There are currently 1,627 persons in receipt of Carer's Benefit. These recipients also qualify for Respite Care Grant. Support of carers has been a priority of Government since 1997. Payments to carers have been greatly improved over that period and qualifying conditions for carers allowance...