Results 1-20 of 58 for carers speaker:Paul Kehoe

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether there are circumstances in which domiciliary care allowance or carer's benefit would be paid to the parent of an infant who is a long-term inpatient in a hospital when the hospital requires that the parent be part of their care and present in the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52488/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a carers allowance review for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49090/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the special needs school transport grant is counted as means or income for carers allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41006/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 May 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a carer's allowance application for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25633/23]

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

Paul Kehoe: 493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any circumstances in which carer's benefit can be issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24831/23]

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

Paul Kehoe: 866. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a carer’s allowance claim by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16393/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance can be offered in issuing a decision on the carer's allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3015/23]

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

Paul Kehoe: 47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider removing the means test for the carer's allowance or raising the thresholds to allow more persons to avail of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50280/22]

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

Paul Kehoe: 292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are circumstances whereby a person can claim a second period of carer’s benefit for a child previously claimed for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50852/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Sep 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47090/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 May 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the benefits of doubling the period of time for which domiciliary care allowance and carer’s allowance paid for children who are hospitalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24364/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 1789. To ask the Minister for Health if family carers will be added as a priority group on the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15438/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (9 Sep 2020)

Paul Kehoe: 200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance can be offered to expedite a carer’s allowance review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22985/20]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Availability (23 Oct 2019)

Paul Kehoe: The Senator feels very strongly about this matter. The Minister for Health fully recognises that this condition places enormous strain on SMA sufferers and their families and carers and that this is a very worrying time for them. The complexity of this treatment requires appropriate service arrangements to be put in place in Temple Street Hospital so as to ensure that the treatment and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medical Services (24 Sep 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...services. I wish to stress again that there is no delay in referring Defence Forces personnel requiring immediate psychiatric care or assessment. Patients presenting to Defence Forces Primary Carers (Medical Officers or contracted civilian GPs) with a requirement for urgent psychiatric assessment are referred to HSE Accident & Emergency Departments. Those requiring hospitalisation...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medical Services (24 Sep 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...services. I wish to stress again that there is no delay in referring Defence Forces personnel requiring immediate psychiatric care or assessment. Patients presenting to Defence Forces Primary Carers (Medical Officers or contracted civilian GPs) with a requirement for urgent psychiatric assessment are referred to HSE Accident & Emergency Departments. Those requiring hospitalisation...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (17 Sep 2019)

Paul Kehoe: 626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance will be offered in processing a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37126/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (20 Jun 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...Defence Forces personnel availing of psychiatric services through the HSE since July 2018, is not readily available. Personnel in need of psychiatric assessment are referred through their primary carer. To ascertain if a referral had been made for psychiatric assessment would involve each individual primary carer conducting a review of all their patients' records.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medical Services (13 Jun 2019)

Paul Kehoe: .... I also wish to stress yet again that there is no delay in referring Defence Forces personnel requiring immediate psychiatric care or assessment. Patients presenting to Defence Forces Primary Carers (Medical Officers or contracted civilian GPs) with a requirement for urgent psychiatric assessment are referred to HSE Accident & Emergency Departments. Those requiring...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 May 2019)

Paul Kehoe: 160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the reintroduction of the fuel allowance and household benefits package will be considered for carers who do not live with the person they care for in view of the fact that during the winter period claimants on jobseeker's allowance receive a higher payment than carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter....