Results 1-20 of 38 for carers speaker:Alan Kelly

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (20 Sep 2023)

Alan Kelly: 656. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2024 if the carer's support grant increased to €2,000. [40680/23]

Transport Support Schemes for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2023)

Alan Kelly: ...I would like the Minister of State to think of the three components. I thought about that when I came in. I think it is the most complete way by which we can do this. We also need to change the way we treat carers and how they travel with people. We need to make sure it is less bureaucratic. We all know buses need to be adapted. We should be fair to Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Alan Kelly: ...an opportunity to outline exactly what it will involve and who will qualify for it. There seems to be quite a bit of confusion out there. For instance, will community home help workers, family carers and those who work in pharmacies qualify? Broadly speaking, we all agree that they should. I ask the Taoiseach to clarify that. The Tánaiste previously suggested on numerous...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Alan Kelly: Family carers, pharmacists.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...to us in the pandemic, and we are not out of it yet. It was not just in the hospitals that workers turned up; the list is endless. From gardaí to bus drivers, our workers did their bit. Cleaners, carers and retail workers all played their part. Anybody reading the news headlines this morning about a Covid bonus for front-line workers will hear the sounds of wheels rapidly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: 2211. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place to assist patients requiring the use of incontinence pads and those with carers using personal protection equipment to pay for the cost of the disposal of such items given the large weight which accumulates with their use and consequent higher waste charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36970/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the social protection supports in place to assist persons requiring the use of incontinence pads and those with carers using personal protection equipment to pay for the cost of the disposal of such items given the large weight which accumulates with their use and consequent higher waste charges; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 May 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...If a couple is cohabiting, the Department of Social Protection will assess both of them and their means when carrying out a means test for a social assistance payment such as jobseeker's allowance or carer's allowance, but it does not provide any eligibility for social protection payments when one of the couple dies. That cannot continue. Will the Government change the law on social...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...where necessary. I hope and pray that the Government delivers with regard to the changes it made regarding the vaccine prioritisation. If not, gardaí, special needs assistants, teachers, carers, retail workers, etc. will feel very let down. Everything that has been done and announced yesterday is based on underlining data relating to vaccines. The Government has put all its eggs...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...and the over 200,000 single parent families. The details on the Government's website are way too restrictive on visiting for children under 18, mental health, custody arrangements, dementia and carers. We have overcomplicated this. I know the Government has made a couple of changes to what it announced already such as for funerals, with which I agree. How can one measure whether...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (22 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer’s allowance applications over the past three years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25485/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (30 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: 891. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer’s allowance applications that have been refused on means ground only in the past three years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20930/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: 1110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer's allowance reviews carried out in each month from September 2018 to date; the results of the reviews; the number of allowances increased, unchanged and reduced, respectively, as a result of these reviews in each month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45423/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: 1111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of half and-or reduced rate carer's allowance reviews carried out in each month from September 2018 to date; the results of the reviews; the number of allowances increased, unchanged and reduced respectively as a result of these reviews in each month in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: 1112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason legitimate outgoings such as visits to the cinema, attractions visits, travel expenses, parking and meals for respite care are ineligible for the calculation of the means test for carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45425/19]

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...the budget negotiations. She obviously disappeared, given what has been announced. It is just a theory, but maybe she was put in the bold corner because of the public services card and she got this as a result. That there is no cost of living increase in weekly rates for carers, pensioners, those with disabilities, widows, widowers and other recipients is unacceptable and utterly wrong....

Mental Health Services Reports: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2019)

Alan Kelly: .... In many cases, they have reached a crisis point owing to the absence of early intervention services. We see this not only in mental health services but across all services. Our motion on carers last week was yet another example of the overuse of expensive acute services and the underuse of cost-effective and efficient primary care servoces. We then wonder why Ireland has one of the...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...spokesperson. He has a track record in this area. Everyone in this House can see the passion he has shown about this issue. I assure everyone in the House that Deputy Penrose has spoken up for carers for decades and, indeed, it is a topic to which he regularly returns in our party meetings. The Labour Party is delighted to put forward this motion. The motion goes hand in glove...

Home Help: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...of the issues and problems in our healthcare system. The Labour Party will be supporting this motion, which tallies well with the motion my party will be putting forward tomorrow night regarding carers. The two motions go hand in glove. I acknowledge that. We ended up in a debate on this issue because of reports in the media. I know the Minister of State is well aware of that. I...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (25 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: 720. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer's allowance reviews carried out in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [26798/19]