Results 1-20 of 20 for carers speaker:Alan Farrell

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

Alan Farrell: 148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the long-term carers contribution scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54065/23]

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: I start by wishing the students, carers, teachers and parents of Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire well. I can only imagine they are suffering greatly due to this horrifying attack on Thursday lunchtime. I think of the little girl and her carer who remain in hospital, and hope their recovery is both swift and comfortable. I also mention the number of heroes who intervened, disarmed and...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...tax credit, especially to tracker mortgage holders who, as we know, have not seen a significant interest rise in well over a decade. I want to highlight some of the other measures that will be facilitated by the Bill. These include the home carer tax credit rising by €100 to €1,800, an increase of €100 in the single person carer tax credit, and an increase of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Children in Care (19 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...January. In November 2024, the allowance for children under 12 will increase to €400 per week and the foster care allowance for children aged 12 and over will increase to €495 per week. Foster carers provide an extraordinary service and the payment of the foster care allowance should recognise the role foster families play in our country. In 2022, 556 children entered...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Children in Care (19 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...in his budget before the end of the year or in early 2024 to see whether it is possible to support these families sooner. I recognise the significant sacrifice and extraordinary gesture made by foster carers in showing what I consider to be love towards children who are not their own and in caring for, nurturing and educating them and giving them a safe environment in which to thrive....

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...cover children in full-time education up to the age of 18, which I strongly welcome. Recipients of the fuel allowance will see a one-off payment of €300, while people in receipt of the living alone allowance will see a lump sum of €200, and carers will receive a one-off payment of €400. I also welcome the announcement that further supports will be provided to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on how many people received the carer’s support grant in 2023; the further supports that her Department are working on in relation to carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32910/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (3 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: 248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is possible to claim an additional half-rate carer’s allowance in respect of another person when already in receipt of full-rate carer’s allowance for a primary care recipient, that is, the main social welfare payment is already carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

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

Alan Farrell: 142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the work of her Department to support carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15186/23]

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: ...and individuals against the rising cost of living, including the increase in the fuel allowance. Hundreds of thousands of people across the State will benefit from one-off payments in areas such as carer's allowance, living alone allowance, double payments of SUSI grants, the waiving of SUSI fees and the working family payment. Those are on top of the recognition of the rising costs of...

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

Alan Farrell: 1089. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will consider establishing a policy review for parents and carers in receipt of social welfare supports that will cease once their child passes away; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29243/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: Are the consents that can be provided by a foster carer absolute? Is there a complete blanket ban on providing consents or can some small things be done at the minute?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: Perhaps it might be useful for the members to be provided with a brief overview of the nature of the calls that might be received by that helpline from foster carers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: Would the witnesses be aware of the numbers in this regard? If a child is referred to and reared by a foster family, how many social workers would the foster carer or child go through over the course of the fostering of that child? I am not sure of the length of the average stay, but let us say it is ten years. In the normal course of affairs how many times will the child and the family...

Report on the Provision of Foster Care Services in Ireland: Motion (3 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: ...pleased, with regard to the third recommendation in this report, that the Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 commencement order has been made, as of last October. This Act is particularly important in allowing foster carers to adopt foster children who have been in their care for a period of greater than 18 months, or in a set of other prescribed circumstances, where the required conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (11 Apr 2017)

Alan Farrell: 347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17609/17]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Farrell: I thank Deputy Joe O'Reilly for sharing his time. The Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is welcome and I am pleased to contribute to the debate on the Bill on the introduction of the back to work family dividend scheme, as announced in October. The scheme will assist jobseekers with families and lone parents in returning to work. It will provide those who wish to get back to...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2014)

Alan Farrell: ...to provide for vulnerable groups in society under very harsh economic circumstances. No such support was shown by the previous Administration, given it cut payments, such as the widow's pension, the carer's allowance, the blind pension, the invalidity pension and the disability allowance, not once, but twice. Education is a key issue for those with disabilities and ensuring they have...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2012)

Alan Farrell: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time a person applying for carer's allowance must wait to receive payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11954/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2012)

Alan Farrell: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in respect of a person who has applied for carer's allowance and meets the criteria as of August 2011,the length of time this person will have to wait to receive the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11955/12]