Results 1-20 of 39 for carers speaker:Peter Fitzpatrick

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The recent referendum has once again shone a light on the critical role carers play in our communities. In every corner of Ireland, there are family carers tirelessly devoting themselves to the well-being of their loved ones. In fact, family carers represent one in eight of the Irish population and have long been the cornerstone of care provision in this country. Whether it is caring for...

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: While the upcoming referendum on care in the home aims to provide constitutional recognition for Ireland's family carers, the Governments needs to provide much more substantial supports to both carers and those with disabilities. Financial supports for people with disabilities and family carers are inadequate and fail minimum essential standards of living tests. The Department’s own...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...get the proper services. It is important that we invest in these people. In respect of home care packages, there are many in hospitals who are looking to get rehabilitated but have nowhere to go. Carers are very important. The Taoiseach, as a doctor, will know, as we all do, that prevention is the best cure. Perhaps I am getting a bit older but the number of people I see having...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I condemn the barbaric attack on three children and their carer, crèche manager Leanne Flynn, outside Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire on Thursday, 23 November, and send my prayers to the two people still in hospital. There seems to be an idea that the Minister for Justice should have a hands-on role in day-to-day policing. The Minister's job is to be very clear on policy, put laws...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...the incorporation of the option in the Bill. It will, of course, enable people who do not have a full contribution history to improve their contribution record, which is often the case with carers and mothers. At present, home caring periods and homemaking disregards only apply and deliver value if a person has a minimum of ten years' paid PRSI contributions from employment or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Oct 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a carer's payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45892/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...of constraints to enable the recruitment and retention of staff, such as nurses, GPs social workers and psychiatrists to satisfy demand. More needed to be done than was stated yesterday. At this point, I will touch on carers and people with disabilities. The €12 per week increase on all social welfare rates in the new year, the one-off double week and one-off payment of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff (27 Jun 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...recruitment? Our Defence Forces are at the lowest level ever with 7,500 personnel in the Army. That is very low. What is the Minister doing to increase that? We are finding it very hard to get carers because the HSE is refusing to engage them. It will not say what it means by a living wage. It is refusing to pay them for travel time and mileage. Then there is retention among our...

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...career path due to the failure to provide guaranteed hours of work and the lack of travel and subsistence payments. Reform within the 2023 tender is essential to provide a predictable income for carers. Despite this, while the pay increase agreed last week was a long-awaited step in the right direction, several issues, including the issue of paid travel time for care providers, remain...

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

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...with disabilities; to invest in transport infrastructure that considers and supports accessibility, mobility and inclusion for people with a disability; and to introduce a new integrated transport scheme for people with disabilities and their carers that ensure there are flexible arrangements that meet the needs of the individual and are compliant with the Equal Status Act.

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

Peter Fitzpatrick: Family Carers Ireland, in its biannual state of caring report, reported that 1,484 carers were caring for a total of 1,984 people across a range of caring situations, including parents caring for a child with an illness or disability, those caring for an adult, carers of older people and those caring for multiple people. Carers do a fantastic job and, as I have often stated in this House,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Nov 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Government has any plans to remove the means test for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58497/22]

Home Care: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Nov 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...to 5,000, leaving those with additional needs struggling and unable to stay in the comfort of their own home. On top of this, almost 10% of all older people approved for home support have no carer. If demographic projections for hospital and home care admissions are correct, the demand for such care will grow significantly over the coming years, putting significant pressure on our health...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...to me. This Bill recognises the rights of humans to lives that include work, recreation, family and recuperation. I wish to speak about the importance of work-life balance for parents and carers, especially considering that respite services ground to a halt during Covid. Work-life balance for this cohort is not just a health issue, but a human rights one. This is badly needed...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...a halt during the pandemic. The same people are being affected repeatedly, and we wonder why people are struggling with their mental health. We must do everything we can to support them and their carers. A constituent recently visited in my office in Louth to complain that, in all of Dundalk, only one taxi is kitted out for wheelchair access. Are our disabled constituents to stay at...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...-off cost-of-living measures along with €1 billion in contingency funds. Measures such as the €12 per week increase in all social welfare rates, along with special one-off measures and double payments, are helpful. Carers do a fantastic job, be it looking after elderly persons or persons with disabilities. They save the State a fortune. On top the increased rate of...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...recipient of non-contributory pension in 2019 receives €237 per week. He or she will receive the same amount in 2020. A recipient of the farm assist payment receives €203 per week in 2019. He or she will receive the same amount in 2020. In fairness, a recipient of the living alone allowance will receive a €5 increase in 2020. Carers do a fantastic job, be it in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (9 Apr 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a response regarding the reassessment of their carer's allowance. [16442/19]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: .... That is patently false, as evidenced by the simple fact that huge numbers of doctors have publicly said there are not enough of them. This also applies to pharmacists, midwives, nurses, carers and all other healthcare professionals. The Minister should be aware of what happened at the EGM of the Irish College of General Practitioners at the weekend. A large number of GPs walked out...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2018 seeks to extend GP visit cards to those in receipt of carer's allowance or carer's benefits. It is welcome. The announcement that this legislation was to be brought forward was accompanied by an additional €10 million funding for respite care. I welcome the focus on the issues that carers face. However, Ireland has the only EU...