Results 1-20 of 190 for carers speaker:Barry Cowen

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

Barry Cowen: ...commitments made in the programme for Government, especially the commitments to look after those who cannot look after themselves to the extent that others can, for example, people with disabilities, pensioners and carers, to assist families with education costs and to address deficiencies in agriculture, including, as has been alluded to, specifically targeting the sheep sector. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (28 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: 597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if home carer credits were included when a decision was made to refuse an application for State pension (contributory) by a person (details supplied). [18340/20]

Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (23 Oct 2018)

Barry Cowen: ...the previous two budgets they are more significant. I acknowledge that without indexing our tax system almost 80,000 workers will face a natural tax increase next year. The marginal band needs to be changed in recognition of that fact. However, the increases in the home carer and earned income tax credit could be more generous. Progress has been made, but I feel it is time that the...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Barry Cowen: ...to live in their own home, if they choose to, should be and has to be a core goal. We have worked for an increase in funding for home help and home care packages that will have a real impact on carers. We need to see the Health Service Executive, HSE, service plan realise this. We need to see an increase of up to 1 million in home help hours. We need to see up to 2,000 home help...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Barry Cowen: Paid parental leave and subsidy increases must form part of a broader suite of measures, including shared maternity leave, to broaden the capacity of parents to share responsibilities. The additional resources announced are but a drop in the ocean, unfortunately, as well intentioned as they are. The prolonged delays in the roll-out of the affordable childcare scheme, ACS, which seems to be...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Barry Cowen: While we were not successful in forming a Government it was crystal clear that the public had soundly rejected Fine Gael’s notion that the recovery was being felt nationally. The public categorically rejected the Tory-style tax cuts for the rich, and it was in this context that Fianna Fáil negotiated the confidence and supply agreement to underpin a new Government. Fianna...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Barry Cowen: ...everyone's job more difficult. Those who feel it the most are the people in the queues or those who cannot avail of home help. The package of care needed by people with Alzheimer's or dementia and their carers is not excessive but it is a long way short of €800 million. There is a frustration there. The last thing we would expect to see is this overspend becoming the norm and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Feb 2016)

Barry Cowen: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly under the carer's allowance scheme, including when the person will receive a decision. [4600/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (14 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: 165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person may expect a decision on a carer's allowance appeal. [28261/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (14 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: 169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect a decision on a carer's allowance appeal. [28266/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (14 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: 170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect a decision on a carer's allowance application. [28267/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect a decision in relation to it. [16552/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (28 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect a decision in relation to it. [16554/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect a decision in relation to it. [16555/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (28 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect a decision in relation to it. [16556/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (28 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect a decision in relation to it. [16567/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (28 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect a decision in relation to it. [16570/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (28 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect a decision in relation to same. [16575/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect a decision in relation to same. [16578/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect a decision in relation to same. [16579/15]