Results 1-20 of 49 for carers speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will introduce a living wage for family carers through the social protection system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18329/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 53. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will abolish means testing of carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18327/24]

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...important victory. That and the massive “No” vote in the care referendum should put the Government and the institutions of the State on notice that ignoring and mistreating people with disabilities and carers will not be possible any longer. The Government must start taking meaningful steps towards guaranteeing equal rights for disabled people. Tokenism will not be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: 438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why 'S' class contributions do not quality for carer’s payment; if there are any exceptions to this rule; if there is consideration around changing this; and if not, why not. [10056/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (25 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...reduce carbon emissions and bring down bills. We are talking about some of the poorest households in the country. I refer to working families on poverty wages who get the working family payment, carers, single parent families, people with disabilities and pensioners whose incomes are low enough to allow them to qualify for the fuel allowance. These are the people who are living in...

An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...the Government to replace this section. Having such poor wording, which is correctly open to strong criticism, as we will make, not only misses an opportunity to make a meaningful difference for carers in this country, but also endangers this referendum and the prospect of removing the odious women in the home clause from the Constitution. I appeal, even at this late stage, to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: 892. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether retrospective applications can be granted for a carer’s allowance (details supplied). [56905/23]

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

Paul Murphy: ...of organisations where workers do not get pay parity. They are effectively providing a public service but they are not given pay parity and the consequence is real crises in recruitment and retention. Carers are another group failed by this budget. Yes, there was an increase in the income disregard. That is welcome but there was a very small increase in the rate. They get the...

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

Paul Murphy: ...our mental health and no reference to funding trans healthcare appropriately. There is nothing there in terms of healthcare. Yesterday, I raised the scandal relating to the delay in funding the cuts to the cost of childcare but foster carers have been treated even worse. After having no increase in payments since 2009, it was announced that there would be an increase but most of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person's (details supplied) illness benefit payment will be affected if they apply for the carer's support grant. [31226/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Costs (4 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: The only aspect of Ireland's public transport ticketing system that the Greenpeace report praises is free public transport for people over 66, people with disabilities and carers. It states that, apart from this, there are no best-practice elements in the ticketing system. It finds that Dublin has the second most expensive daily public transport costs in Europe, second only to London, which...

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

Paul Murphy: ...and Social Protection if a person can apply for carer’s allowance while they are receiving jobseeker’s allowance; what happens to their jobseeker's payment while a decision is being made on the carer's allowance application; if it will be suspended as it will be deemed that they are not available for full-time work; and if their jobseeker’s payment is suspended, could...

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

Paul Murphy: ...Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the partner of a person is receiving half-rate carer’s allowance for their child, how the payments work if their partner is approved for carer's allowance for their parent, if they each have a child dependent on their claim. [20623/23]

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

Paul Murphy: 256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is granted carer’s allowance is still eligible to complete their final year of a bachelor's degree via Springboard while also caring for the needs of their parent as the course is part-time in the evening. [20624/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 397. To ask the Minister for Health if he agrees that full-time carers to children and adults with a lifelong disability should be entitled to a medical card; if he will take steps to ensure that this is introduced as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5409/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (6 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria to qualify for the State pension provision for long-term carers which is due to be introduced from January 2024; and when the criteria will be published. [60631/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (10 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm that the €500 payment for all carers to be paid in November, as announced in budget 2023, will be made per household as opposed to per person cared for (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55938/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: ...supplied) it is stated things are means tested when the means test does not take into account all the means of the household incoming and outgoing; the way it can be that based means testing, carers benefit, domiciliary care and a medical card has been approved for this person and their family, yet this particular service is not available; and if she will introduce an appeals process for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Foster carers.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: ...of increases in various payments, all inadequate and the vast majority below the rate of inflation. One group of people got absolutely no increase at all for the 13th year in a row, and that is foster carers. These are people who are providing vital care for children at about one twentieth of the cost of doing it in residential care and with generally much better outcomes. There are two...