Results 1-20 of 47 for carers speaker:Seán Canney

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

Seán Canney: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — more than 500,000 individuals are family carers, which means one in eight people in Ireland provide regular unpaid care; — family carers are the backbone of care provision in Ireland, however they often lack support and recognition; — caring intensively over a long period without support or recognition...

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: ...enough people are attracted to a career in home help. We will table a Private Members’ motion on the matter of people caring for others. We are looking for a non-means-tested payment for carers. It is high time that was done. We hope that the Government will support our motion and that we will see some action to ensure that people with disabilities and others who need help...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: .... I thank him for his friendship and loyalty over the last seven or eight years. In the aftermath of the referendums we had and the Government's insistence that it wanted to do something for carers, will the Government support our Private Member's motion coming before the Dáil next month? We will be seeking the introduction or the initiation of a non-means-tested carers support...

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

Seán Canney: ...bring this in. Bringing it in is part of the programme for Government. It is running out of time. I ask them to get on with doing this before the Government ends its rule. We are talking about carers and it is important. Everybody gives a story about what is happening in each constituency. People come into my office from all over the constituency who are crying out for help to try...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jan 2024)

Seán Canney: 379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the review process by which carers are having their carers allowance reviewed and the invasive nature of the information being requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4092/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: 286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the working limit for eligibility for home carers from 18.5 hours to 21.5 hours to allow for an increase in the number of carer's available to care for vulnerable people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49380/23]

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: ...is time to look at this in a practical way. It is not scientific. It does not need any reports to be written up. It takes direct action to allow people to work 21.5 hours and still be able to act as carers without any impact on their social welfare benefits. That will help private providers, the HSE and home care hours. Let us keep it simple, support those who need help and do it now.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: ...for decisions to be made. Where additional information is required there should be a timeframe once it is submitted. I know there has been an increase in applications and I know it is serious but carers and people who give up work to care full-time for people at home need to be treated with urgency and as a priority.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I ask the Minister for the processing times for carer's allowance applications, the sequential processing time for applications sent for review by applicants and the refusals that are under appeal by applicants. I am particularly interested in her response regarding the Department's frequent refusal of applications from individuals who serve as full-time carers for those struggling with...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister. I accept that all of the budgetary measures have been put in place. I refer, however, to the time it takes for carer's allowance applications to be processed. This is a very acute issue for somebody who gives up work to care for someone at home. This might happen suddenly if there is no other choice, especially when a member of the family is experiencing depression...

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

Seán Canney: ...needs to get involved - to make sure that the money is put in place or whatever is needed is done to avert a strike and to ensure there is parity. The other day, an elderly person rang me who had a carer for seven hours and approval for another seven hours. He is in his 80s. He had worked very hard for a local retired group for as long as he could, but he now has Parkinson's. His...

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

Seán Canney: I will set out a few different things in the budget, which I would like to comment on. First, I welcome the tax relief for mortgage holders. However, I cannot understand how somebody with a mortgage of less than €80,000 is getting no relief. That is something we need to look at in the Finance Act. I welcome that additional funding is going into childcare supports. We will wait to...

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

Seán Canney: 604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will remove the means test from full time carers, many of whom are providing 24/7 care for a loved one but who cannot access carer's allowance due to the means of a spouse or partner; if she recognises the savings that these people are providing for the State and the valuable social role that they are performing,...

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

Seán Canney: ...that we acknowledge the fact that we have so many people who are providing this care. Over 86,000 individuals are dedicating 43 hours or more per week to care giving. Regular breaks are essential but carers are not getting them. As respite services are not available, people are denied the opportunity to have a decent quality of life. We are at risk of putting a further burden on this...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: ...not the cure. We have to start at the root and ensure people are paid to do their job. The respite grant should be increased in line with inflation and beyond that. We must consider seriously the carer's allowance and how quickly we can sort it out. Getting somebody a carer's allowance can take 12 to 14 weeks from the time of application, which is wrong. It should be done in a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (23 May 2023)

Seán Canney: ...if she is aware that the contribution history records currently being used by her Department do not show home making and home caring credits; if she agrees that this is putting many parents and carers at a disadvantage in terms of receiving their correct pension entitlement; if she further agrees that this is having a particularly negative effect on the ability of many older women to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 913. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider abolishing the means test for carers where the care recipient is a child who has lifelong medical needs as the level of care required from such families is all-encompassing, from daily personal care, feeding, household chores to include a multitude of medical appointments and the associated costs of...

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

Seán Canney: I compliment Deputy Harkin for introducing this very important Private Members' motion. It is important that we discuss carers and the role they play in society. The level of service they give is often free of charge and is often done as a vocation rather than anything else. They do not seek a lot and we should respect the fact that they believe that this is something you do out of duty....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale behind only giving carer's benefit to people previously working 18 hours per week, as some applicants were working 16 hours per week at higher per hour averages and were taking home more wages and paying more in PRSI than those on the minimum wage working 18 hours per week; if she will consider amending the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Living with a Disability: Discussion (2 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: ...the development of the strategy? Will they expand on the purchase scheme for buying in services from the private sector? I understand it is very difficult at present to get home care workers or carers, even in the private market. What else can be done to get more people to take up caring for people and become home carers? What incentives do we need? I agree that the situation with...