Results 1-20 of 37 for carers speaker:Kathleen Funchion

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (23 Apr 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is only receiving €130 in carer’s payment, given the circumstances. [17812/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (10 Apr 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can have an oral hearing for a carer’s allowance appeal. [15524/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: ...need to start moving away from the private sector because the idea of having profit mixed with vulnerable children will not work. The two areas we need to focus on are how we can support foster carers and what we can do to increase the number of people who are willing to become foster carers. In fairness, the sector has been vocal on solutions. The other issue is the recruitment and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: Those measures were welcome. Is there a forum or an opportunity for representatives from the social worker sector, Tusla and foster carers to sit down with the Minister? Perhaps one is already in place. Tusla, in fairness, says that as well. Everybody says we cannot have this and we need to end special emergency places, yet we end up having to resort to them. I understand that in a...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: ...one or two points myself. First, I am delighted to hear Ms Gallagher mention kinship care because that is something that often gets overlooked. For everyone's information, a group of kinship carers are coming in to do a presentation in the audiovisual room next Wednesday. I find a lot of people do not actually understand or know what kinship care is so I think it is good for that to be...

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

Kathleen Funchion: 485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to award foster carers' entitlements to PRSI credits to recognise their contribution as carers of vulnerable children on behalf of the State; and if this cohort will qualify for the enhanced State pension in January 2024. [24719/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (23 May 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 681. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of increasing the foster carer's basic payment by 25%. [24423/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 225. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm what measures he expects to take in budget 2024 to address concerns raised by foster carers in respect of pay and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15399/23]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: ...when many of us were contacted in advance of last year's budget, it was right up against the budget. Hopefully there will be the opportunity this year for that to be addressed. I know foster carers have been campaigning for years but I am conscious as well that some time last year, they started to visit constituency offices which is a really good thing because it puts their issues front...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: ...times we rush it. There are some really good positives in the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 and it is welcome. As I mentioned, there are many groups such as Family Carer's Ireland which are really happy to see this come forward. This particular section being inserted into it is unfair to the Bill, for want of better words, but also as there are many queries...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: We have no difficulty with the amendments, which are just technical. I had to dip out of the debate earlier. I made points which were raised by the Carers' Association. I reiterate those to the Minister. Even if he cannot address those today, I ask him to bear them in mind for the next stage or for a response about them at some point if they cannot be included.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (7 Dec 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I want to raise an issue that Family Carers Ireland brought to my attention last week. It is possible that it will be addressed in the amendments on Report Stage this evening but in case it is not, I wanted to put this on the record. If it is not going to be addressed this evening, it may be possible to have it addressed in the Seanad. The carers say they welcome the Work Life Balance and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provision that is made for widowers and widows who are full-time carers who are not in receipt of a pension, can only avail of a half carer’s allowance and are not entitled to the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48814/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (5 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: ...for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the private foster-care companies that are contracted to Tusla for the purposes of sourcing, vetting and supporting foster carers; and the amount paid to each company for each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [48775/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Sep 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 523. To ask the Minister for Health when carers employed by an organisation (details supplied) can expect to receive their pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45641/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla (10 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome representatives of Tusla to our engagement on the challenges facing foster carers, general foster care issues and the loss of services provided by Positive Care. We are joined from Tusla by Mr. Bernard Gloster, chief executive; Ms Kate Duggan, national director of services and integration; Mr. Pat Smyth, national director of finance and corporate services; Dr. Anthony O'Leary,...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla (10 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Deputy Dillon. I have questions, some of which have been covered. I was going to raise the issue of the pension today. I know it is more of a social welfare issue. It also applies to carers. Once people are in receipt of an allowance payment, they fall outside this. Maybe there should be an option for people to opt in or out. I have come across it in a different context....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: ...Mallon, chair of the assisted decision-making reference group. Mental Health Reform is represented by Ms Fiona Coyle, chief executive, and Ms Ber Grogan, policy and research manager. Family Carers Ireland is represented by Mr. John Dunne. We have a good range of people with us to discuss the Bill. I welcome those with us here in the committee room and those who are joining us remotely....

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: ...the view that women themselves must be the ones to determine the solutions to dismantling the barriers they face. It is equally vital that migrant women, women from the LGBTQI+ community, carers, including those who care for children, women outside the traditional workforce, women with disabilities and Traveller women, to name but a few, be included in this process. There are...