Results 1-20 of 52 for carers speaker:Peter Burke

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: First, our thoughts and prayers are with the young child in hospital, their carer and all the staff at Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire. It is so important that they have our support at this very difficult time after what was a horrific attack on innocence. It is also very important that we do not conflate the events that happened later that evening and the anarchy we saw unfold in Dublin...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Consideration of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments (21 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: ...Spain were referred to the Court of Justice in November 2023 due to incomplete transposition of the work-life balance directive. This includes a number of important entitlements for parents and carers to support them to balance their working and caring responsibilities. These include an entitlement of two weeks' paternity leave under Article 4; nine weeks' paid parental leave under...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (12 Jul 2023)

Peter Burke: ...x20ac;75 from €1,700 to €1,775, which is just over 4.4% of an increase. These tax changes effectively indexed the income tax standard rate bands and main personal tax credits within the fiscal resources available. Furthermore, in budget 2023, the home carer tax credit was also increased by €100 from €1,600 to €1,700 a 6.3% increase. On USC, in both...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Eligibility (11 May 2023)

Peter Burke: ...of supports provided as part of the budget, earlier this year the Government announced a €470 million spring package of measures to help social protection recipients, including families, pensioners, carers and people with disabilities. The spring cost-of-living bonus is one of the range of measures put in place. It is one lump sum payment of €200 for each eligible person...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Home Care Packages (11 May 2023)

Peter Burke: ...enhanced capacity requires substantial recruitment and strategic workforce challenges are in evidence in the sector. This is not a funding issue. Recruitment takes time and actions are being taken to attract more carers into the workforce. In order to examine the significant workforce challenges in the home support and nursing home sectors in Ireland, in March 2022 the Minister of...

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

Peter Burke: 415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the carer’s benefit allowance to a person (details supplied). [7338/23]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2022)

Peter Burke: ..., the Department of Health, the HSE, Age Friendly Ireland, the Disability Federation of Ireland, the Irish Wheelchair Association, Jack and Jill Foundation, Independent Living Movement Ireland, AslAm, Family Carers Ireland, and Acquired Brain Injury Ireland. Among things being considered under the review are income thresholds, grant limits, the application and decision making processes,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (25 Oct 2022)

Peter Burke: ...provide funding for the provision by local authorities and AHBs of specialised housing for persons with such specific disabilities and long-term illnesses, such that the dwelling needs to be designed with the specific end user’s requirements in mind, as well as taking on board their family and carers' needs.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Sep 2022)

Peter Burke: 397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide information regarding carer's allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45970/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (26 May 2022)

Peter Burke: 276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will raise the income threshold for carers (details supplied). [27044/22]

Services for Children with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: ...of services has been progressed in a safe way in line with the significant investment made by the State and funded agencies. The HSE continues to work with service users and their families and carers to ensure that we achieve this aim. We need a collective approach along with renewed ideas as to how services can be consolidated effectively and enhanced. Not one of us here this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the €1,000 bonus to carers who work in the homes of persons with disabilities and who worked 12-hour shifts and provided care for persons throughout the pandemic, placing their own health at risk to provide that service. [4518/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (6 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: 463. To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner visit card can be considered for family carers who provide full-time care to family members but are not in receipt of carer’s allowance or carer’s benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29277/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: 448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the income limits will be reviewed for carer’s allowance applicants; when these limits were reviewed most recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29280/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: ...policies that will be enhanced and continued. We are talking about career breaks, flexible working, the work-sharing scheme, parental leave, paternity leave, parent's leave, maternity leave, carer's leave and associated policies. They are so important in supporting our local authority workers. The Deputy referred to the right to disconnect. That, in tandem with what the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (11 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: 133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the addition of the fuel allowance to those in receipt of the carer’s allowance to alleviate the cost of heating homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13690/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (12 Dec 2019)

Peter Burke: 341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied). [52304/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (12 Dec 2019)

Peter Burke: 342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52305/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 Dec 2019)

Peter Burke: 600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an overdue claim for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51233/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (25 Sep 2019)

Peter Burke: 152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered reforming the means test for carer’s allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38996/19]