Results 1-12 of 12 for carers speaker:Robbie Gallagher

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2023)

Robbie Gallagher: I thank all the Senators that contributed this morning. We kicked off with Senator Fitzpatrick, who extended fantastic news to us on the improvement and recovery of the young girl and the carer that were so viciously attacked a couple of weeks ago in the city. We very much welcome that. Hopefully, as Senator Fitzpatrick outlined, the young girl and the carer in question will be home for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2023)

Robbie Gallagher: ...undertaken an initiative, and I ask all Members to embrace the idea of an autism-friendly Parliament. We all need to know more about autism. The Senator also spoke about eligibility criteria for the carer's allowance. Perhaps a debate on the issue would be worthwhile. We are deeply indebted to the many carers the length and breadth of the country. God knows where we would be if we did...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Home Help Service (13 Jul 2022)

Robbie Gallagher: ...older people to continue to live within their communities. As we know, however, the home care sector is beset by a staffing crisis. Close to 5,000 people are waiting to be provided with a carer in their home. In the constituency where I live, Cavan-Monaghan, more than 250 people are waiting for home care packages, about 50 are waiting for first-time packages and more than 200 for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Home Help Service (13 Jul 2022)

Robbie Gallagher: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response. I commend our carers the length and breadth of the country on the work they do. We are deeply indebted to them. I acknowledge the huge effort being put into resolving this issue by the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. I recognise that. I welcome the fact that the advisory group will conclude its work and publish its...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2022)

Robbie Gallagher: ...live longer and happier lives when they are in their own homes and communities. Home care packages are essential to facilitate this. I understand that more than 5,000 people are waiting on a carer to call to their homes. In my area of Cavan-Monaghan, 60 people are waiting on a carer and more than 300 people are waiting on additional hours. Again, no carers are available to provide...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (12 Mar 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...notice, the debt restructure designed for people with very little income or assets to remove an obstacle for recipients of lump sum payments under some social protection allowances - for example, fuel allowance, carers support and so on. This Bill has, thankfully, been welcomed by the Insolvency Service of Ireland which has been very complimentary about it. It stated that the Bill will...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: I concur with the sentiments expressed by the previous speaker about carers. We have all spoken about the role of carers in this Chamber many times and it is disappointing that, as Senator Conway-Walsh said, these people had to leave their homes and travel this morning from different parts of the country to protest a week after the budget. It is an issue that needs to be addressed as a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Respite Care Services (25 Sep 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: ...Cavan and it highlights the chronic need for a separate facility for children.Ideally, we should have a childcare facility for adults and a separate facility for children. We all know that being a carer is a tough, 24-7 and 52 weeks of the year job. These people are totally dedicated to the people they look after and many times it is at the expense of their own health and well-being....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Respite Care Services (25 Sep 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: ...that he is looking into that. I ask for a progress report on that service. I would appreciate if greater urgency was attached to this issue than has been the case to date. It is the least the carers of counties Cavan and Monaghan deserve.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: ...We often attend submissions and briefings organised by different groups but this was a moving one. There were two speakers, the first of whom was Dr. Helen Rochford Brennan who is a sufferer and a carer for her husband in addition to being chairperson of the European working group of people with dementia and a member of the Irish dementia working group. She talked about the disease and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Respite Care Services Availability (24 Jan 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: ...lack of respite services. It also highlights the need for a separate respite facility for children in order that we would have a designated centre for adults and another for children. Family carers, adults and child dependants depend greatly on and look forward to the all too short break they get in respite facilities. Unfortunately, they have not been able to get a break for some time....

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: ...will have a very enjoyable experience. At the outset I would like to pass comment on and pay tribute to RTÉ on the programme it broadcast last night. The programme showed very clearly that the carers of Ireland do not want to be listening to us trying to score political points against one another. They are looking for what they deserve, namely, recognition for the huge work they...