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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: ....A summary of the changes is available in a Report on the Department’s website. From January, the minimum salary for General Employment Permits will increase from €30,000 to €34,000. For home carers, meat processors and horticultural workers, the minimum salary will increase to €30,000. These increases to a salary of at least €30,000 will bring permit...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...changes is available on the Department’s website. From 17 January 2023, the minimum salary for the majority of General Employment Permits will increase from €30,000 to €34,000. For home carers, meat processors and horticultural workers, the threshold will increase to €30,000. The revised thresholds will be applicable to new applications and renewal...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: Changes to the employment permits system for workers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) to address skills shortages in Ireland’s care workers and home carer sector were announced by my Department on 16 December 2022. A quota of 1000 permits was made available for this sector. Since the scheme opened in January 2023 up to and including 12thJanuary 2024, 476 employment permits...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (7 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...under the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023. Under the Act, flexible working arrangements such as adjusted working patterns or reduced hours, will be available to parents and carers. One Code of Practice will now be developed which will provide practical guidance to employers and employees on dealing with requests under the new law. Work on the development of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (24 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...under the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023. Under the Act, flexible working arrangements such as adjusted working patterns or reduced hours, will be available to parents and carers. Under the Act, employers will be obliged to have regard to a Code of Practice when considering applications for flexible and remote working arrangements. Employees will be able to refer...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (17 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...under the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023. Under the Act, flexible working arrangements such as adjusted working patterns or reduced hours, will be available to parents and carers. One Code of Practice will now be developed which will provide practical guidance to employers and employees on dealing with requests under the new law. Work on the development of the Code...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...changes announced by my department in December 2022 to address the skills shortages in Ireland's home care sector, a quota of 1,000 general employment permits in respect of care workers and home carers was established. The number of employment permits issued and refused in this category since January 2023 is set out below. Month of issue Number issued Number...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (11 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...under the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023. Under the Act, flexible working arrangements such as adjusted working patterns or reduced hours, will be available to parents and carers. Under the Act, employers will be obliged to have regard to a Code of Practice when considering applications for flexible and remote working arrangements. Employees will be able to refer a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (5 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: Changes to the employment permits system for workers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) to address skills shortages in Ireland’s care workers and home carer sector were announced by my Department on 16 December 2022. A quota of 1000 permits was made available for this sector. Applications for General Employment Permits (GEP) in respect of these roles can only be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: Following constructive engagement with the home care sector on 16 December 2022, my predecessor announced changes to the employment permits system to allow home carers and care workers to become eligible for general employment permits. We know there is a lack of carers in Ireland and I am pleased that the employment permit system is able to help in this regard. This shows how responsive...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...skills and labour shortages in the healthcare and nursing home sector. More recently, further changes introduced the opening of a quota of 1,000 General Employment Permits for the role of home carers in response to the severe shortage of workers in the sector. The measures in respect of healthcare assistants and home care workers follow the establishment of the cross-departmental...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 May 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...Means Test has been carried out. This 28 days to complete. Issued Refused Year of issue Month of Issue Care workers and home carers Care workers and home carers 2023 January 3 February 14 1 March ...

Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...of supports during 2022 and an additional package of one-off measures worth €2.5 billion in budget 2023. In February of this year, we announced a further €1.2 billion package to help families, businesses, pensioners, carers and people with disabilities to cope with the rising cost of living. These supports would have been unthinkable a few years ago. It is important that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (26 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...of the cost-of-living measures. For those who are not working or are not in a position to work, there are the three different welfare payments that will be made this week for people with disabilities, carers, pensioners or those on a working family support payment. Regarding the chronic shortage of mechanics across the State in every sector, this is something that I have received...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wage Levels (23 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...on workers and their families. Budget 2023 contained almost €2.2 billion in a package of measures to protect households from the rising cost of living, including supports for pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, job seekers, lone parents, and families with children. Budget 2023 also announced significant investment in childcare, with parents using full time early learning...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (24 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...issued in respect of non-EEA homecare workers form the quota of 1,000 announced in December 2022. The table below shows the total number of employment permits that have been granted in respect of home carers by county from January 2018 to December 2022 inclusive. It should be noted that prior to 16 December 2022, employment permits for home carers were only granted in the following...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...will be given an additional €400 before Christmas, while Sinn Féin wanted to give them just €60. An additional 80,000 pensioners will be included in the fuel allowance, but Sinn Féin did not want to do this. Carers are getting a €500 lump sum compared with €180 under Sinn Féin. It is important to be honest in what are debating this evening. We...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (14 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 1809. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to ensure there are adequate numbers of home help carers to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30411/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (22 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase the single parent carer’s credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5309/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 674. To ask the Minister for Health if home carers are included in the Covid-19 bonus payment for frontline workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7554/22]