Results 1-16 of 16 for carers speaker:Paddy Burke

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Dec 2023)

Paddy Burke: ...on days for which statutory sick pay is paid by a person's employer. The Bill also provides for certain reforms to the State contributory pension, provides in certain circumstances for long-term carers to qualify for the State contributory pension and introduces flexibility to the State contributory pension to allow a person to defer claiming the State contributory pension up to the age...

Seanad: Care Payments: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: ...will have a good look at what is involved in her Department and the reforms that can be made. I also have no doubt she will look closely at the motion before us. As previous speakers said, the carer's allowance was introduced 33 years ago and the means test is going to cost close to €400 million. I hope the Minister will take a close look at getting rid of the means test. I had...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: ...;500 lump sum for the working family payment; and the double child benefit payment. The latter are two vital measures to support hard-working families, as the Minister said. There is also the €500 extra payment for the carer's support grant, paid to more than 114,500 carers. The Government has also responded through the increase in the old age pension of €12 a week. Many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Policy Issues for Carers: Family Carers Ireland (18 May 2022)

Paddy Burke: I support the many things our guests are seeking, particularly regarding the means testing. I believe it should be abolished. I also fully support the increase in the carer's allowance. I see at first hand in my mother's house the great work that carers do. She is 95 years of age and the care they give is unbelievable. Family carers cannot give the same care that these carers give. What...

Seanad: Carer's Allowance: Motion (10 May 2021)

Paddy Burke: ...is very little in it against which someone could argue. It is a very timely motion. As Senator Conway said, changes have taken place over recent years. We cannot be thankful enough for the work carers do. They do enormous work. I can speak of this first-hand because my mother, who will celebrate her 94th birthday tomorrow, has availed of the caring services for a good number of years,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Paddy Burke: I welcome our guests from the SVP and Family Carers Ireland and thank them for their contributions. I have two questions. How is the poverty line defined and measured? Is it measured on the basis of a combination of housing, income or what? Who defines the poverty line? Is it defined in the same way right across the State or is it the SVP and similar organisation which define it? It has...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (24 Nov 2015)

Paddy Burke: ...Noone that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter:The need for the Minister for Finance to outline the current position on the home carer tax credit, how many people are in receipt of same and if there are plans to reform it. I have also received notice from Senator Hildegarde Naughton of the following matter:The need for the...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (19 Nov 2015)

Paddy Burke: ...not covered by insurance. I have also received notice from Senator Catherine Noone of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Finance to outline the current position regarding the home carer tax credit, how many people are in receipt of same and if there are plans to reform it. I regard the matters raised by the Senators as suitable for discussion. I have selected the matters...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (18 Nov 2015)

Paddy Burke: ...the Atlantic Ocean. I have also received notice from Senator Catherine Noone of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Finance to outline the current position regarding the home carer tax credit, how many people are in receipt of same and if there are plans to reform it. I have also received notice from Senator Colm Burke of the following matter:The need for the Minister for...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (27 May 2014)

Paddy Burke: ...stages by clinicians unfamiliar with vasculitis.I have also received notice from Senator Mary Moran of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Social Protection to address the rate of carer's allowance for a single person caring for a child with a disability, taking into account that such individuals must care for the child on his or her own and do not have a second household...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Feb 2014)

Paddy Burke: ...Moloney of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Finance to address the problems arising due to the recent replacement of the one-parent family tax credit with the single person child carer tax credit, whereby one parent needs written permission from the other to claim the credit.I have also received notice from Senator Deirdre Clune of the following matter:The need for the...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (23 Oct 2013)

Paddy Burke: ...a medical card number when issuing a death certificate.I have also received notice from Senator Marie Moloney:The need for the Minister for Social Protection to issue a reminder that recipients of carer's benefit will be reviewed after 12 months to avoid total stoppage of payment.I have also received notice from Senator Lorraine Higgins of the following matter:The need for the Minister for...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (22 Oct 2013)

Paddy Burke: ...cards from six to 12 months. I have also received notice from Senator Marie Moloney of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Social Protection to issue a reminder that recipients of carer's benefit will be reviewed after 12 months to avoid total stoppage of payment. I regard the matters raised by the Senators as suitable for discussion on the Adjournment and they will be...

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (29 Feb 2012)

Paddy Burke: ...matter: The need for the Minister for Social Protection to clarify the criteria medical assessors in her Department use when assessing someone for disability allowance, invalidity pension and carers allowances. I have also received notice from Senator Jim Walsh of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify the steps he is taking to...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Jun 2011)

Paddy Burke: ..., County Louth. I have also received notice from Senator David Cullinane of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Social Protection to clarify if and when a national strategy for carers will be published. I have also received notice from Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to approve the tender for the...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Paddy Burke: ...of it for a day out get great enjoyment from it. The scheme could be broadened and companies and businesses should be encouraged to support it financially. I also support those who spoke about the carer's allowance. This scheme provides a great service to the country and keeps thousands of people out of hospitals. We could not speak highly enough of the carers who provide such a tremendous...