Results 1-20 of 32 for carers speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (9 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 765. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason foster carers are not acknowledged as being carers, and cannot claim for a stamp or credits towards a State pension (contributory) and other State supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14387/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (9 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the increase in the foster carers' allowance was delayed to November and did not take immediate effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14386/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the pension entitlements being worked on for carers by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54071/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 628. 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); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39881/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (6 Jul 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update regarding preparations within her Department for an enhanced pension for long-term family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32968/23]

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

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...annually. As of February this year, there are still approximately 6,000 patients who have been assessed and approved for home care provision, but who are yet to receive that support from a carer. It is welcome that we have responded and taken the steps outlined by the Minister of State. Is the Government considering any additional measures to ensure services are delivered, and those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I apologise for being late. I was stuck on the bus but I got here in the end. I know we are tight for time so I only have a couple of questions. Comments have been made about the carer's allowance and what was recommended in the citizens' assembly. I heard that our guests broadly welcome those recommendations. Family Carers Ireland represents approximately 500,000 carers across the...

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

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will give consideration to removing the means test for carer's allowance or to increasing the carer's allowance income threshold given the significant increase in the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24157/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 824 of 21 March 2023, if consideration will be given to introducing a young carer’s grant, similar to the one introduced in Scotland in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15050/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Care Services (21 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 824. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has given consideration to introducing a young carer’s grant, similar to the one introduced in Scotland in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12924/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (21 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 924. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans underway in his Department to establish a cross-departmental working group on young carers; if this is an area that falls specifically under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12921/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (21 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 925. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department provides funding for young carers to access counselling or psychological support; if not, if provision will be made for such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12923/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1019. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made by his Department to support the transition of young carers to further and higher education; if there are apprenticeships via access programmes; if he or his Department have engaged with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12922/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I had the privilege this morning of attending a young carers' briefing hosted by Senator Tom Clonan. The reason I say I "privilege" is that we heard from young people and young carers about their direct experience and how they care for family members. It was quite moving to be there and to hear about what people go through and the sacrifices they make. I will give two recommendations that...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General: Financial Resolution (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...The biggest criticism I am hearing from the Opposition benches is that this budget did not provide certainty. I find it laughable they say it did not provide certainty. It is giving people cash, including pensioners and carers. People with disabilities have also seen a significant increase in their incomes so it is not true to say the budget lacks certainty. The price cap that has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...at a CHO 4 meeting recently with HSE management. They told us the average time it takes to hire a home care worker is nine months. I am not trying to demean anyone's work because the work home carers do is very important but we are talking about specialised staff in different therapies. If it takes nine months to hire a home care worker for the HSE, what kind of timeframes are we...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (6 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...year while 837 consultant posts are not filled on a permanent basis. Nine highly remunerated consultant posts were advertised last year and none were filled. There are 4,787 older people without a carer due to chronic staff shortages. There were five unfilled posts in BreastCheck last year and 63 unfilled consultant psychiatry posts. In the child and adolescent mental health services,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages (14 Jun 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...the staff. I can list dozens of individual cases, as most Deputies can, regarding the much-needed hours allocated to various people where, for one reason or another, the HSE is failing to allocate a carer to them or to arrange for a service provider to be contracted to do the same. I think of one lady in particular who is 92 years of age. She is a dementia sufferer who has been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (17 May 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the action her Department is taking to develop a pension solution for family carers to ensure they have adequate income once they reach retirement age as per the commitment in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24585/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (9 Feb 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the HSE budget spend on home help and carers in CHO4; the breakdown of the spend on private agencies and outsourcing of home support services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6907/22]