Results 1-18 of 18 for carers speaker:Ossian Smyth

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: ...that if people take up work, they can retain their medical cards for three years. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, has sought to ensure that the interests of people with disabilities and carers remain a focus of her Department's priorities. She has worked to ensure they are properly supported, and has taken targeted measures to increase payment rates and earnings disregard, as well as...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2023: Second Stage (8 Nov 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...package of measures introduced in budget 2024 to support households. Budget 2024 introduced a suite of once-off cost-of-living supports worth a total €2.2 billion to assist families, pensioners, carers and people with disabilities. This includes a lump-sum payment of €300 to all fuel allowance recipients this month. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities has announced...

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...junior cycle pupils across Ireland. In addition to the cost-of-living measures announced by the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, a further social protection package for 2024 worth almost €1.1 billion will support those who need it most. Individuals in receipt of a weekly social protection payment will receive an increase of €12 per week. The carer's allowance means test...

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...introduced a €2.4 billion package of supports during 2022, and an additional package of once-off measures worth €2.5 billion was included in Budget 2023; — in February, the Government announced a €1.2 billion package to help families, businesses, pensioners, carers and people with disabilities, including: — families with children will receive a bonus...

Energy Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...alone increase, a €500 cost-of-living lump sum payment will be made to all families getting working family payment, there will be a double payment of child benefit to support all families with children and a €500 cost of living payment will go to people receiving carer's support grant and will be paid in November. Furthermore, a €500 lump sum cost-of-living disability...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...allowance; a €500 cost-of-living lump sum payment to all families getting working family payment; a double payment of child benefit to support all families with children; a €500 cost-of-living payment for people receiving carers support grant, which will be paid in November; a €500 lump sum cost-of-living disability support grant, which will be paid to all those...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Oct 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...There is a lump sum payment of €400 for fuel allowance, a €200 lump sum payment for the living alone allowance, a €500 working family payment, double child benefit, a €500 lump sum payment for carer's support grant, a €500 disability payment lump sum and double payments for autumn and Christmas for those on long-term social welfare payments. It is,...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Ossian Smyth: .... That will be payable also on the week commencing 14 November. There is a double payment of child benefit to support all 639,000 families with children. This will be paid on 1 November. There is a €500 cost-of-living payment for people receiving the carer's support grant, payable on the week commencing 21 November. There is a €500 lump sum cost-of-living disability...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...x20ac;500 cost-of-living lump sum payment to all families getting the working family payment; double payment of child benefit to support all families with children; a €500 cost-of-living payment for people in receipt of the carer's support grant, which will be paid in November; and a €500 lump-sum cost-of-living disability support grant, which will be paid to all people in...

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Public Expenditure and Reform): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...of €500 to those in receipt of the working family payment; a double child benefit payment to all qualifying households in November worth €140 per child in addition to the normal monthly payment; a payment of €500 in November to those who qualify for the carer's support grant; and a one-off payment of €500 in November to those who qualify for disability...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...welfare payments: fuel allowance; those receiving jobseeker's allowance for more than six months and with a child aged under seven; working family payment; one-parent family payment; domiciliary care allowance; carer's allowance where someone lives with the person he or she is caring for; and those receiving disability allowance for more than six months and with a child aged under seven....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Schemes (25 Nov 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...allowance under the national fuel scheme, jobseeker's allowance for more than six months, having children under seven, family income supplement, one-parent family payment, domiciliary care allowance and carer's allowance where the applicant lives with the person being cared for. To date, more than143,000 homes have received free upgrades under the scheme. Funding for the SEAI energy...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...;558 million is being provided for a package of welfare measures, including a general €5 rate increase for working age and pension age recipients, increases to rates for qualified children and those living alone and for measures to improve the quality of life for carers and people with disabilities. The Government is very aware of the impact of increasing energy costs on households...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...the largest social protection package in the history of the State. It is three times the amount of the carbon tax increase. It is not only on fuel allowance. It is also on the living alone allowance, carer's allowance, disability allowance and right across the spectrum. It will be felt by many people. Senator Boyhan praised the budget. The Senator said a lot of work had gone into it...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (27 Jul 2021)

Ossian Smyth: My Department has engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representative organisations such as Family Carer’s Ireland, Age Action, the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, the Irish Wheelchair Association, Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland and public bodies such as the National Disability Authority, the HSE, the Department of Health and the...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...are made. In response to Deputy Gannon, the commission is also looking at benchmarking and index-linking the State pension at 34% of average earnings, and at a pension solution for long-term carers. In response to Deputy Tóibín, who raised a point about auto-enrolment, I wish to underline that auto-enrolment is totally separate to the State pension. As already...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (15 Jun 2021)

Ossian Smyth: My Department has engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representative organisations such as Family Carer’s Ireland, Age Action, the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, the Irish Wheelchair Association, Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland and public bodies such as the National Disability Authority, the HSE, the Department of Health and the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (1 Jun 2021)

Ossian Smyth: My Department has engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representative organisations such as Family Carer’s Ireland, Age Action, the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, the Irish Wheelchair Association, Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland and public bodies such as the National Disability Authority, the HSE, the Department of Health and the...