Results 1-18 of 18 for carers speaker:Richard O'Donoghue

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: I also congratulate the Minister of State on her appointment and I look forward to working with her. The Government is the carer of the country, but it is not reflected down along when we look at the legislation in place on carers. Carers go above and beyond to care for people in their homes. In regard to the value for money they give, there is no Government agency or employee that can...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: My heart goes out to the three children and the carer who were at the heart of a situation where a person tried to and did stab them. My heart also goes out to the people who intervened to save those lives. Some 98.7% of the gardaí voted against Drew Harris as their representative. The Minister is the protector of the people through the Garda service. Some 98.7% of the Garda...

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...in going to help the vulnerable, with the inflation costs involved with travelling to provide home help. They are not getting the right supports and funding. What it boils down to is that the carers are our family. They are our extended family members that go out and do the work to help us so that we can have an equal type of life. They help to make us better people for what we do and...

Reform of Carer's Allowance Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank Deputy Harkin for bringing forward this motion. Qualifying for carer's allowance is not easy. People must be means tested, be over 18 years of age and provide care for a minimum of 35 hours per week. They cannot work outside the home for more than 18.5 hours per week. There are 500,000 carers in Ireland with some aged ten to 17 years old providing regular unpaid care for family...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (14 Feb 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 589. To ask the Minister for Health the number HSE home help carers in County Limerick, in tabular form. [6584/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (14 Feb 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE home help carers in County Limerick, in tabular form. [6584/23]

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

Richard O'Donoghue: .... When they look at all the bills that come in, they see there is nothing left, which is disheartening for them. It is also very discouraging for people who go out to work. We talked about carers who look after our vulnerable, such as people who are disabled. We look at all these people who cannot afford to put food on the table, even though they are working. There are also...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that recipients of the disability allowance, blind pension, invalidity pension and the carer’s support grant will not receive the one-off payment of €500 14 November 2022 given that if these persons have entered training or CE schemes they are not entitled to the...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...make sure the management system is protected. I hope that the Bill goes some of the way towards doing that. I hope there will be accountability within the health sector that gives confidence to carers, workers, doctors and nurses and ensures they are not afraid of a management structure that is there to try to stop them from doing their job and improving the system.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (7 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if discussions are expected to increase the allowance for foster carers given the escalating cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36861/22]

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Independent Group for bringing this motion forward. Respite care centres are a gift in any community and can give those in need of care a break and give the family carer a respite from caring. In our community we are fortunate to have the Dromcollogher Respite Care Centre, which is a wonderful strength and resource. It is open to all areas in our rural community. Respite...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...900 mm to 1 m. That will accommodate door access into any house. If one uses a stairs but wants to use a stairlift, one has to allow a further 100 mm for the stairlift to work. If a person needs a carer, the carer could live upstairs, the person in need of care could live downstairs and they could cohabit. No forward-thinking is being done for the sake of a couple of inches in a living...

Caring for Carers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 Mar 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I support this motion. I cannot thank carers enough for the work they do in their own homes and the homes of others in Limerick and around the country. Since coming into the Dáil, I have continuously spoken about the rural-urban divide and today, I want to highlight the issue again. Take, for example, the situation in a typical rural setting in which a tender goes out for the care of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Feb 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: We hear at the moment about the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines. I am getting calls to my office from people who are saying that there are still front-line workers and carers waiting for their vaccines and yet there are people who are not involved in the health system getting a vaccine. What traceability is there for people who are not in health service and other front-line services and yet...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...that it is a management problem in some of the hospitals that they could not deal with the amount of vaccines. I give all the praise in the world to the front-line staff, from doctors, nurses, carers, porters and across the board. In Limerick, the area I represent, there are front-line staff in Covid wards who are not getting vaccines and I hear that there are people in management,...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...out for in all this is the volunteers. Dr. Martin O'Donnell was one of the co-founders of the St. Joseph's Foundation in 1968. These people volunteering their time and effort. More than 1,250 carers in Ireland are over the age of 70, with 400 aged over 80. Capacity in day services has lessened due to social distancing, which impacts centre-based day services. People with...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...the service closed in March. This has had a tremendous impact of all concerned. His parents are managing him 24-7. The care was given over to them and there was no respite or home support. The carers were totally exhausted with never a minute off. There was no time for other family members who also needed support. There was continuous striving to maintain calmness. It is of vital...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...to work and looking for more hours and they were not allowed to work. The people who wanted to work had their hours reduced but their hours were kept to a bare minimum to stop them getting the carer's Covid payment.