Results 1-20 of 47 for carers speaker:Violet-Anne Wynne

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (2 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...his views on the reckonable income directions under Section 24 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 sent to local authorities in December 2023; the reason persons in receipt of carer's allowance would be disregarded for the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20061/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (2 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if carer's allowance is considered an eligible form of income for the tenant incremental purchase scheme. [20067/24]

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...towns such as Kilrush, finding a taxi is now becoming a major obstacle. In Clare, the owners of over 36,000 cars and over 4,500 vans will undoubtedly struggle even more with day-to-day duties. Home carers, whom we absolutely need more of, have to travel to those they care for. They often have to travel to distant, remote areas of County Clare. I think of them when it comes to these...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (30 Apr 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if carer's allowance can be considered a form of income in the purchase of a council house for a person (details supplied). [18777/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 30. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans in respect of the means test for the carer's allowance; how she plans on ensuring that more carers can avail of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18269/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...one cannot achieve much unless one has the security of a home at least. The commonalities for women are issues around childcare, that women would be the predominant gender in terms of teachers and carers, for example, and social welfare. There are probably commonalities there where there could be more conversations about what can be achieved to make it better for women, North and South....

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...in terms of regulating those private practitioners. I also wish to briefly mention the disabled drivers and passengers scheme, as I have been unable to make any progress to date in relation to a carer and the person he cares for in County Clare because they are not family. I was hoping for legislative change in this regard.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Diagnoses (17 Apr 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...will be undertaken using a multi-healthcare sector approach. The Minister of State acknowledged this in the Chamber in March, in response to the motion on supporting people with disabilities and carers. Will she outline what her Department intends to do to ensure FASD is a recognised disability in Ireland?

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...rolled out to all schools and to all staff members. It is positive to hear about the commitment to the effect that the Minister for Social Protection will look at the means-tested payment for carers and ensure that more of them receive it. I want to see the full abolition of means testing, and I hope a plan will be delivered shortly to make that a reality. For far too long, our...

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...ratification as it is now long overdue. We remember the delays in the ratification of the UNCRPD in the first instance and the 11 miserable years that went by there. Last year, there were 5,500 family carers who did not receive the carer’s allowance but did receive the carer's support grant, 319 of whom were in County Clare. We must phase out the means test for carer’s...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (5 Mar 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on what work he is undertaking with respect to banks and financial institutions accepting disability allowance and carers allowance as income when an individual applies for a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10442/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (1 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I would agree. I have raised this scheme with the Minister and the Taoiseach many times over the past 12 months on behalf of my constituents, Joe, and his carer, William, in Kilkee. The Minister agreed with me, and I note that he still does, but also the Taoiseach agreed with me. The Taoiseach stated it was ridiculous that just because they are not blood relatives, they are not eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (30 Jan 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to amend the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme to allow non-blood recipients of carer's allowance to be eligible to apply for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4323/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (25 Jan 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...Question No. 266 of 20 June 2023, if he will agree that Regulation 10(5) is no longer legal and needs amendment; if he will agree that this amendment should extend to non-blood related carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3636/24]

Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...and vice chairperson of the caucus and, in particular, the secretariat staff, especially Eva Nolan, for all their work and support on this issue. I attended this morning's launch of the Family Carers Ireland scorecard for this year. That document shows very clearly what progress, if any, has been made on the 18 relevant commitments in the programme for Government. It was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...information. I welcome that the Department recently undertook a scoping exercise. I hope the review into the differential rent scheme will start and finish as soon as possible. I know that Family Carers Ireland made a submission, and I will deal with that in my supplementary contribution. For now, I will speak about how we ended up in this situation in the first place. The mass sale...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: My constituents in Clare should not be paying the fourth highest rate of local authority rent in the country just because the local authority has decided not to disregard their full- or half-rate carer's allowance. The current system means that because of geography, identical household types are paying considerably different rates irrespective of the quality or size of their accommodation....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (23 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...too long as it is. I have raised the matter of the disabled drivers and passengers scheme with the Minister and the Taoiseach. I pointed to the fact that it needs to be amended to reflect that carers are not always blood relatives of those they care for, as is often the case in rural Ireland.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (23 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...in particular cases. I am not sure if it is the Minister for Finance who is able to ensure these. The individual in the case in question, who lives out as far as west Clare, has a full-time carer who lives in the home, but that carer is not blood related so they cannot avail of the disabled drivers and passengers scheme. West Clare entails a huge distance and there are no taxis or...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...to win 17% plus one of the overall vote, but since it will remain a four-seater, a new Independent candidate will have to win 20% plus one of the vote. For the 21% of the Clare population with a disability, for the nearly 9,000 carers in the county or for the parts of the constituency like Shannon and Kilrush that were deemed above average in terms of deprivation in Pobal’s recent...