Results 1-20 of 51 for carers speaker:Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I was delighted to meet Vicky and Fiona from Family Carers Ireland before the budget and we spoke at length about the importance of family carers and how under-appreciated they are. As the Minister knows, unpaid family carers save the State about €20 billion per year, or the equivalent of a second HSE, a point that is timely given the statements taken earlier in the House. Before I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...House, lobbied extensively on this, so it is a move I warmly welcome. I note the interdepartmental working group and review the Minister mentioned. Like many others, I met representatives of Family Carers Ireland ahead of the budget. The best way to support family carers, as the Minister will know, is to work towards the phasing-out of a means test over the next four years, and I hope...

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....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: In the shadow of the looming budget, I refer to the importance of putting carers at the heart of it. As the Taoiseach knows, family carers save the State approximately €20 billion a year, which is the equivalent of a second HSE. In my constituency of Clare, some 6% of the population, or more than 8,200 people, provide unpaid care. In addition, the number of Clare people providing...

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...

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 Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 773. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the carer's support grant that are not in receipt of the carer's allowance due to the means test requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48559/23]

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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (28 Apr 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 989. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the acquisition of gloves for carers for essential caring purposes given that carers are currently acquiring these without assistance and are being charged up to €20 per box; if his attention has been drawn to such instances occurring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21694/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015: Decision Support Service (20 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...from families I have had the pleasure of communicating with about the implications that this has for them and their families. I welcome the point that has been made about the role of an existing carer or even a family member being afforded the opportunity to facilitate that decision-making capacity, and also that it has to be the will and preference of the individual in question. That...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...a plan for a dedicated bus service for areas not covered by the normal transport system? Is the organising and planning of that happening now? My final but very crucial point concerns family carers. Carers are the forgotten healthcare workers of Ireland. They are treated differently from healthcare assistants who work in hospitals or nursing homes, yet they provide similar care,...

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...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I want to raise the case of my constituent Joseph in Kilkee who, only for policy reasons, has been discriminated against by the State for having the cheek not to be related by blood to the carer he lives with and who does absolutely everything for him. I find it disgraceful in this day and age that we are still discriminating against carers on the basis of blood when it comes to the criteria...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (3 Mar 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 764. To ask the Minister for Health the funding resources or other resources that are available to family home carers to cover the costs of PPE while caring for their family members at home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11170/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (24 Mar 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1004. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding applications for personal assistance hours; the way in which carer’s allowance is affected when the same person is claiming personal assistance hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15147/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1026. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the carer’s allowance in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1680/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1027. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carer’s benefit in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1681/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2022)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of the carer’s allowance. [2980/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (24 Jan 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment permits that have been granted to home carers, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3258/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Jan 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE carers working in community healthcare organisation CHO 3, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3270/23]