Results 1-20 of 20 for carers speaker:Paul Donnelly

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Implications of Means Testing: Department of Social Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Paul Donnelly: ..., if somebody is €50 or €100 over the limit, could we make it that they not automatically excluded from it? I think, in particular, of adult dependents or somebody who is working while being a carer. I listened to one on the radio this morning who had been entitled to €9 and when this was reassessed it became €18. That is a full-time carer. That was based on...

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

Paul Donnelly: ...Lodge Community Centre and the Hartstown Local Centre. They do absolutely incredible work empowering people with disabilities to live independent lives and to achieve their full potential. These supports, along with their carers, are vital to that aim of achieving their full potential. Last night, I was in the Corduff Sports Centre and attended the launch of the Thrive Group, which...

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

Paul Donnelly: First, our thoughts and hopes for a full recovery go out to the young child and her carer and those injured in the horrific violent and criminal acts carried out last Thursday. Our thoughts are also with the teachers and staff of Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire. Everyone who heard the news was numbed and shocked. There was deep concern and fear about what would happen afterwards. We...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...Government decisions benefit the better off, while the poorest are falling further behind. In our budget submission Sinn Féin allocated €1.6 billion to increase core weekly payments for pensioners, carers, people with disabilities and others who depend on social welfare for a wide range of reasons. The Government has allocated just €1.1 billion. That is half a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. It is a really important issue. As the Cathaoirleach stated, the committee had carers in last year and that highlighted the difficulty. We get many people coming to my constituency office who are dealing with difficulties relating to carer's allowance and the means testing. It is important work that needs to be done in respect of carers and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...international experiences - it may have been Belgium or another European country. It talked about a setting up a company or a not-for-profit state-controlled company that, essentially, employed people as carers. This meant there was holiday pay, respite and pensions and so on. It is a really interesting idea that the state would take on the role as an employee of people and give them...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 196. To ask the Minister for Health what consideration has been given to investment in therapeutic support and education for family carers of those who suffer with dementia. [33009/23]

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...struggling to pay their bills and are at the pin of their collar. There is no doubt we need a spring bonus for pensioners, workers, families, those on social welfare payments with disabilities, carers and lone parents. Our citizens are dealing with record fuel bills and rents. Some renters are paying 30%, 40% or 50% of their income. The Minister and I, as well as everybody else, know...

Home Care: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: ...2022, there are more than 5,000 older people on waiting lists for home care assistants, an increase of more than 10% since January. Almost 10% of older people approved for home support have no carer. No carers are available for them because there has been a failure. There is a general sense that people and our older generation have been let down. Some of them are the most vulnerable in...

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

Paul Donnelly: ...or of an evening. An overnight respite is like gold dust for many families. That really needs to change. I put it to the Minister of State that we need resources. The families, the parents, the carers, and the people with the disabilities need those extra resources. It is significant to be able to provide those supports and to provide assurances to parents that they would have access...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Community Employment Programme: SIPTU (25 May 2022)

Paul Donnelly: ...opt for it as opposed to self-selection. One will get much better outcomes from a person who wishes to be at a place as opposed to being forced into a place. That is completely logical. Last week we had carers before us. An issue arose over the 18.5 hours for which they are allowed to work. They are excluded from CE because it involves 19.5 hours. Is that the minimum or the maximum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Community Employment Programme: SIPTU (25 May 2022)

Paul Donnelly: The minimum. Obviously, there is a gap whereby carers are excluded from the CE scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Policy Issues for Carers: Family Carers Ireland (18 May 2022)

Paul Donnelly: ...to hear and see how people are experiencing something that we all know, because our clinics and constituency offices hear about it every day. I have just got an email about somebody who is a carer who is looking for support. I will not reiterate some of the points Ms Duffy made. Obviously, that is a strong position we hold. I would make the point, and I am not sure it was raised already...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2022)

Paul Donnelly: ...seeing it through. The Government must also guarantee its commitment to increasing wages and to improving conditions for staff. It is time to step up and to help all those who are involved in this sector, including parents, carers, workers and children.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Proposed Regional Employment Service: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Donnelly: ..., RES, will be a referral-only service and not a walk-in service similar to the LES? What is the rationale for that proposal? A lot of people will be left out of this service, like lone parents, carers, people with disabilities and others who will not be able to access it because they prefer walk-in services. Other people wish to ask questions so I will leave it at that. There is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the witnesses for the submissions from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Family Carers Association. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is an organisation I would have worked closely with when I worked for Tusla in family support and I know the amazing work the society does. Can the witnesses talk about the impact of Covid on people who would have been in work previously but...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Paul Donnelly: ...extra supports? Is there a plan to increase this in the next budget and to cover it as a separate entity, outside of the budget that is already in place for the HSE? I ask the Minister to allow for GPs to prioritise family carers who are in need of vaccines. GPs know their patients in the community and are well placed to spot families that are struggling. I find it wrong that in the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jul 2020)

Paul Donnelly: On page 73 of the programme for Government, there is a promise to develop a carer's proposal that would provide a core budget for services for carers across the State and ensure that the most effective interventions are provided for each individual. I will give three examples to the Tánaiste from our constituency. There is Alan, who loves the freedom of walking to his local centre in...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Donnelly: ...Dublin West. They know who they are and I hope some of them are listening this evening. I have been deeply concerned by the emails and phone calls I have received in recent days from parents, carers and staff of private residential care homes and private care home providers. I was contacted by a home care worker who provided support for an elderly person the previous week. He just...