Results 1-8 of 8 for carers speaker:Cathal Berry

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

Cathal Berry: ..., who had the initiative to come up with this concept in the first place. Deputy Denis Naughten and our group administrator, Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh, put the meat on the bones of this motion. Family Carers Ireland advised us throughout the entire process. I can be 100% sure, as I am sure the Minister of State is, that every word in this motion has massive relevance, is really important...

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

Cathal Berry: A downpayment would prove that the Government is serious and has intent and would show that carers around the country will finally be recognised rather than penalised. The mantra that has come back to us over the last number of weeks is that carers feel they have been penalised rather than recognised. The speech that the Minister of State will make here and the budget in a few months' time...

Business Costs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2024)

Cathal Berry: .... We want Irish tourists staying in Ireland for their holidays rather than going to Spain and Portugal. The second recommendation is about eliminating the welfare traps, as we mentioned. Someone on the working family payment or carer's allowance can only work 18 or 19 hours a week. I was at a company in Clane on Friday that is offering contracts from 18 to 19 hours up to 26 hours a...

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Cathal Berry: ...ambulances flying around with blue lights but the unseen health service is just as important, if not more so. That is what goes on in people's homes every single day of the week, and that is why carers are so important. The unseen health service takes huge pressure off the actual health service, at both ends, as Deputy Shanahan has mentioned. It reduces the risk of unnecessary...

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Cathal Berry: ...for people who cannot be here this morning. These are the people who are profoundly autistic, non-verbal and cannot articulate for themselves what they might like to say but we speak also for the carers and families who would probably love to be here in the Gallery but because they never get a day off, they never get the opportunity to represent themselves. I hope that we do justice...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Cathal Berry: ..., at least in the context of pay. I do not wish to be overly negative because there are some good things in the budget, including socially progressive measures that I will address. First, carers are finally getting at least some of the recognition they deserve. As Members know, carers are the invisible health service. They admit patients to their own bedrooms and they look after...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Oct 2021)

Cathal Berry: 289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the processing of applications for the carer’s and disability allowance is in line with the most expeditious practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49082/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Oct 2021)

Cathal Berry: 290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the processing of appeals for the carer’s and disability allowance is in line with the most expeditious practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49083/21]