Results 1-20 of 45 for carers speaker:Martin Browne

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provision will be made to assess a family (details supplied) for carers allowance before their twin children return from hospital where their parents have been accompanying them since the birth of their children at great financial cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7553/24]

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: ...healthcare professional (usually their GP) as having a condition that can be safely treated in a Model 2 hospital. The establishment of LIUs, with explicit selection criteria, has demonstrated that patients and their carers understand these criteria and receive care for broken bones, dislocated joints and other forms of non-major trauma “as locally as is safely possible”....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: 367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for the carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) was rejected despite them providing full-time care to two older neighbours [53725/23]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: ...on the Government benches have to say to workers like block layers, people on the factory floor and others whom the Government is denying the right to retire? People with disabilities, as well as carers, also deserved much more from this budget. Carers saw no increase in the support grant, while people with disabilities were given an increase of just €12 when we all know about...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Jul 2023)

Martin Browne: ...intends to immediately end all respite care for the elderly in Clifden Hospital – a vital service which has provided care for those in need for many years and offered crucial support to families and carers. The secretariat received a response from the HSE on 23 June in reply to the petitioner’s correspondence of 27 March. The committee recommends that the correspondence...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (4 May 2023)

Martin Browne: ...for autistic children whose families are paying privately for assessments and therapies; the petitioner seeks proper oversight and an external complaints system for the HSE and a full review of carer's allowance and how carers are viewed. The petitioner advises the petition has three aspects to it, all of them connected. The first aspect is that more than 18,000 children are waiting long...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (4 May 2023)

Martin Browne: On the allowance itself, the Darmodys and Richie Molloy from Family Carers Ireland gave a presentation yesterday. In that family, the mother was working in a good job and was on good money of over €800 per week.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Apr 2023)

Martin Browne: ...financial relief for autistic children whose families are paying privately for assessments and therapies; proper oversight and an external complaints system for the HSE; and a full review of carer's allowance and how carers are viewed. It was submitted by Mr. Mark Darmody on behalf of Ms Cara Darmody. The petitioner advises that this petition has three aspects to it, all of which are...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Apr 2023)

Martin Browne: ...that it organises. If, however, a family is concerned and they go, source it and pay for themselves, they are not reimbursed. That is a crazy situation that needs to change. The situation of carers has been raised. The mother of this family, Ms Darmody, had to give up work - a paid job of €860 a week - to receive €200 in carer's allowance. Anybody who has children with...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: ...financial relief for autistic children whose families are paying privately for assessments and therapies; proper oversight and an external complaints system for the HSE; and a full review of carer's allowance and how carers are viewed. The petitioner advises that this petition has three aspects to it, all of which are connected. First, over 18,000 children are waiting long periods for...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: If a family pays for an assessment, it should be reimbursed. I have met the Darmody family. One of its concerns is that the mother has suddenly become a full-time 24 hour carer which, if it were a full-time job, would work out at €1.25 per hour. That is what the carer is getting. We will pass the petition on the relevant bodies and see what comes back. The response will then be...

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

Martin Browne: I thank Deputy Harkin and the Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. As a result of the policies of this Government and the previous Government, we are living in an age where carers can be classified as underpaid or very badly paid. Despite the fact that carers take the pressure off the hospital system to the tune of €20 billion per year, the best they can expect from...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (8 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: ...or if she believes in an independent review with an alternative system in mind? For families who have spent money that they do not have to spare, will there be financial relief for them and for family carers or can provision be made through the National Treatment Purchase Fund?

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

Martin Browne: ...accordingly. Too many people find themselves left in limbo facing bills and awake at night thinking about how they can buy more time before they pay those bills. The qualifying criteria for carer's allowance is another issue that must be addressed. Many people are putting their lives on hold to look after a loved one or a neighbour and the time and work involved does not allow them...

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

Martin Browne: ...it miles away from their locality and their families. The Government makes plans without investing in the alternative. That is why almost 10% of all older people approved for home care have no carer. The HSE admits that issues such as the contracts of employment terms and conditions are a factor in the recruitment challenges faced by the sector. Sinn Féin wants a health system...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (11 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if multiple claimants in the same household will be eligible for the €500 bonus on the working family payment, invalidity pension, carer’s support grant, disability allowance and the blind pension or if there is a limit on one claimant per household. [49700/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: While the one-off measures contained within the budget are welcome, they do little to hide the fact family carers are still undervalued by the Government. Pension entitlements are still an issue, and whatever increases in money that carers will see are likely to be offset by their having to continue to pay to go private for various therapies because State provision cannot keep up. The HSE...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

Martin Browne: ...an issue of the cost of living and how people are struggling. Now they are being asked to wait for three months or more before many of these increased payments will commence. That does not make sense. Family carers and older people are being forced to wait until January, all the way through the winter. We all expect the weather to start to pick up from January onwards, yet they have to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Martin Browne: Petition No. 40 of 2022 is "Stop means testing the carer’s allowance" from Ms Denise Ryan. The petitioner requests that the Government stops means-testing the carer’s allowance. The committee recommends that the correspondence from Mr. John McKeon, Secretary General of the Department of Social Protection, be forwarded to the petitioner for comment and reply within 14 days. Is...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petitions Received (15 Sep 2022)

Martin Browne: ...to suggest that an Irish citizen has been the target of illegal spyware, he should inform An Garda Síochána. The committee highlights this to the petitioner. Is that agreed? Agreed. Petition No. 26 of 2022 regarding carer's allowance is from Ms Margaret Keogh. The committee recommends that the correspondence of 6 July 2022 from the petitioner be sent to Mr. John McKeon,...