Results 1-20 of 36 for carers speaker:Thomas Byrne

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

Thomas Byrne: I express my sympathy and solidarity with those victims of the attack, which was the first thing that happened on Thursday. Some children and carers were viciously attacked. I certainly support An Garda Síochána in its investigation of this and in the prosecution of the individual responsible. I also thank those bystanders who took the initiative to prevent further attacks. They...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disease Management (28 Nov 2023)

Thomas Byrne: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta as an t-ábhar seo a ardú anocht. I think all of us fully appreciate how devastating a diagnosis of a rare disease can be for patients, families, and carers. I believe that there is cross-party support for doing everything we can to help patients who live with these conditions on a daily basis. In February, on Rare Diseases Day, the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Children in Care (19 Oct 2023)

Thomas Byrne: ...aged over 12. The foster care allowance will be further increased in November 2024 to €400 per week for children aged under 12 and €425 per week for those aged over 12. These increases mean that foster carers will receive over €1,700 additional funding per child over the course of 2024, amounting to an extra €300 per month by the end of 2024 for each child...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Children in Care (19 Oct 2023)

Thomas Byrne: ...it is not exactly what everyone wants. However, he is committed to working with everybody, including Government partners, stakeholders and Tusla to continue to improve the supports for foster carers.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Social Welfare Eligibility (27 Jun 2023)

Thomas Byrne: ...pension, paternity benefit, contributory State pension, treatment benefit, and the widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's contributory pension. The only benefits in class S that are not provided are carer's benefit, health and safety benefit, illness benefit and occupational injuries benefits. The actuarial review of the Social Insurance Fund, published in March, found that if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Eligibility (3 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: ...the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that a person (details supplied) is prevented from availing of 7.5 approved hours of home help per week despite the identification of a carer available and willing to do the hours due to the June 2019 instruction to the support team that the home help cannot commence unless it is end of life situation; the reason for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Payments (20 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if arrears for carer's benefit will be awarded from when an application was submitted but the person that they were caring for was in hospital for the process time. [47854/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Thomas Byrne: ...and that the cost is rising, which is a problem. I find the use of such language disturbing. It describes the scheme as being under financial pressure, yet nobody says the State pension scheme or the carers' allowance scheme is under financial pressure. Why is this service deemed to be under financial pressure? My Fianna Fáil colleagues will speak about the issues surrounding...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (1 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting time to process a carer's benefit application; and if she is satisfied with the level of staffing in the carer's benefit department. [5119/18]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Waiting Times (22 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to deal with delays in the administration of carer's allowance. [35976/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied). [31271/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (18 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a claim for carer's allowance (details supplied). [30245/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 403. To ask the Minister for Health if a person caring full time on a live-in basis in the carer's home for one or two infirm clients needs to register as a nursing home. [28280/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (detailed supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [11463/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [11691/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (17 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 558. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [10479/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (6 Apr 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the carer's allowance appeal scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [6105/16]

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2014)

Thomas Byrne: ...in 2009 and its partial restoration are included in this study and the cutbacks in the household benefits package, which were insidious because they benefit people over the age of 70, the disabled and carers. While this was being cut the Government was saying basic social welfare rates have not changed but those receiving the benefits could see exactly what was being changed. All these...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Thomas Byrne: It seems a fundamental unfairness to target carers for what, along with the back to school allowance, is the largest cut to anybody in this budget. The question is why were they targeted? Carers make a contribution, the value of which has doubled since 2006 when it was ¤2.5 billion. Some 900,000 hours of caring are given every day and the value of that is equivalent to a third of the...

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Thomas Byrne: ...clearly unable to work. What should happen is that they be put on that pension, but it is not happening. Those people are being cut off the system completely in an unfair manner. Applications for carer's allowance are being delayed. In some cases, people being cared for are dying during the application process, which is shocking. I have come across such cases. Applications for...