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Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...reference. It was widely acknowledged by the citizens' assembly that the role of caregiving deserves to be recognised and valued by our society. Those are the bonds that hold us together. Currently carers are not respected or valued by the State. Every day we hear stories of carers who go about their thankless job of caregiving. They are often exhausted, worn out and cannot get...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...welfare Bill. What we will focus on is the timely delivery of increased payments to workers, individuals and families. In our alternative budget we allocated €1.7 billion to increase payments for pensioners, carers, people with disabilities and others who depend on social welfare for a wide range of reasons. This is significantly above what the Government is proposing in its...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...'s obligation to show leadership on the issue of racism. As I said, I want to focus on what happened on Thursday, and my thoughts go out to those children who were seriously injured and to the carer in that horrific attack, as well as to those who intervened and put their lives on the line to put children in safety and protect the person who had been carrying out the attack from further...

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...live below the poverty line. Almost 10,000 children with disabilities have been waiting more than 12 months for initial contact with a specialist team. More than 6,000 people are waiting for a carer to be allocated to them despite being approved. Only one in four of those needing respite services has access to them. This is why Senator Clonan has rightly questioned how we could...

Seanad: Care Payments: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I too thank the Labour Party Senators for bringing forward this important motion and welcome the visitors to the Gallery, especially those who are carers. It is much more difficult for such people to take out the time to attend, but that shows the importance of this debate. As other Senators said, family carers play an immeasurably important role in our society that should be valued. They...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...Government to properly resource hospital capacity expansion. We can only increase capacity if we properly resource enough beds and the staff to safely manage them. Earlier this month a full-time carer spoke of his ordeal in Tallaght Hospital where he waited for 24 hours to be seen with his son who had suspected appendicitis. While he waited in the accident and emergency department with...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Dec 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...afford them the respect of being able to do that when Committee Stage has finished in the Dáil. That would give us at least the illusion that the amendments might even be given consideration. I will focus on carers in the budget. I hope they will not have to wait another 14 years to see a change in the income disregard. I acknowledge that change was a welcome move. The State...

Seanad: Carer's Allowance: Motion (10 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on today's motion. I am sure that many of the 500,000 carers in the State are watching this debate, and hoping that they finally get the recognition that they deserve because they are often left wondering who is going to care for the carers. They would often say that it is does not seem to be this Government. The strain on carers and families is...

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Social Protection): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...of energy poverty. There are extra costs associated with working from home for many. The Government brought a tax relief for these workers. However, many do not qualify for that support. Carers are one group which is particularly affected. One person who cares for her daughter with a disability shared her story in my survey. She said that in pre-Covid times, the heating would be off...