Results 1-19 of 19 for carers speaker:Annie Hoey

Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...by tackling the root causes at the structural, community and individual level, across all age groups and demographics, and particularly to those cohorts most at risk of loneliness and isolation, including carers, LGBTQ+ people, younger people, people with disabilities and members of the international community residing in Ireland. The Loneliness Taskforce has repeatedly offered our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for People with Epidermolysis Bullosa: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...under 16 and meets the income threshold and other requirements, will he or she be able to claim the carer’s allowance or domiciliary allowance? Is it a qualifying illness? How does that work for carers whose income is under the threshold?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...that will have on those who need to receive that service. I was also struck by the question about what people are getting dressed for. I have spoken to some of our guests previously about carers in a different context and the difficulty of trying to build a reason for getting up, sometimes for the carer and sometimes for the person receiving care. We have talked about mental...

Seanad: Family Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...have spoken here a number of times about my own experience of care and how important it is. My experience of care is within a family situation, but I have a lot of interaction and engagement with carers who work as professionals within that framework of carers. I come at this from both sides of that. According to the Irish health survey, in 2020 there were 500,000 family carers in this...

Seanad: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jan 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...much believe that the definition must include comfort for cohabiting couples and those both with and without children, and it must also address issues for disabled people in the area of kinship for carers. The Committee Stage amendment we tabled states: In page 4, to delete lines 11 to 14 and substitute the following: “(a) in subsection 1° of section 3 of the Irish...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (23 Jan 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...of the role of care. The care role within the home and in the wider community should be recognised and valued. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Quality had extensive engagement with carers, women's groups and groups representing disabled people. Out of that consultation came cross-party support for wording that was regarded as effective in expressing the wishes of the citizens'...

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)

Annie Hoey: ..., and that care should be recognised and valued both within the home and the wider community. The Joint Committee on Gender Equality took that up and explored it. There was pretty extensive engagement with carers, women’s groups and groups representing disabled people. This has all been said in the Lower House by my Labour Party colleagues, but I feel there was cross-party...

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

Annie Hoey: I welcome those in the Gallery from Family Carers Ireland and the people this motion is for and about. As has been referenced previously, obviously, not every carer can be here today because they have caring responsibilities. I thank Senator Ardagh for her contribution. Sometimes, in here, you get a moment where you see the reality of our lives behind the cameras and all the things we do,...

Seanad: Childcare Provision: Statements (17 May 2022)

Annie Hoey: ...this issue in a meaningful way so that we can better accommodate family and general life balance. I say that as someone who does not have children. I spent the best part of last year as a carer for a sick family member. Obviously, it is not the Minister's fault, but considering the topic, these late evening sittings are not reflective of a family-friendly work environment. We want to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Annie Hoey: ...in-person learning with no options for access outside of just literally showing up, institutions are ignoring the voices of disabled students, students with long-term or chronic illnesses, parents, carers, students for whom English is not their first language and neurodivergent students in order to maintain the status quo, which is silly because we know we can do better. We just do not...

Seanad: Brain Health and Dementia: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Annie Hoey: ...for speaking so eloquently about caring for and loving his father during his illness due to Alzheimer's disease.I know the bond and closeness created when one shifts from being a child to being the carer of a parent. It is an experience like no other. Given that we have just completed the statements on International Women's Day 2022, it would be apt to think about how dementia...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: ...teachers and more equipment. I know staff in the sector are already overworked and underpaid. However, we cannot allow this to be an excuse to return to excluding disabled students, parents or carers from accessing education. The onus has to be on the Minister to ensure funding and resourcing are in place for remote or hybrid learning. Otherwise we will simply have given students a...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Annie Hoey: ...why this practice was allowed to continue for so long? Obviously, it is very expensive and will be a significant cost to the State. I refer to the issue of women who have lost out on maternity pay, carer's benefit and so on. There is a gender dimension to this. Will there be an internal review of why this practice was allowed to continue for so long? On board recruitment, is it an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Dec 2021)

Annie Hoey: ...care in 2022. I think we can all agree this is devastating news for patients, parents and staff who are trying hard to care for children with scoliosis. It is hard for me and for the children and carers affected to understand why cost effective, sustainable healthcare is not being considered. Children are waiting for too long in severe pain for surgery. Letting care go for too long...

Seanad: Young People: Motion (17 May 2021)

Annie Hoey: ...about students, I am always eager to talk about them and what we can do to improve things. The motion refers to the contribution that young people make to our society. I want to talk about young carers. In December, I referred to the fact that it is estimated that there are approximately 67,000 young carers in Ireland - an enormous number. This is according to a report published by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Annie Hoey: I have had the issue of housebound people in rural communities, as well as their carers, who cannot get information as to when they are due to be vaccinated, raised with me by many across the country. I have one case of a woman in Meath who is trying to find out when her husband, who is 70 and is PEG-fed, will be vaccinated. I have a case of a 97-year-old man in rural Galway who is yet to...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: ...taking on a far larger share of domestic work, childcare and care for elderly family members than their male counterparts. We have seen that workload skyrocket this year. It includes full-time child carers and teachers. Early indicators suggest that women are, as per usual, being left to carry the burden of this extra work. Women are paid less at work and expected to do more work in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: I want to take a moment to reflect on an interview I heard on radio yesterday. I do not know if anyone else heard it. It was with three young carers under the age of 18. They were brilliant, kind young people who had taken on a role far beyond their years. The interview came about on foot of new research from Family Carers Ireland. The report suggests that almost 67,000 young people in...