Results 1-20 of 21 for carers speaker:Erin McGreehan

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)

Erin McGreehan: ...in the Constitution. Their work, love and attention should be acknowledged in the Constitution. We should embrace the fact that the State has moved on. Men are embracing their roles as fathers, carers and minders in their homes. They pick up the kids with their scrapes, do the school runs and all of these things. When I was growing up that never happened. There were never any men at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...case. We heard earlier that someone living at home with an elderly parent or other family members knows that their living arrangement will need to change in time, whether because the parent or carer dies or whatever the case might be. At the moment, people must apply for HAP. Members go through the process of getting that person on the list and there are various little things we have to...

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after “That Seanad Éireann:” and substitute the following: “notes that: - the Minister for Social Protection has published a Green Paper on Reform of Disability Income Support payments for public consultation to provide an opportunity for disabled people and disabled people’s representative organisations an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...get those policies working towards the way we do it, as well as to constantly improve? There are so many ways we can improve in the South. Deputy Tully spoke about this regarding the issue of the carers' allowance and other areas on which we were constantly in agreement on the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters. How can we proactively support a North-South Ministerial...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...week because she does not have a proper shower and proper running water for her family. It is all very relentless. We are all so privileged in this House to be standing here. I am thinking of carers. It is usually mammies and carers who appear every week before the Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters. They talk about how difficult it is. Why is it difficult? It is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Living with a Disability: Discussion (2 Feb 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Our guests are very welcome. It is a great education when we get to hear from family carers. I am not a family carer and do not have the lived experience so these conversations are beneficial. It a means of articulating what we want to advocate. Deputy Cairns spoke about a few issues I was going to address in my questioning. We are pulling back. Family carers need support to deal with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...being a default? What can we ask for in the next meeting? The next meeting is not for us; it is for the witnesses' organisations and the families they deal with. I am interested in the family carers roll-out. It seems fantastic. Who is paying for that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...have seen the unmet need for families and through funding from RTÉ, the Community Foundation for Ireland, and other organisations they receive funding to deliver Parents Plus training with Family Carers Ireland. Those involved in Family Carers Ireland are putting their hands up because they need help. They are often the same families the HSE is engaging with. Have the new...

Seanad: Energy: Motion (14 Sep 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...at risk of energy poverty. The motion specifically calls on Government to ensure to the greatest possible extent that measures are focused on those who need them most such as vulnerable households, carers, persons with disabilities, pensioners and the many thousands of families who can be described as the working poor or the squeezed middle. We must provide specific and targeted...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Transport Schemes: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...for me. I am no greater than anyone else and I should not have more access to something just because of my circumstances. I find that infuriating. Ms Cox spoke about the uncertainty for family carers. A woman came to me recently who had taken on extra hours in order to upgrade the family car and be able to care for and transport her mother a little more easily and comfortably. Then...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...to working with him in the coming years. I welcome the Government's announcement of a basic level of income for artists but I want to link that to what was in the news today with regard to our carers and how they deserve a basic level of income. No carer should be at risk of poverty because he or she is a carer. Everyone deserves some sort of financial security. A basic level of income...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...model towards the social and rights-based model of which Deputy Hourigan previously spoke. For instance, there should be a move towards a care means test, as opposed to a financial means test, for carer's allowance. We need the individualisation of benefits to reduce a person’s dependency on another person. It was highlighted during our session on women with disabilities that...

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

Erin McGreehan: ...and communities. There are over 64,000 people in Ireland currently living with dementia, with the numbers predicted to rise to 150,000 by 2050. It is very important to acknowledge the family carers, who are often women. Having just had statements on International Women's Day, it is important to acknowledge that most family carers and home carers in this country are women. We must all...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Erin McGreehan: .... That brings me on to a question to Mr. Dunne and whoever wanted to answer. The State might not be ready with all the decision-making representatives, procedures and processes in place. Family carers might and individuals might not know what their rights or obligations are. What are the possible impacts of that on the individual and on healthcare? There is a chance that someone might...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Erin McGreehan: ...This is a step along the way. There is so much to do, be it in relation to childcare, the constitutional amendments highlighted by the Citizens' Assembly regarding the value we as a country place on carers and the so-called care economy or the gender balance on State and corporate boards and in our universities and schools. I am rehashing other debates we have had on gender equality but...

Seanad: Young People: Motion (17 May 2021)

Erin McGreehan: ..., employment and housing. In truth, any cohort in our society which relies on others for the fulfilment of their life has been badly affected. This includes our older people, young people, carers, people with disabilities and those with a health condition that makes them vulnerable. These are the people, our family members and members of our community, who have been affected most by...

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

Erin McGreehan: I very much welcome this Private Members' motion and I commend Senator Seery Kearney for bringing it forward. It is so important that we recognise the importance of carers in our communities. I know so many people who care for loved ones. It can be so rewarding and it can also be so incredibly difficult and isolating for so many. Family carers are the backbone of care provision in Ireland...

Seanad: Family Leave Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 Mar 2021)

Erin McGreehan: ...' choice to put the child through private education. This has been the issue from the beginning of the State. Our Constitution says that the mother's place is in the home and they are the home carers, so why would we ever have created a childcare system to allow women to go out to work. I welcome another commitment today by the Government and by the Minister to early learning and care,...