Results 1-20 of 30 for carers speaker:Joe Carey

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: ...take us through what that will mean to those people over 70 who may not previously have qualified for that payment. The cost of energy is soaring and it is important that Government responds. The carer's support grant of €500 is to be paid this week. How many carers will benefit from that payment? In respect of the Government's cost-of-living response and the payments that have...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (5 Jul 2022)

Joe Carey: 424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of the carer's allowance appeal of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36136/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Policy Issues for Carers: Family Carers Ireland (18 May 2022)

Joe Carey: ...House. At the start, I want to thank Mr. Douglas, Ms Ryan and Ms Budayova for powerful and moving presentations and for giving us an insight into their day and what they do. I also thank Family Carers Ireland for its continued constructive engagement with this committee. I think we should strongly endorse the proposals put forward by Family Carers Ireland. Particularly, Mr. Dunne...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (15 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to include the carer's allowance in the list of qualifying social assistance payments for fuel allowance given the inflationary pressure there presently is on the cost of heating a home and the service that home carers provide on a consistent basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7985/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (3 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 65. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide pension provision to carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5016/22]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: ...is dragging its heels on this. In relation to the Christmas bonus, when exactly does the Minister envisage that it will be paid? On the issue of changes to the means test for support carers, will the Minister have a look at that? I have received much communication on the offer that was made to CE supervisors in the ongoing issue with their pension. Is that issue finalised or does...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Carers' Strategy (11 May 2021)

Joe Carey: ...committed to in the programme for Government; if provision will be made for recurring annual funding of €5.6 million in the forthcoming budget to fully implement this important initiative for family carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24335/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Carers' Strategy (11 May 2021)

Joe Carey: 846. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of a refreshed national carers strategy; the timeframe for the delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24336/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Joe Carey: I thank both organisations for their presentations and submissions. I also thank them very much for all the work they do every day of the week. In the context of the carers' guarantee in the programme for Government, which would allow all family carers access to a complete range of services regardless of where they live, will our guests explain what this would mean to family carers? How...

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Joe Carey: ...for these centres to accommodate as many as is safely possible. I remind the Minister that many of these pupils and trainees have been in virtual lockdown since the middle of March with their carers. Both need respite as soon as possible. The second issue is that of apprentices in the aviation industry, especially those based in the Shannon region. The aviation industry has been a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (30 May 2019)

Joe Carey: 32. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the file of a person (details supplied) has not yet been received from the carer's allowance section two months later; when it is expected that the carer's allowance section will forward the file; the length of time it will then take for a decision on the appeal once the file is received; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (30 May 2019)

Joe Carey: 146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a means review will be carried out in relation to carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that this request was made in October 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23107/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 Jan 2019)

Joe Carey: 238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will have an application for carer's allowance assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3194/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

Joe Carey: ..., there was a lady in my office the other day who came home to look after her mother. She had been living in Dubai for a number of years. Her Mam now is sick with cancer and she will be her carer. The question of habitual residency will come in the way. Obviously, she will apply for the payment and, hopefully, be her mother's carer. There are so many other issues arising with the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Joe Carey: ...to be done on them, but it is important to recognise the work that has been done. That work has led to a position whereby increases in the weekly payments to pensioners, people with disabilities, carers and jobseekers can be made. Those increases will come about this week. I refer to community employment, which a number of members have raised. The Minister has said she will perhaps...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

Joe Carey: ...over to a CE scheme, even if the scheme is in jeopardy of falling apart. This should be examined. Turning to the processing times for payments, such as those for illness, disability and carers, there have been delays in such payments in the past. Does the Department have any targets to reduce the processing times for those payments?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Joe Carey: I welcome the Supplementary Estimate. The Minister referred to an increase of 19% in claims for carer's allowance compared to last year. Was an analysis conducted on the rationale behind such an increase? Is it down to the demographics and the ageing population? Has an effort been made to reduce approval waiting times for the allowance? Have additional staff been transferred from other...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Joe Carey: ...level in his budgetary negotiations, which ensured that no one was left behind by the increases. It must be noted that the recipients of the payments in question, such as widows, the sick, the disabled and carers, have not received increases in their payments since cuts were introduced in 2010 and 2011. Therefore, I welcome the increases. I welcome the self-employed aspect of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)

Joe Carey: ...believe that is a welcome step. The fact that the Minister has put it to the committee to outline our priorities and what they should be is welcome. I believe priorities should be given to family carers of people with disabilities. Family carers do tremendous work up and down our State. They save the country scores of millions of euro everyday. I believe priority must given to them in...