Results 1-17 of 17 for carers speaker:Mark Daly

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: ...women in the home and the concept of a family. Those are important debates that we will have. As the Deputy Leader is aware from her current and previous roles, the removal of the means test for carer's allowance has been debated repeatedly. The issue was raised recently in Kerry by Kathleen O'Sullivan from Portmagee, who looks after her daughter, Hannah, who has cerebral palsy....

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

Mark Daly: ..., I thank the Minister for coming into the House and the Labour Party Members for their motion, as well as the sentiments behind it. I also welcome the members of the various organisations and the carers themselves, who are present. They are representatives of the tens of thousands of carers around the country who simply cannot be here because of the very important work that they do. Go...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (6 Jul 2023)

Mark Daly: ...for Government commitment to index-link tax credits and bands. Senator Maria Byrne - The need for the Minister for Social Protection to make a statement on the measures her Department is taking to support family carers. Senator Emer Currie - The need for the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to update the "Childcare Facilities Guidelines for Planning...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future Business Model Plans and Long-term Vision for the Media Sector: Discussion (24 Nov 2022)

Mark Daly: The last word, as would be said in some broadcasting institutions. Before I make my final comments in that regard, I welcome the Munster Young Carer of the Year, Cara Darmody. She is in the Gallery and is one of our extraordinary young citizens. She was named the Young Carer of the Year in the Netwatch Family Carer Awards. I thank her for coming here today with Richie Molloy, all the way...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (25 May 2022)

Mark Daly: ...have also received notice from Senator Martin Conway of the following matter: The need for the Minister of Health to provide an update on the payment of the pandemic bonus payment to community-based carers. I have also received notice from Senator Seán Kyne of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications to make a statement on the...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (12 May 2022)

Mark Daly: ...statement on the rules governing child home care packages with regard to nursing care, specifically in circumstances where the HSE has given a direction that the parent may not leave the house when the nursing carer is in attendance. I have also received notice from Senator Lynn Boylan of the following matter: The need for the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (11 May 2022)

Mark Daly: ...on the rules governing child homecare packages with regard to nursing care, specifically in circumstances where the HSE has given a direction that the parent may not leave the house when the nursing carer is in attendance. I have also received notice from Senator Seán Kyne of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make a...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (7 Oct 2021)

Mark Daly: ...and Scoil Chaitríona Junior, Renmore, County Galway. I have also received notice from Senator Garret Ahearnof the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the role of carers in the healthcare system and to commit to annual support for the carers guarantee proposal. I have also received notice from Senator Tim Lombard of the following matter:...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (6 Oct 2021)

Mark Daly: ...of the loss of the Bus Éireann 20/X20 regional service. I have also received notice from Senator Garret Ahearn of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the role of carers in the healthcare system and to commit to annual support for the carers' guarantee proposal. I have also received notice from Senator Mary Seery Kearney of the...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (5 Jul 2021)

Mark Daly: ...15. I have also received notice from Senator Maria Byrne of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Social Protection to review the earnings threshold for qualification for the carer's allowance. I have also received notice from Senator Fiona O'Loughlin of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education to make a statement on the summer provision...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (29 Jun 2021)

Mark Daly: ...walks scheme in west Cork. I have also received notice from Senator Maria Byrne of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Social Protection to review the earnings threshold for qualification for the carers allowance. I have also received notice from Senator John Cummins of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Transport to address the recent cancellation...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (12 Mar 2021)

Mark Daly: ...disability services which was published by the HSE in 2017. I have also received notice from Senator Timmy Dooley of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to include family carers as a priority group in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme. I have also received notice from Senator Malcolm Byrne of the following matter: The need for the Minister...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (7 Oct 2020)

Mark Daly: .... I have also received notice from Senator Mark Wall of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to make a statement on the incoming guidelines for carer's allowances. Of the matters raised by the Senators suitable for discussion, I have selected Senators Boyhan, Gavan, Seery Kearney, McGreehan, O'Loughlin and Conway. They will be...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Mark Daly: ...the Migraine Association of Ireland; MS Ireland; Muscular Dystrophy Ireland; Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland; the Neurological Alliance of Ireland; the Post Polio Support Group; the Asthma Society of Ireland; and the Carers Association. In an article in The Irish Timestoday Professor Orla Hardiman expresses her horror at the impending closure of the Neurological Alliance of Ireland...

Seanad: National Dementia Strategy: Motion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: ...the Minister of State to examine this. While we seem to be very good at signing up to the ratification of UN conventions, our implementation is less than desirable. While I note the commitment on carers and others, I believe that if we are serious about ratifying UN conventions, we must ascribe to the process a greater degree of urgency than we have heretofore.

Seanad: National Dementia Strategy: Motion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: ...the Minister of State to examine this. While we seem to be very good at signing up to the ratification of UN conventions, our implementation is less than desirable. While I note the commitment on carers and others, I believe that if we are serious about ratifying UN conventions, we must ascribe to the process a greater degree of urgency than we have heretofore.

Seanad: Millennium Development Goal: Motion (13 Feb 2008)

Mark Daly: ...complications that arise during pregnancy and childbirth. More than 10 million others are left with severe illness or disability following delivery. The vital contribution women make as mothers, carers, members of the workforce and active community members cannot be replaced when lives are lost or mothers are seriously disabled during childbirth. Maternal mortality leaves more than 1...