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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (13 Jun 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 and 213 together. The Government acknowledges the crucial role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role through a range of supports and services.  This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. The main income supports to carers provided by my...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (30 Jun 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the crucial role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role.  This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. The main income supports to carers provided by my Department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit and the Carer’s Support...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (29 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Government acknowledges the crucial role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for a Partnership Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. My colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality, has policy responsibility for maternity leave, parental leave, force majeure leave and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: Carer's allowance is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has a disability such that they require that level of care. Carer's benefit is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce to care for a person(s) in need of full-time care and attention. The carer's support grant is an annual payment made...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the important role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role.  This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. My colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has policy responsibility for leave from employment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: ..., available at .County breakdowns for all Social Welfare benefits are available from 2005 on an annual basis, and from 2016 on a monthly basis. I also note that Respite Care Grant was renamed as Carers Support Grant in 2016 to better reflect how the Grant is used, and that data for this payment are only available from 2013. Recipients of carer’s allowance, carer’s...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Government recognises the important role that family carers play in Irish society and is fully committed to supporting them through a range of supports and services. My Department provides a comprehensive package of carers’ income supports including Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the Carer’s Support Grant. Combined spending...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the important role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. The main income supports for carers provided by my department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (13 Jun 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Government acknowledges the crucial role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role through a range of supports and services.  This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. The main income supports to carers provided by my Department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s...

Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (21 Mar 2006) See 1 other result from this answer

Séamus Brennan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 456, 457 and 472 together. Support for carers has been a priority of Government since 1997. Payments to carers have been greatly improved over that period and qualifying conditions for carers allowance have been significantly eased, coverage of the scheme has been extended and new schemes such as carers benefit and the respite care payment have been...

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

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 and 92 together. The Government recognises the important role that family carers play in Irish society and is fully committed to their support through a range of supports and services. The main income supports to carers provided by my Department include Carer's Allowance, Carer's Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance, and the Carer's Support Grant. Spending...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Government recognises the important role that family carers play in Irish society and is fully committed to their support through a range of supports and services.  The main income supports to carers provided by my Department include Carer's Allowance, Carer's Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance, and the Carer's Support Grant. Spending on these payments in 2022 is expected...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Carer’s Support Grant is an annual payment made to carers who get Carer's Allowance, Carer's Benefit or Domiciliary Care Allowance.  It can also be paid to certain other carers providing full-time care. As at the end of October there were 123,837 Carer's Support Grant’s in payment, 4,894 of whom were not in receipt of Carer's Allowance, Carer's Benefit or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the valuable role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. My department provides a comprehensive package of carers’ income supports including Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the crucial role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. My department provides a comprehensive package of carers’ income supports including Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The main income supports to carers provided by Department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the Carer’s Support Grant. Spending in 2022 is expected to amount to over €1.5 billion. There are currently 91,911 people in receipt of Carer's Allowance. This represents an increase of 22% in the past 5 years. The two principal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Programme for Government commits to delivering a ‘Carers Guarantee’ to provide a core basket of services to carers across the country, regardless of where they live. New funding of €2 million was provided in Budget 2021 under the National Carers' Strategy with a view to improving equity of access to supports for carers across the country. This funding is being...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (20 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Government acknowledges the crucial role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role.  This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. The main income supports to carers provided by my Department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit and the Carer’s Support...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (22 Mar 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The carer’s benefit scheme provides income support to full-time carers who leave the workforce temporarily to provide care and thereby assist in maintaining care recipients in the community. This, and other care-related supports, such as the carer’s allowance payment and the carer’s support grant provide recognition and support for the valuable role of carers. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Carers Strategy Implementation (15 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: The National Carers' Strategy published in 2012 by the Department of Health, sets out the strategic direction for policies, services and supports provided for carers. This strategy, prepared in consultation with carers, established the key priorities to support carers given scarce resources and a Carers' Forum is held annually to continue to give carers a voice at policy level. The Family...