Results 501-520 of 14,164 for carers

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...we proposed in the Joint Committee on Gender Equality and what the citizens' assembly recommended. In particular, we are concerned to see that, rather than offering a meaningful recognition of carers, it is reported that the draft will merely "strive to support the provision of care", which is a rather ineffective phrase. Furthermore, we understand from the reports in the newspapers that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

John Cummins: ...payment this week. In addition, those in receipt of the disability blind pension and invalidity pension will get a disability support grant. Next week, there will be additional payments to those on carer's allowance and those in receipt of the living alone allowance. There will also be a double child benefit payment in the run-up to Christmas on the first week in December. These are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a social welfare appeal for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50520/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (21 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...(1040 weeks). The periods of care-giving do not need to be consecutive. If the person concerned has been caring for incapacitated dependents for over 20 years, they can apply for the Long-Term Carers Contributions (LTCC). If the criteria are met, the equivalent of paid contributions may be attributed to cover gaps in their contribution record. The quickest way to apply for Long-Term Carers...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael Creed: 353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a carer's benefit application (details supplied). [51137/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: ...services. A CAMHS Hub provides enhanced intensive brief mental health interventions to support Community CAMHS Teams in delivering enhanced responses to children, young people and their families or carers, in times of acute mental health crisis. Support from these Hubs is time-limited, providing intensive intervention and support with sufficient flexibility to respond to different young...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Consideration of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments (21 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: ...Spain were referred to the Court of Justice in November 2023 due to incomplete transposition of the work-life balance directive. This includes a number of important entitlements for parents and carers to support them to balance their working and caring responsibilities. These include an entitlement of two weeks' paternity leave under Article 4; nine weeks' paid parental leave under...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...patients who may be vulnerable and basing their decision to die on life situations that can be addressed with the provision of appropriate supports. There is a need to focus on support for carers, respite provision in the community, an enhancement of psychiatric and mental health supports, as well as care and support of our aging population and those with increased palliative care needs....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (16 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Fergus O'Dowd: 169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to respond to concerns raised in respect of the carers allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50405/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when carer’s allowance might be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50468/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (16 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Róisín Shortall: ...to Parliamentary Question No. 1924 of 11 September 2023, the date at which an implementation plan for the 16 recommendations from the report of the strategic workforce advisory group on home carers and nursing home healthcare assistants will be published; the reason for the delay; the status of all 16 recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50516/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disease Management (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Tully for raising this really important issue. All of us in the House fully appreciate how devastating a diagnosis of a rare disease can be for patients, their families and carers. There is cross-party support for doing everything we possibly can to help patients who live with this awful condition on a daily basis. As Deputy Tully said, EB is a rare, life-long genetic...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Existing Levels of Service Costs: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

...of what the Estimate should be on that line. There are a number of drivers for different lines but we have a number of lines that are driven by demographics. These would be the lines on pensions, carers, and disability. Here we use data; both administrative data the Department of Social Protection collects through transactions with the recipients and Central Statistics Office...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Catherine Murphy: 101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to increase carer's allowance by €6.50 per week. [50083/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

...the HSE, recognising that it is our duty as State agencies to work together to provide the integrated services that a child or young person needs rather than an individual, their family or a carer having to navigate different agencies or services, particularly at a vulnerable time in their lives. Being in loco parentisto 5,565 children and young people in the care of the State, we know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

...of world sepsis month and the leaflets we circulated earlier this year. A core part of what we want to do is that public awareness piece where we describe the symptoms of sepsis to parents and carers so they know to take it more seriously than a run-of-the-mill infection. It is difficult to diagnose, treat and recognise in hospitals so it is going to be difficult to diagnose and...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...to win 17% plus one of the overall vote, but since it will remain a four-seater, a new Independent candidate will have to win 20% plus one of the vote. For the 21% of the Clare population with a disability, for the nearly 9,000 carers in the county or for the parts of the constituency like Shannon and Kilrush that were deemed above average in terms of deprivation in Pobal’s recent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...the reasons it warns about the comparability of national figures on health expenditure is that it relies on countries to produce their own data. Is it still the case that in Ireland payments to family carers are included in the healthcare expenditure we report to the OECD? Is it the norm among OECD countries to include such payments in their expenditure?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Seán Canney: 286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the working limit for eligibility for home carers from 18.5 hours to 21.5 hours to allow for an increase in the number of carer's available to care for vulnerable people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49380/23]