Results 541-560 of 14,165 for carers

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (7 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this answer

Gary Gannon: 37. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he considers the €25 increase in the foster carer's payment announced in budget 2024, after a period of 14 years of no increases, to be reasonable, given inflation rates during that period, and the continuous decrease in the number of foster carers year after year. [46364/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (7 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...of marriage. There may be an advantage in tax legislation for a married couple or civil partners as regards the extended rate band, the ability to transfer certain tax credits and entitlement to the home carer tax credit in specific circumstances. However, the legal status for married couples has wider consequences from a tax perspective both for themselves and persons connected with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...of marriage. There may be an advantage in tax legislation for a married couple or civil partners as regards the extended rate band, the ability to transfer certain tax credits and entitlement to the home carer tax credit in specific circumstances. However, the legal status for married couples has wider consequences from a tax perspective both for themselves and persons connected with...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (7 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...under the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023. Under the Act, flexible working arrangements such as adjusted working patterns or reduced hours, will be available to parents and carers. One Code of Practice will now be developed which will provide practical guidance to employers and employees on dealing with requests under the new law. Work on the development of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...Protection measures as part of Budget 2024. This represents the largest Budget package for the Department of Social Protection in the history of the State and will help to support our pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, lone parents and families during this difficult period. As part of Budget 2024, I announced a number of once off payments to assist families. This included...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (7 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...single person and €1,000 for a couple. These changes resulted in an additional 35,000 households joining the scheme so far. Last year, I significantly increased the income and capital disregards for Carer's Allowance. This enables more carers with modest incomes to become eligible for the scheme and allows carers and their families to earn more from employment while retaining...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (7 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/67 and the Data Protection Act 2018". Submissions on the Green Paper are handled by officials in my Department's Disability and Carers' Policy Unit only and personal information is redacted from every submission. Data and submissions are kept within this unit and no personal data is shared with other Units in my Department or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Carer's Support Grant (CSG) is an annual payment made to carers by my Department. I can confirm that my Department received an application for CSG from the person concerned on 23 May 2023. It is a condition of CSG that the care recipient must have a disability that meets the full-time care and attention requirements set out in the governing legislation such that a person shall not be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that, as a result, they require that level of care. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 14 June 2023. CA was awarded to the person concerned on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...a single person and €1,000 for a couple. These changes resulted in an additional 35,000 households joining the scheme so far.Last year I significantly increased the income and capital disregards for Carer's Allowance. This enables more carers with modest incomes to become eligible for the scheme and allows carers and their families to earn more from employment while retaining...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2023) See 3 other results from this answer

Violet-Anne Wynne: 772. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of disallowed applications for carer's allowance for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48558/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 784. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance appeal by a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48821/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (7 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Foster carers are paid a weekly allowance, which is a payment in respect of the child in their care. The foster care allowance is currently €325 per week for a child under 12 years of age and €352 per week for a child aged 12 years and over. The foster care allowance is a payment in respect of each child and young person in care. It is paid in respect of the child and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Seán Sherlock: 1074. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will bring forward from November 2024 to January 2024, the proposed rise in foster carer allowance announced in Budget 2024. [46387/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Co-operation (7 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...a range of medical procedures/services as close to home as possible. This has helped reduce travel time, and the ease of access, which has been hugely beneficial for patients, their families and carers. The North West Cancer Centre at Altnagelvin Area Hospital is a £66m sterling capital development project that has been funded on a North-South basis. This Centre, incorporating the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: ...for Health if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that future tender invitations for home support services will include mileage payments to homecare workers (as is the case for HSE employed carers); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47629/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (7 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Colm Burke: .... To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to enable hospitals to block book home care hours, in order to enable providers to plan strategically and ensure that there are carers available to support timely discharge of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47634/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (7 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...is a rare, life-long genetic condition which causes fragile, blistering skin. There is no doubt that Epidermolysis Bullosa places a substantial medical, social, and financial burden on patients and carers. I fully appreciate the difficulties experienced by patients suffering from this painful condition. Earlier this year I received a pre-budget submission from Debra Ireland detailing...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

...early years settings. It needs to be informed by a child-centred approach to deal with the issues in the early years sector. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child recognises parents and carers as the primary caregivers, but it also imposes a duty on the State to provide assistance to families, and this includes the provision of quality early years childcare services. Ireland...

Joint Committee on Disability Matters Report: Motion (26 Oct 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Anne Rabbitte: ...of need. It would be wrong of me to say they need those assessments to access education but they certainly do for access to special classes. They need assessments for access to social protection and the carer's allowance. I operate in a siloed system where there is needs-based approach. There is not a needs-based approach, however, in education or social protection. I am trying to...