Results 21-36 of 36 for carers speaker:Thomas Byrne

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Thomas Byrne: ...clearly unable to work. What should happen is that they be put on that pension, but it is not happening. Those people are being cut off the system completely in an unfair manner. Applications for carer's allowance are being delayed. In some cases, people being cared for are dying during the application process, which is shocking. I have come across such cases. Applications for...

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Thomas Byrne: ...clearly unable to work. What should happen is that they be put on that pension, but it is not happening. Those people are being cut off the system completely in an unfair manner. Applications for carer's allowance are being delayed. In some cases, people being cared for are dying during the application process, which is shocking. I have come across such cases. Applications for...

Seanad: Small Business: Motion (28 Mar 2012)

Thomas Byrne: ...on this matter? Has the Department changed the procedures to slow down applications or prevent people from getting money? That is my strong suspicion. I know it is happening with regard to the carer's allowance and the disability allowance. There is a deliberate slow-down and, in fact, a departmental official told me that. Is the same happening with respect to self-employed people?...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: ...basic income. The State calls it a basic payment. This is spin and propaganda to be able to say we have protected the basic rates when there is a specific cut for any new claimant in receipt of carer's benefit. The Minister talks so much about carers and protecting pensioners. The measure proposed will affect transition pensioners who cannot earn extra income, although those in receipt...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: ...always have been under the social welfare system. Irrespective of with whom one lived and whether one was married or single, income has always been taken into account. The cuts experienced by carers, old people and those with children cannot be dressed up as some type of pro-gay rights or equality initiative. They are cuts for the must vulnerable people in society.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: ...treated differently from other social welfare recipients because, in theory, they could secure employment, although I accept this theory has been strongly undermined by the high unemployment rate. Carers are treated differently because they cannot go out to work on the grounds that they must look after someone else. Similarly, older people are treated differently because they cannot go...

Seanad: Budget 2012: Statements (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: ...budget commitments on income tax. Increases in VAT affect people in different ways. For those on lower incomes it has a massive effect on their disposable income. For pensioners, the disabled and carers, who have seen many of their benefits cut by this Government, the VAT increase represents a double or triple whammy. We committed to the VAT increase over a longer period because we felt...

Fuel Poverty: Motion (13 Oct 2010)

Thomas Byrne: ...all received a fantastic service under this scheme and they will see considerable reductions in their heating bills this winter. Ultimately, they will have a better quality of life. Members of the Carers Association were in the precincts of this House today to present the association's pre-budget submission. Carers and the people they look after are often some of the people most in need...

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (30 Sep 2010)

Thomas Byrne: ...tax cuts by the Government as one of the reasons the change in the structure of taxation resulted in a bigger deficit. The Labour Party also proposed increases in personal tax credits and the home carer's allowance. In addition to the indexation of the standard rate band, it wanted to provide for an additional increase of €5,000 in the transferable band for one-income and two-income...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Feb 2010)

Thomas Byrne: Question 424: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding of a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [7741/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Feb 2010)

Thomas Byrne: Question 519: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [5096/10]

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

Thomas Byrne: What would I or the Minister say to a blind person, carer, lone parent or person with disability if his or her payment was not made next March because the Government had failed to take difficult and unpalatable decisions? That is a serious question because our finances and economy are at serious risk. Deputies may laugh if they like.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (23 Sep 2009)

Thomas Byrne: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County March. [32660/09]

Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (19 Nov 2008)

Thomas Byrne: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an appeal for domiciliary carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [41785/08]

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)

Thomas Byrne: ...face and the challenges their parents face. I pay tribute to them and I admire them because they face a tough road. We acknowledge it is not only about money. We hear complaints here about the carer's allowance. The commitment to carer's allowance over the past ten years has been one of the hallmarks of this Government. It was a fantastic innovation and I am glad to see progress being...

Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Thomas Byrne: ...out in this way. It is good that the tax system recognises this benefit. It is wise and sensible of the Minister to increase tax credits generally, for employees, one-parent families and home carers. The transfer of a site to a child rarely gets publicity but has an impact especially in rural Ireland. A parent can transfer a site to a child, generally to build a house, without capital...