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- Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)
Ivana Bacik: ...hear all the time from the parents of children who cannot get a special needs place or supports to enable their kids to fulfil their potential in our education system. Earlier today, at a Family Carers Ireland event, listened to the poignant testimony of a parent who cares for a child with special needs. It was profoundly moving to hear the hoops she has had to jump through and the...
- Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)
Violet-Anne Wynne: ...and vice chairperson of the caucus and, in particular, the secretariat staff, especially Eva Nolan, for all their work and support on this issue. I attended this morning's launch of the Family Carers Ireland scorecard for this year. That document shows very clearly what progress, if any, has been made on the 18 relevant commitments in the programme for Government. It was...
- Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)
James Browne: ...very timely motion and I commend them on it. My colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, very ably detailed the Government's response to the care needs of older people and the supports for carers provided throughout the social protection system. I will focus primarily on the Government's commitments to respond to the needs of people with disabilities and their carers, as well as...
- Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)
Gino Kenny: ...system between private and public healthcare. It did not really make a difference because public healthcare was at the cutting edge in trying to provide people with a way out of the pandemic. Carers play an enormous role in the fabric of life, whether paid or not. I was a carer before I entered the Dáil and when my time in here finishes, I will probably go back to care work. It...
- Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)
Patricia Ryan: ...on the private sector for care provision, no right, as of yet, for a care partner and insufficient housing adaptation funding. I am dealing with a lady in my constituency who has been waiting for a carer for eight weeks. She is down to about 3 stone and has nobody to look after her. It is a disgrace. The Minister has been in government in one capacity or another for the past 12...
- Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)
Réada Cronin: ...to speak on this motion on a rights-based care economy with my colleagues in the women's caucus and the gender equality committee set up after the citizens' assembly report. We all know that if carers downed tools for even a day, our economy and society would grind to a halt, except, carers, of course, would not do that, which governments know. In so many cases, they are motivated by the...
- Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: ...start addressing these systemic failures in our social care services, rights-based care will remain purely notional and far removed from the experience of those receiving care. Earlier today, we heard the testimony of three family carers at an event organised by Family Carers Ireland. It would bring tears to your eyes. That we deny our citizens with disabilities the most basic...
- Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)
David Cullinane: ...it by cutting the overall budget provision for home support hours. The Government failed to link these standards to home care services for people with disabilities, which means it now expects providers and carers to do the most complex work for less pay. By delaying the regulation of home care and cover of travel and subsistence for carers on the same basis as direct HSE employees, the...
- Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)
Mary Butler: ...of everybody with care needs are upheld in accordance with their needs and preferences throughout their lives. I am pleased to support the motion. We recognise the invaluable contribution that family carers make in caring for some of the most vulnerable in our society and we are committed to ensuring that carers are fully supported and empowered. The motion covers many Departments...
- Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)
Ivana Bacik: ...ageing and disabled population which is significantly increasing levels of caring responsibilities, while adding significant pressure on informal family and community networks; - as highlighted in Family Carers Ireland report entitled "State of Caring 2022", the lived experience of those providing informal care in Ireland reflects a stark reality where carers are experiencing significant...