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- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)
Heather Humphreys: .... Officials in my Department will contribute to the development and implementation of this strategy. A number of measures introduced as part of Budget 2024 to support people with disabilities and carers, reflect some of the findings of the Indecon report and has alleviated some of the costs experienced. These measures include:Additional funding to include provision for Free Travel Scheme...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)
Pauline Tully: ...Affairs and Social Protection if, in line with Action 63 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to introduce a non-means tested, targeted cost-of-disability payment for the carers to autistic people and disabled people with high levels of expenditure due to their autism diagnosis or disability; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)
Heather Humphreys: 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. Spending in 2024 is expected to amount to over €1.7 billion on these payments. The Carer’s Allowance is the main scheme by which the Department provides income support to...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)
Pauline Tully: 923. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in line with Action 65 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to increase the income disregard for disability allowance and carer’s allowance to account for the high costs of disability; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57312/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)
Heather Humphreys: ...;140 to €165 currently. This enables them to earn more without having a negative impact on their means tested payment. A person can now earn a maximum of €495.10 per week and still keep a portion of their Disability Allowance payment. Carer’s Allowance is the main scheme by which my department provides income support to carers in the community. Some 95,848...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)
Pauline Tully: 924. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in line with Action 66 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to recognise the work of carers and the services they provide the State by establishing a pilot scheme for a basic income entitlement or a participation income to replace the carer’s allowance, in line with the recommendations of...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)
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. The main income supports to 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: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)
Heather Humphreys: The Minimum Essential Standard of Living (MESL) is an assessment of the minimum income needed to live and partake in the social and economic norms of everyday life for various household types. My Department has partly funded this excellent, detailed work of the Vincentian MESL Research Centre at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and I find it extremely useful. One of the benefits of the...