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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (14 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...is only assessed for contributions for their first three years on the scheme. Assets assessed include cash assets as well as non-cash assets such as the principal private residence, other property and land, including farmland. Transferred assets and income, defined as assets or income transferred to another person up to five years before a person's application to the scheme, are also...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ...vulnerable road users such as cyclists and pedestrians, is paramount to the Department of the Minister, Deputy Ryan. The Lehenaghmore improvement scheme is currently at detailed design and land acquisition stage. Cork City Council deemed it necessary to seek a compulsory purchase order to secure the required lands for the scheme as acquisition of these lands through agreement was not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Land Issues (16 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ..., legislates that it is a matter for the relevant planning authority to consider where there is a need for a public right of way. The relevant planning authority may enter into discussion with the relevant landowners under section 206 of the Act in order to achieve the creation of a public right of way by agreement. If an agreement cannot be reached, where it appears to the planning...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (5 Dec 2023)

Mary Butler: ...the following link: www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2021/act/27/enacted/en/print#sec 2It is important to note that when developing the legislation, significant consideration was given to the question of land that is subject to a lease agreement and the method of assessing income from productive assets that are leased. Following careful consideration, it was decided that the Scheme will not...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Butler: ...sequestration. I have learned a lot in the past four minutes. At the outset, it is the responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to report emissions and removals associated with land use activities on an annual basis to the EU and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC. However, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is working...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Butler: ...of carbon for each individual farm and accurately provide baseline figures for farmers using verified data. Platforms such as this will underpin the adoption of any carbon farming framework by land managers in Ireland.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Mary Butler: ...€36,000 (€72,000 if part of a couple) is excluded from assessment. Assets assessed include cash assets as well as non-cash assets such as the principal private residence, other property and land, including farmland. The capital value of an individual’s principal private residence is only included in the financial assessment for the first three years of their time...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (1 Jun 2023)

Mary Butler: ...nursing home care is accessible and affordable for everyone, and that people are cared for in the most appropriate settings. One feature of the NHSS scheme is that participants who own property/land-based assets in the State also have access to Ancillary State Support, or the Nursing Home Loan, an optional feature of the Fair Deal Scheme. It is a loan which may be applied for at any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (30 May 2023)

Mary Butler: ...is only assessed for contributions for their first three years on the scheme. Assets assessed include cash assets as well as non-cash assets such as the principal private residence, other property and land, including farmland. For the purposes of financial assessment, income includes: • Earnings, including income from farming or business activities • Pension...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (30 May 2023)

Mary Butler: ...assessment of their assets on the date they apply to the Nursing Homes Support Scheme. Assets assessed include cash assets as well as non-cash assets such as the principal private residence, other property and land, including farmland. For the purposes of financial assessment, income includes: • Earnings, including income from farming or business activities • ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (16 May 2023)

Mary Butler: ...is only assessed for contributions for their first three years on the scheme. Assets assessed include cash assets as well as non-cash assets such as the principal private residence, other property and land, including farmland. For the purposes of financial assessment, income includes: - Earnings, including income from farming or business activities - Pension income - Social welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: ...nursing home care is accessible and affordable for everyone, and that people are cared for in the most appropriate settings. One feature of the NHSS scheme is that participants who own property/land-based assets in the State also have access to Ancillary State Support, or the Nursing Home Loan, an optional feature of the Fair Deal Scheme. It is a loan which may be applied for at any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (28 Feb 2023)

Mary Butler: ...nursing home care is accessible and affordable for everyone, and that people are cared for in the most appropriate settings. One feature of the NHSS scheme is that participants who own property/land-based assets in the State also have access to Ancillary State Support, or the Nursing Home Loan, an optional feature of the Fair Deal Scheme. It is a loan which may be applied for at any...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages (24 Jan 2023)

Mary Butler: ...on funding. Whereas previously people were waiting on funding, that is not the case anymore. Last year, up until the end of November, we delivered 19 million hours of home supports. I expect this to land some place in and around 21 million hours. Specifically in the context of Cork and Kerry CHO 4, we have seen an increase in those waiting in that area. Between January and November...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: ...constructive housing legislation brought forward by the Minister, Deputy O’Brien, and has produced no serious alternatives. Its Members voted against the first ever Affordable Housing Bill, the Land Development Agency Bill, which aimed to build social and affordable houses on State land, and against important planning legislation. They opposed the help-to-buy scheme, the first...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (17 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: ...issues which were the subject of the seven section 31 final directions issued by the Minister on county development plan reviews can be summarised generally as follows: excessive and inappropriate land use zonings for a variety of land uses, often in peripheral locations at a remove from settlements or subject to a number of specific site constraints including flooding, access and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: ...Act (2009) defines a couple as two persons married to each other or cohabiting - inclusive of same-sex or opposite-sex couples - for a period of 3 years or more. Participants in the scheme who own property/land-based assets in the State also have access to Ancillary State Support, or the Nursing Home Loan, which is an optional feature of the Fair Deal Scheme. It is a loan advanced by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Mary Butler: ...€36,000 (€72,000 if part of a couple) is excluded from assessment. Assets assessed include cash assets as well as non-cash assets such as the principal private residence, other property and land, including farmland. For the purposes of financial assessment, income includes:- Earnings, including income from farming or business activities- Pension income- Social welfare...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Butler: ...will continue to concentrate on delivering a strong short- and medium-term pipeline of affordable delivery through continued engagement with the local authorities, approved housing bodies, AHBs, and the Land Development Agency. The transitional arrangements included in the amended Part V provisions ensure that the near-term delivery will continue uninterrupted and the Government remains...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Butler: ...In the interim and in the period to 2026, the Government has committed the funding to deliver cost rental and affordable purchase homes via approved housing bodies, AHBs, local authorities, the Land Development Agency, LDA, and the first home shared equity scheme. Cost rental homes will be delivered by AHBs, local authorities and the LDA. AHBs are currently supported by the cost rental...