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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Ms Mary Hayes: Someone asked me earlier about Housing First targets. We exceeded them. We split housing first between two groups. We take people who are long-term homeless, particularly if they are long-term homeless purely because they have complex needs and are not able to access accommodation on that basis. Apart from the rough sleeper population we are also targeting long-term...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: ...she put out a statement last week that she intends to have this signed into law come March of next year. This would be in line with the amendment. We know very vulnerable workers have waited a long time for this. Why must we wait these full three months? There is no reason this could not be signed into law early in January, obviously depending on the President and his availability....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 554. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to resource West Kerry Community Hospital with additional staff to secure the retention of existing short and long-stay beds, and open the eight long-stay and eight short stay-beds that are needed to avoid older persons from the Dingle peninsula being moved long distances from their homes to avail of residential care; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (8 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The position in relation to long term residency is as follows: Persons who have been legally resident in the State for over five years on the basis of work permit/work authorisation/work visa conditions may apply to the Immigration Division of my Department for a five year residency extension. In that context they may also apply to be exempt from employment permit requirements. While...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Beds (14 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: ...centres that are currently registered in Louth, including the maximum number of residents who can be accommodated at each can be found at . The Department of Health carries out a survey of long-stay units each year. Each long-stay unit (public, private and voluntary) is sent a questionnaire and the responses are collated by the Department. The aim of the survey is to provide statistics on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...is available free of charge to those most at risk of developing serious complications from influenza infection. These 'at-risk' groups include all people aged 65 years and older and residents of long-stay residential facilities, including nursing homes. Vaccines are supplied by the HSE to GPs, retail pharmacies and occupational health departments, as well as community nursing homes and...

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (19 Jan 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Crohn's disease is not included under the long-term illness scheme and if, in view of the similar nature of this disease to many included in the existing long-term illness scheme, she will make arrangements to have it added to the list of conditions under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (17 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: ...year residency extension. In that context they may also apply to be exempt from employment permit requirements. It should be noted that dependants of applicants who have been successfully granted long term residency can themselves apply for long term residency provided the applicant has been legally resident in the State for over five years. Such persons will be granted a Stamp 3...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (21 Oct 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Willie O'Dea: 171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied with her Department’s actions in ensuring that those in long-term unemployment are supported by her Department in their attempts to return to the workforce; the number of long-term unemployed who returned to employment annually from 2011 to date in 2014; the number and percentage of long-term unemployed during that...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (20 Feb 2007) See 1 other result from this answer

Seán Power: The Deputy may wish to know that while the main emphasis will continue to be on providing supports that help older people to remain in their own home for as long as possible, additional long-stay residential places will be required in the coming years to meet the needs of an aging population. Last year, the HSE, in conjunction with Prospectus, undertook a Needs Assessment of bed capacity...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Expenditure (26 Feb 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to abolishing the long term illness scheme and giving any patient with a defined long term illness a medical card, in view of the fact that patients on the long term illness scheme already have their medication paid for and will, under the Programme for Government be in receipt of general practitioner cards; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Marian Harkin: 874. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with ongoing symptoms of long Covid; if general practitioners, consultants and employers have been provided with guidelines in relation to dealing with long Covid patients; if he will consider setting up multidisciplinary clinics throughout the country as in the UK; the resources being deployed to deal with the persons who suffer from long...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 1863. To ask the Minister for Health the policy for vaccinating new residents of long-term residential care facilities who were not discharged from a clinical setting; the policy for vaccinating new residents of long-term residential care facilities who were discharged from a clinical setting; the timeline for vaccination; if they must be vaccinated ahead of residency at a long-term...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (30 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...since the economic low point. Secondly, through the Pathways to Work strategy, my Department ensures that as many new jobs as possible are filled by people taken from the live register, particularly the long-term unemployed. Activation Policy continues to focus on support measures for the long-term unemployed.  My Department's Intreo service offers a range of education, training and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Dec 2021)

Paul Murphy: ...a really terrifying story. Pete's family were told to prepare for the worst but he managed to recover, defying the odds. Like tens of thousands of others in this country, he is now suffering from long Covid. He described to me his brain fog, post-traumatic stress disorder and difficulty breathing. He still needs regular support, which he describes as essential and which he gets from...

Written Answers — Housing Policy: Housing Policy (25 Jun 2009)

Michael Finneran: ...in place which will facilitate the use of currently vacant houses to meet the accommodation needs of both households on local authority housing waiting lists and rent supplement recipients with a long term housing need. In the first instance, the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS), which was introduced in 2004, is designed to cater for the long term housing needs of rent supplement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (21 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. The service is delivered by two companies, Seetec Ltd and Turas Nua Ltd. For the purposes of the JobPath service all long-term unemployed jobseekers on the Live Register...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: The Ceann Comhairle is right on time because I am about to ask my questions. How long will the expert commission report be with the committee and for how long will the committee meet? When it has concluded its deliberations and presented its report to the Dáil, for how long will it be the property of the Dáil? In other words, when are we going to have the vote on whether to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: To ensure that people who need care have access to it, the HSE has developed and is currently implementing a plan to provide Long Covid services nationally. The investment allocated to this service has trebled in 2023 to 6.6 million. The Model of Care for Long Covid provides a framework for service delivery including care through GP services, community-led interventions and specialist...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The position in relation to granting long term residency is as follows: Persons who have been legally resident in the State for over five years on the basis of work permit/work authorisation/work visa conditions may apply to the Immigration Division of my Department for a five year residency extension. In that context they may also apply to be exempt from employment permit requirements. The...