Results 21-40 of 78 for carers speaker:Micheál Martin

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...12 and €48 per week for children 12 years and older. There was an increase of €5 per week to the maximum rate for all working-age payments in the social protection measures in the budget, including carer's allowance, disability allowance and the one-parent family payment, with proportional increases for reduced rates and qualified adult rates. There was an increase of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Micheál Martin: The system that has developed in terms of vaccine efficacy is based on prioritising those who need a vaccine most for health reasons. In the budget a number of measures were taken to support carers in the very valuable work they do and to restore respite services.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...review of sectors of the economy that we need to liberalise in terms of getting work permits and so on. The review has not so far recommended the removal of the occupation of care workers or home carers from the ineligible occupations list. The issue is that we have to work with those who are providing these services in terms of the conditions and improve them. The big concern at the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...before they are admitted to hospital in the first place and then, within the hospital, to have far better flows than was historically the case. That was achieved last year through a record 5 million home care hours that were provided. The challenge facing us this year is not funding or resources, but rather getting the workers in sufficient numbers in the country to take up posts as...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Strategies (16 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: .... The indicators for the Time Use dimension, which deals explicitly with work-life balance (alongside general time use) are: - Long Working Hours in Main Job, disaggregated by sex, NACE economic sector and age group; - Carers providing at Least 20 Hours Care per Week, disaggregated by sex, age group and level of disadvantage; - Population satisfied with Time Use, disaggregated by sex and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...if the EWSS is available, it should not be used. I will ask both Ministers involved to engage and make sure that does not happen. It should not happen. Deputy Tully raised the issue of home carers and she made a legitimate point about the difficulties with getting a workforce in. There has been a dramatic reduction in hours in recent months and that has meant there is a need to get...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Government has given a very strong recognition to family carers and will continue to improve the supports that are available more generally and particularly in terms of providing services across the board for those who need care or help and assistance. It has been clear that the Government vaccination programme, as advised by the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, was to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: We want to vaccinate the entire adult population and we will take advice from NIAC. We are very conscious of carers and of others who have made representations in respect of the necessity for vaccination.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...hospitalisations and ICU numbers down, as well as case numbers. People's adherence to the guidelines is working and having an appreciable impact on the reduction in case numbers. On the family carer issue, I outlined the cohorts we have vaccinated. We obviously want to move to the next cohorts. Essentially, the principle will always be those who are most vulnerable. We accept fully...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: I again take issue with the language being used by Deputy McDonald. To suggest that a deserving group like family carers is being ignored is again playing politics with the vaccination programme. The national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, has consistently advised the Government regarding the prioritisation of groups that should be vaccinated. It is based on those who are the most...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Feb 2021)

Micheál Martin: No, it is not right to seek political advantage and say one is for every group to go up the list, and so on. I understand the position relating to carers like everyone else in the House. I stated that NIAC advises the Government. We can make inputs and engage in consideration but NIAC advises, that is the point I made last week. The correspondence in question relates to adults with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...from Mike Molloy. As Deputy McDonald said, he wrote the moving piece about a year trapped in fear. It brilliantly and emotionally captured the enormous stress and strain being felt by family carers and those who care for their loved ones, which in Mike's case is his mother who has Parkinson's disease. Obviously, because of Covid-19 and the ease with which it spreads, those carers must...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2021)

Micheál Martin: ..., like everybody else's in this House. I am not forgetting anybody in respect of vaccination. I do not think that charge should be made. There can be wider political issues around supports for carers, and the Government has provided a whole range of supports for carers. Regarding the vaccination programme, however, of course we want to vaccinate those who have been prioritised on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (7 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...jobs prior to the pandemic who were never on the PUP but are on the jobseeker’s allowance. A total of 213,000 people get the basic allowance. There are issues there, to be fair to those, as well. There are carers and so on that people spoke about. Deputy McDonald also spoke about the 400 Welcomes appeal and I think I have addressed that in my reply.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: The Government has great appreciation for the work of the many carers across the country. The Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform are mindful of that in the context of the forthcoming budget, alongside all the challenges they will face which they have to engage with and try to manage within available resources. There had been continuing provision of...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: I am making the point that this is not sustainable. Carer's allowance at €350 a week could not be sustainable. If one elevates every social protection measure to €350 per week-----

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...look at beyond April 2021 to make the PUP sustainable. It also has to look at other social welfare recipients. There are 213,000 people on jobseeker's allowance on €203 per week and then there are carers and lone parents and the whole area of child poverty. There is a range of payments across social protection that we have got to look at as well in addition to all of the other...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...jobseeker's allowance of €203 per week. Many people employed before the pandemic never got the pandemic unemployment payment. We have to be fair to those people, as well as those in receipt of carer's allowance and other social protection payments who are in receipt of basic social protection payments.

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic Plan (30 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...those specific sectors. The Deputy argues that we are abandoning jobseekers and there are challenges in social protection. There are 213,000 people on the jobseeker's allowance. There is the issue with carers and there is a motion before the House on child poverty. We must take measures and prioritise those areas outside of the extraordinary interventions we have made with the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: That review will commence shortly but I will come back to the Deputy with an exact timeline. Underpinning all of this is the role of carers in our society and their centrality in assisting people and communities. Recognising their role will be a key part of the implementation of the programme for Government.