Results 481-500 of 1,071,997 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Róisín Shortall OR speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor OR speaker:Stephen Donnelly OR speaker:Brendan Griffin OR speaker:Verona Murphy OR speaker:Michael Collins OR speaker:Noel Grealish OR speaker:Thomas Byrne OR speaker:Ivana Bacik OR speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice OR speaker:Marc MacSharry)
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Mary Butler: You have had your time.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Please, Deputy Murphy, you are out of order. Will you let the Minister answer?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Heather Humphreys: I see first-hand the challenges that carers face.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Verona Murphy: Then abolish the means test.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Heather Humphreys: There is a mother in the Gallery and I know the challenges she faces because she told me. It is not easy.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Verona Murphy: Abolish it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Heather Humphreys: We have made considerable changes but we are on a journey. We have to do more. I accept that but we cannot do everything on the one day. We have made substantial changes to the carer's support grant. It has been increased. The carer's allowance is now a qualifying payment for the fuel allowance. Domiciliary care allowance has been increased; I have increased it by €50 during my...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Verona Murphy: Talk is cheap.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Heather Humphreys: It is not talk. You are wrong.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Verona Murphy: We all know what the answer is.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: All this shouting is bringing the House into disrepute. Can we move on to Deputy Mattie McGrath, please?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. I travel to Monaghan a lot too, as the Minister knows, in case she picks me up on something.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Heather Humphreys: I know the Deputy does. It is a good county. I welcome any people who come to it. We could do with more tourists.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Family Carers Ireland acknowledges budget 2025 brings some welcome measures to alleviate the pressure carers feel every day, such as increasing the respite grant to €2,000 per annum and increasing the disregard to €1,250, which allows more carers to get it. The Minister knows well and I am not saying she does not know, but why did she not do what she said she would do or what...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Thank you, time is up. Minister, please.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Heather Humphreys: I know the Deputy is very familiar with Monaghan because he was lucky enough to get his wife there. She is a great woman from a great family.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: She sure is.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Heather Humphreys: There is a lot of interest in my county but there is nobody who knows more about Monaghan than I do - that is it as far as I am concerned. I was born and reared there and have lived there all my life. We will move on. I believe it was after a HIQA inspection that St. Brigid's Hospital was closed but it is now being-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Not true.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)
Heather Humphreys: -----repurposed and will be reopened with 28 people working there.