Results 41-58 of 58 for carers speaker:Bríd Smith

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: I ask the Minister to outline to the House the action being taken by her Department to deal with backlogs of applications and appeals for social protection schemes, including carer's allowance and domiciliary care allowance. I have information on backlogs in the Department that was given to another Deputy in June of this year and my question follows on from that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...application either accepted or refused is well out of kilter with the desired target. It could be up to 16 or 17 weeks and there is the same wait again on appeal. People wait for months for their carers to be approved. It is ironic that this is for a cohort of people who are saving the State billions of euro by doing that care work at home. We discussed this already. Another cohort of...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: I endorse the amendment. We discussed at the joint committee the importance of carers and the role they play. This report would be very revealing and helpful to analyse what is going on in a layer of society at which no one really looks. Very often, these are women. In most cases, they are women who work into their 50s and 60s to look after an elderly parent or an elderly or ill sibling....

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: I support the amendment. It would be a useful report for us to have in general. I do not have the figures in front of me but carers provide significant service to the State by providing full-time care at home. If we treated them better and took them more seriously, we would get a lot more out of the population in terms of minding those who need to be minded. It is far better to be minded...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...the amendment. This request is based on financial detail, hours of work and the like, whereas the committee could examine the issue in a more holistic way. We could invite representatives of the Carers Association, Age Action Ireland and various experts from different academic fields. I do not see how one precludes the other.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (9 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: 491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for carer's allowance refused on an initial application and before a review or appeal of that decision took place in each year since 2010. [40938/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (9 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: 492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of reviews and appeals of decisions to refuse carer's allowance that were successful with the application being subsequently approved in each year since 2010. [40939/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...parents. Is there a way that we could assess individual cases where employers refuse to give the 19 hours for family income support payments? The Minister said it was not acceptable to wait 18 weeks for a carers allowance application. That is four and a half months and it is a long time to wait. I find that there seems to be an almost automatic refusal when an answer does come, often...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Appointments Delays (12 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...given to those who cannot afford to pay up front for the NTPF. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection will not pay it and the HSE will not answer. Meanwhile this man, who is a carer for his wife, is going blind. If I have one example of this, a man in the Minister of State's constituency, there must be dozens of others. The NCBI and Dr. David Keegan, a consultant...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Appointments Delays (12 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...been waiting for up to four years in certain parts of the country. I want to talk about a man in my area. He is housed by the council in a nice apartment, but he is a poor man. He lives on the carer's allowance. His wife has MS, and he is her carer. She is on disability allowance. Patrick Foley is 42 and is the carer for his wife, Carmel. He has been on the waiting list for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (19 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: 54. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the rules regarding access to lone parent payments for long-term foster carers of children will be examined to ensure fosterers are not forced to choose between continuing the care of children or receiving a social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26584/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...who are most vulnerable, but we do not. We have not even ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities yet. Recently, we watched the terrible tragedy of carers and the situation that they are left in for years. Often this abides for their entire lives. They are neglected by the State and not given proper respite care. There is extraordinary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (26 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 1569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount it would cost to means test carer's and disability allowances on net income rather than gross income. [36407/17]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: I was a family carer and that time is recognised.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: No, family carers are recognised for the purposes of calculating pension entitlements. I know this because I used to have to sign on for credits. That time is recognised and taken into account

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: ...in the budget. However, changes in our welfare code across the board are still resulting in inequalities and injustices. I endorse what my colleagues said about the lone-parent's allowance, the carer's allowance and the discrimination against young people. I want to talk about another injustice that has fallen under the radar. I highlight the changes in the system for contributory...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: 18. To ask the Minister for Health the increases in staffing that have been achieved to deal with the crisis under the home help scheme and the carer respite services; the number of persons who are in hospital with their discharge delayed who are waiting to access these services; the number of carers that have been unable to continue as carers, due to the lack of respite services; and if he...

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: ...; — implement rules for maximum pay by weight charges of 11 cent for residual household kerbside waste, 6 cent for food and bio waste and zero cent for recyclables per kilo; and — reinstate waivers for pensioners, disabled persons, carers, all those whose primary income comes from social welfare payments and low-paid workers in receipt of family income supplement;and makes...