Results 61-80 of 104 for carers speaker:Holly Cairns

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...Group for bringing forward this motion, which the Social Democrats fully support. I welcome this opportunity to discuss respite care. This motion goes to the heart of how the incredible role of carers is continually overlooked and undervalued by the Government and the State. The inadequacy in the provision of respite care is a symptom of a much larger issue. Carers are absolutely...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: ..., Disability, Integration and Youth highlighted that "A significant number of stakeholders highlighted that there was no public process organised by the Department to engage with DPOs, family carers or other relevant persons and that there is no plain English or easy-to-read version of the Bill." These are not only significant barriers, but they are representative of institutional...

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...is low, which leaves many middle-income families with little or no support. It also calls for the application process and the granting of funds to be made much easier and more accessible for parent carers. This case and the insights from the Jack and Jill Foundation are not isolated. In theory, the housing aid for older persons and the housing adaptation grant are exactly the type of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (26 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will remove the current twenty-year cap in the home carers period scheme for foster carers. [27206/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (25 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will raise the age for the home carers period scheme from the age of 12 years to a minimum of 23 years of age for all foster carers, based on the aftercare supports required by vulnerable children in care. [26935/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (25 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will include the entire period that foster carers are on the Tusla panel of approved-foster carers and remain available for receiving a child into foster care for the State pension (contributory) purposes. [26936/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla (10 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...I had a teenage foster sister. It was one of the best things that ever happened to our family. In Mr. Gloster's opening statement he indicated concerns about the growth in the loss of foster carers overall, and Tusla's engagement with current foster families indicated some of the challenges in that regard. Will the witnesses elaborate on the challenges of delays in permanency planning...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to address delayed processing of carer’s allowance applications. [15747/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: ....3%. The system needs flexibility to help people work and receive State payments instead of sharp cliff edges, which can make those working less well-off. Those who have no choice other than the carer's allowance and disability allowance need a guaranteed standard of living. We do not have that. The disability allowance is currently €208. This compares with the pandemic...

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...respite. The family then moved to Cork and the level of service plummeted. Like many other families they have had to pay privately for physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and for carers because none of those services were available publicly in Cork. Not only is Ireland providing significantly less support to children than other countries; there is a massive...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...many issues on which we need to look for answers. He discussed how appointed decision-making representatives receive an expense remuneration but there is no provision for remuneration for family carers acting as decision-making representatives. It seems to be another example of the State taking family carers for granted. I am aware that Deputy Dillon asked about it, but I ask Mr. Dunne...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Jan 2022)

Holly Cairns: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if carers that worked throughout the pandemic will be entitled to the €1,000 tax free payment. [3749/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (25 Jan 2022)

Holly Cairns: ..., and Local Government his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities in all publicly accessible in Department buildings to offer persons with disabilities and carers a network of equipped spaces to take care of personal hygiene in safety and comfort. [2544/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Agreements (30 Nov 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...for work or socialising and are disproportionately at risk of poverty and social exclusion. Exhausted parents have to fight for therapies from under-staffed children's disability network teams and carers are left without respite In this week, with International Day of Persons with Disabilities imminent, what will the Government do? The Minister spoke about identifying the steps it needs...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Agreements (30 Nov 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...nursing homes due to a lack of home supports. At the Joint Committee on Disability Matters, our current module is dealing directly with the lived experiences of people with disabilities and their carers. What one hears each week is more disgraceful and enraging than what one heard the previous week, as individuals and families tell us about having to fight for access to and then...

Disability Funding Report: Motion (18 Nov 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...and their families, who have to fight and fight for access to home care, equipment, transport, housing, education and the chance to live independently - you name it. Recently, Samantha Kenny, a family carer and parent to a six-year-old girl with a rare genetic disorder, two boys, aged 10 and 14, who are autistic, and a 15-year-old boy who has no diagnosis, described to us the struggle to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Disability Services (16 Nov 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...Public Expenditure and Reform his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities in all publicly accessible Departmental buildings to offer persons with disabilities and carers a network of equipped spaces to take care of personal hygiene in safety and comfort. [55906/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...just a few. If any of our guests have other points and there is not time to make them, they might give a written response or get in touch with my office and I will revert to them. The vital role of carers and families has been a clear theme in this meeting. Unfortunately, their efforts usually go unappreciated by the State. Carers are consistently overlooked, despite the very important...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (21 Oct 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...automatically provided as a bare minimum. Many of the important questions have been asked but I have one question for each witness. Mr. O'Reilly's explanation of the difference between PA and carer was useful. The PA model, whereby the person with the disability is the leader, seems like one we should aspire to for as many people as possible, where appropriate. Is this the model Mr....

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...and locates the State as the primary actor to help achieve this in conjunction with civil society. This report is basically a manifesto for a living wage, publicly funded childcare, improved conditions for carers, better social protection, home care packages for older people and people with disabilities and gender balance in politics, public life and workplaces. This is a clear,...