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# Carer's Allowance

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Relaxed threshold for means-tested Carer's Allowance to take effect today
1 Jun 2022
63.6k
5
Opinion: The health service will collapse if the exploitation of Ireland's carers isn't addressed
Catherine Cox
4 Oct 2019
21.7k
36
Carers will be able to visit a GP for free from next year
12 Dec 2017
17.7k
24
'Utterly appalling': Anger expressed at waiting times for carer's allowance claims
13 Nov 2016
10.3k
10
Waiting times for social welfare payments vary from one week to 40 weeks
1 Nov 2016
49.4k
30
'Completely unacceptable': 21-week wait for carer's allowance claims to be processed
22 May 2016
37.1k
36
'Sometimes, I see fear in his eyes. I constantly reassure him but reassurance only lasts seconds.'
Dorothy Mooney
9 Jun 2015
317
16
The number of people receiving a carer's allowance has increased by 40%
15 Jun 2014
23.9k
28
Opinion: Being ill is hard – having to fight for every basic human right is much, much harder
Corina Duyn
23 May 2014
250
33
At least 60% of domiciliary care allowance applications refused
30 Jan 2013
18.1k
25
Respite care grant cut by over €300 in budget
5 Dec 2012
11.1k
41
Hundreds waiting over a year to appeal refused disability allowance
20 Oct 2012
10.1k
44
Carers using respite grant to pay bills, rather than for actual respite
8 Jun 2012
14.3k
10
Readers' Panel: Full-time carer
6 Dec 2011
1.6k
Readers' Panel: What are you expecting from the Budget?
4 Dec 2011
3.2k
32
Criminal Assets Bureau takings now over €133million
22 Nov 2011
2.2k
5