Speech by Ms Carrie Tan, MP for Nee Soon GRC at the Budget Debate 2022 on “Better Mental Health for Singapore’s Carers” Mr Speaker, I am thankful that Minister Lawrence Wong mentioned mental health in his Budget speech this year. COVID-19, has seen the mental health of care workers and caregivers, and I shall refer to them as ‘carers’. Their mental health have deteriorated significantly in the past two years, and many news articles have come out recently, documenting the stress that they come under due to the disruptions brought by Covid-19,....
Parliamentary Questions filed by Ms Carrie Tan on 10, 11 and 12 January Ms Carrie Tan: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) whether the Ministry factors in proximity of public rental housing locations to MRT stations in its planning for rental housing development; and (b) what are the considerations that currently go into the planning and decisions for the locations of public rental flats. Response Ms Carrie Tan: To ask the Minister for Education whether SkillsFuture credits can be made transferable from parent to child if the parent is already retired.....
Speech by Ms. Carrie Tan, MP for Nee Soon GRC, on Women’s Charter (Amendment) Bill Mr Speaker Sir, the name “Women’s Charter” has given many the impression that it only benefits women. In reality, the Charter protects some men, women, and children from exploitation within the family. My colleague, MP Louis Ng, spoke on this earlier and I would like to reiterate the same point. We can still do more to promote gender equality, and also address the erroneous impression that the Women’s Charter protects only women’s rights,....
Parliamentary Questions filed by Ms Carrie Tan on 4 & 5 October Response Ms Carrie Tan: To ask the Minister for Health (a) whether the Ministry has any projections for the anticipated increase in informal caregivers needed over the next 10 to 20 years as the population ages; (b) if so, what are the projected figures; and (c) how is the Government intending to build up the capacity and capability of care workers to relieve the elderly care load on women and men who are currently having to give up their jobs to care for their ageing parents.....