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Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: Sinn Féin is committed to making sure our education system is inclusive and accessible for all children and types of learners. We are committed to ensuring that every student has the opportunity to thrive and reach their full potential in a supportive, inclusive and equitable learning environment. Currently, many barriers exist to inclusivity within our education system, for example,...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: I wish to raise very serious concerns about mental health services in my locality. A young man aged 19 is currently in a psychiatric ward in a public hospital because he wants help and his family wants help for him as they no longer feel they can keep him safe. He has attempted suicide twice and has threatened it again. The young man's personality completely changed two years ago. His...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (9 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: Question No. 8 is in the name of Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan but it is grouped with one of Deputy Ó Laoghaire's questions if he wants to proceed with Question No. 18.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has finalised its report on rural proofing; when this report will be made public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20899/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (9 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 31. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeframe within which she plans to introduce a rural proofing model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20900/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the progress that has been made to date to intervene in the case initiated by South Africa against Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice; to detail the work that needs to be undertaken before a declaration is filed; the timeframe within which a declaration will be filed; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the discussions taking place with other European countries on a joint declaration of recognition of the State of Palestine; the timeframe within which Ireland will give formal recognition to the State of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20901/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (9 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received for a GP vacancy in Cavan (details supplied); the number of these applications that are to be progressed to interview stage; the timeframe for the interview process to take place; the timeframe for a GP to be appointed to this role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21115/24]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: Fine Gael has been in government for 13 years. In that time, homeownership has collapsed and 40% of people in their 30s are still living in their family homes. We know that, as of March, nearly 14,000 people were accessing emergency accommodation. More than 4,000 of these people were children. Due to the actions and inaction of the current Government, workers and families cannot afford...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: As of last week the British Government's so-called legacy Bill became law. The British intention is that inquests and investigations will remain unconcluded and that families will go without the answers or the justice they rightly deserve. This cynical and callous Bill is an affront to the victim-centred approach agreed as part of the Stormont House Agreement. The singular purpose it...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: There are 5,631 single parents in this country currently relying on the working family payment and the one parent family payment. These single parents are entitled to claim both payments if they meet both sets of qualifying criteria. As the Taoiseach is aware, single parents are already at a much higher risk of poverty. These payments are vital to allow families clothe and feed their...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: The most recent HSE staff census and the work course review highlighted a staff vacancy rate of 34%, or 707 vacancies, in 2022. This is up substantially from a 28% vacancy rate, or 524 vacancies, in 2021. The 2023 figures are not in yet but from engagement with and listening to parents, it is highly likely this will show that the situation has not improved and has become even worse. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: Good evening to the witnesses. I thank them for their presentations. When we talk about deprivation of liberty we instantly think of prison so I will address that issue first. We had representatives of the Irish Prison Service before the committee and they identified the fact that there were large numbers of people in our prisons with mental health issues, autism, and intellectual...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (8 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 451. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe within which a decision will be made in relation to the business case currently with the HSE to fund an increase in respite provision in a facility (details supplied) from 840 nights per year to 1500 nights per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20434/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 36. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the specific health supports that are available to people with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19867/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 62. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to decrease waiting times for children and adolescents to access CAMHS in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19868/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: A lot of what I had intended to ask has been covered. The subvention exists because of low productivity in the North, and there is a huge assumption being made here that that is going to continue. Research has shown Irish unity would boost the Irish economy, and we know partition has caused the economy here to suffer. You would hope, therefore, that the removal of partition would end up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: I thank the witnesses for coming and for their presentations. I commend all the good work that the different organisations are doing in ensuring that they are improving their services and by engaging with various organisations around disability. I have a question for all of the witnesses. How many people with disabilities are employed within their organisations? Those people can then...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 83. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Question No. 97 of 29 February 2024, for an update on the recruitment drive for the children's disability network teams, CDNTs, as referenced in the reply; to specifically outline how many staff have been recruited into the CDNTs in Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (30 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what progress has been made on compiling a register of DPOs in Ireland; when he envisages that this process will be completed; what measures will be taken to ensure all Government Departments and public bodies engage DPOs in consultation prior to the commencement of projects; and if he will make a statement on...