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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme: Former Members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal (11 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: I am a member of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters. We are tasked with overseeing the implementation of the UNCRPD and this issue concerning transport comes up continually. There is a lack of accessible transport, especially in rural areas, and that means people cannot take up employment or educational opportunities. Sometimes it means that people cannot live independently. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme: Former Members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal (11 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: The fact that there is no other scheme in place means people have no option but to apply under this one, especially if they are in rural areas. I recently attended an assessment for a primary medical certificate with a constituent on being asked to do so. The community doctor who did the assessment was very thorough. I discussed the matter with the doctor afterwards and we both knew the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme: Former Members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal (11 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: There was no application by 29 April but it is now being said there are some applications in. However, I do not know whether the applicants are suitable or whether there will be progress. I am concerned about the number who have appealed a decision and see no end in sight in having their appeals heard. As was asked, do they even know what is happening? There is a considerable lack of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme: Former Members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal (11 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: The applicant I accompanied actually tried to make his disability seem worse than it was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme: Former Members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal (11 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: It is totally wrong.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: There is a section of the population who just cannot afford to buy a home in Ireland today. This cohort, often called the squeezed middle, would say they pay for everything and are entitled to nothing, but house prices continue to spiral upwards. The CSO residential property price index report for February 2022 shows that house prices across the State have risen by 13.5% and the median...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guidelines have been issued to schools with regard to the summer (July) provision scheme 2023; if not, the reason therefor; the timeframe for issuing guidelines to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22813/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the payment of teachers participating in the school-based summer (July) provision scheme 2023; the timeframe for the payment of teachers participating in the home-based summer (July) provision scheme 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22820/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated for the summer (July) provision scheme 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22821/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if enhanced measures have been put in place to encourage schools to offer the summer (July) provision scheme in 2023; the details of these enhanced measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22822/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools here in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; the names and locations of these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22814/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mainstream schools with an ASD unit here in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; the names and locations of these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22815/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools to participate in the summer (July) provision scheme here in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the number of pupils with additional needs that participated in the summer (July) provision scheme here in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22816/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mainstream schools with ASD units to participate in the summer (July) provision scheme here in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the number of pupils attending an ASD Unit in a mainstream school that participated in the summer (July) provision scheme here in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of teachers to participate in the summer (July) provision scheme in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the total number of special needs assistants to participate in the summer (July) provision scheme in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22823/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the summer (July) provision scheme in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the funding allocated to the school-based scheme in each of these years; the funding allocated to the home-based scheme in these years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22824/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils attending a special school here in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the number of pupils who attend a special school that participated in the school-based summer July provision scheme here in the same period in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22985/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of students with a disability, including those attending special schools and mainstream schools with ASD units, to participate in the summer (July) provision scheme here in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the number of these pupils to participate in the school based scheme in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of students without a disability to participate in the summer (July) provision scheme here in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the number of these pupils to participate in the school-based scheme in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the number of these pupils to participate in the home-based scheme in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of children attending the school-based summer July provision scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021 who had a disability and did not have a disability, respectively; the percentage of children attending the home-based summer July provision scheme in the same period who had a disability and did not have a disability,...