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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic Violence (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made to date on securing a suitable location for a domestic violence refuge in Monaghan town; the efforts that have been made to identify a suitable location and secure funding for a domestic violence refuge in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5320/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic Violence (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: I ask the Minister to outline the progress made to date in securing a suitable location for a domestic violence refuge in Monaghan town; and the efforts that have been made to identify a suitable location and secure funding for a domestic violence refuge in County Cavan.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic Violence (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: One of the main reasons many women do not leave an abusive relationship is the shortage of available and affordable accommodation that could rehouse a victim of domestic abuse at short notice. According to the Council of Europe, it is recommended that there be one refuge place per 100,000 people, which means there should be 446 places in Ireland. Currently, there are 137, which is ten less...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic Violence (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: I welcome that the issue will be the responsibility of one Minister. We know that what is needed to tackle domestic violence and violence against women is a multipronged approach. It is very welcome that one Minister will be able to choreograph all of that. It is scary. We are all aware of the recent death of Ashling Murphy. Almost every week, the newspapers report that a woman has been...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 14. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the finding and conclusions of a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5399/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: Things went a bit faster than I anticipated. What are the plans of the Minister and the Department to address the findings and conclusions of the Indecon report on the cost of disability published a number of months ago?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister and acknowledge that the report requires a whole-of-government perspective and support. I also acknowledge that it has been referred to the national disability inclusion steering group for further work. The report confirms what was widely suspected but perhaps not acknowledged, which is that the cost of disability is quite significant. The cost of disability amounts...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: I acknowledge there has been an increase in the weekly payment and weekly disregard but we can see how rapidly the cost of living has increased. The increases in the weekly payments and disregards do not even cover that cost of living increase. We have a very poor record of employment for disabled people in this country and more support must be provided for people to support themselves....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that was returned to his Department unspent from each local authority in regard to the disabled persons grant scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; the amount funding that was returned to his Department unspent from each local authority in regard to the improvement works in lieu of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Steering Group has met since the publication of a report (details supplied) to consider its findings and conclusions; if so, his plans to act on the findings and conclusions of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5357/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 199. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of International Protection Accommodation Services centres and emergency accommodation centres in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the status of his plans to close these centres; the expected timeline for the closure of the centres that are still in operation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that was allocated by his Department to each local authority for the disabled persons grant scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the amount of this funding that was subsequently returned unspent by each local authority to his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that was allocated by his Department to each local authority for the improvement works in lieu of social housing scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the amount of this funding that was subsequently returned unspent by each local authority to his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied for primary medical certificates and the number of persons approved for primary medical certificates since 19 June 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5573/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied for primary medical certificates and the number of persons approved for primary medical certificates since 1 January 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5574/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 426. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow families on the homecare waiting list to use their homecare package to organise their own care in situations in which the HSE and homecare agencies used by the HSE are not in a position to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5578/22]