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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the shortfall in therapist posts within the HSEs children’s disability services identified in the HSEs Capacity Review Report on Disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30600/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: Constituents have been contacting me. One lady told me that when her maternity leave finished and she tried to find a place for her little baby, she could not because no crèches in her area would take a child under one. She ended up being forced to take 16 weeks of additional unpaid maternity leave even though this had not been her intention and was not what she wanted to do. She was...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: That is welcome and the sooner it is done, the better. The situation is at a crucial point at the moment. There is a lack of availability and affordability. It is difficult to retain staff and fees for parents are increasing. All of these things need to be dealt with. This applies in Cavan but I know it also applies elsewhere. There is a severe lack of crèche places in Cavan. I am...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 48. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in relation to assessing the childcare needs of parents in County Cavan where service providers are indicating that they are no longer taking children under two years of age due to the financial strain in meeting the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016; the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: What steps is the Minister taking in regard to assessing the childcare needs of parents in County Cavan, where many service providers are indicating they are no longer taking children under two years of age? They are claiming that this is due to the financial strain of meeting early years services regulations under the Child Care Act 1991. What consideration is being given to forward...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence: Statements (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: There are actions that, if taken, would have significant outcomes in tackling sexual, domestic and gender-based violence. It is reassuring that there is increased awareness of what domestic abuse is. Many people, including me, once believed that domestic violence was only where physical violence occurred and that physical violence alone was the only reason a barring order or protection...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 64. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 27 May 2020, if his Department has developed a United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities implementation plan to co-ordinate the delivery of Ireland’s commitments to implementing the UNCRPD; if the plan has been published and is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 67. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has developed a data strategy that will support the collection and use of data to identify outcomes for persons with disabilities when accessing services and programmes in line with action 3D of the Mid-Term Review of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy; if not, the timeframe for when...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual expenditure on the disability allowance for 2021; the estimated additional cost of increasing disability allowance payments by €5, €15 and €20, respectively for those currently in receipt of this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding that was allocated for assistive technologies for persons with disabilities in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; the unmet need for assistive technologies in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; the additional funding needed to increase funding for assistive technologies by 5%, 10% and 25%,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding allocated to the disability awareness support scheme in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the additional cost of increasing funding to the scheme by 5%, 10% and 25%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36452/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost of introducing a total contribution approach to the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36453/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the disability allowance by €10, €50 and €100, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36454/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the maximum period a person with a disability can spend with the EmployAbility service; the estimated additional cost of increasing the duration of participation with the EmployAbility service by one week, one month and three months, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts she has made in respect of implementing a review of the Education of Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; if this will be a full legislative review; if it will update all of the provisions within the Act to better reflect the contemporary understanding of disability and best practice for inclusive education as outlined...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have signed up for the enhanced summer July provision programme for children with additional educational needs; the reason her Department did not announce the details of the programme until mid-May impacting on the time for school planning and parents' ability to source tutors; if she will consider implementing a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (1 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 182. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a report (details supplied) which was commissioned in October 2019 and was originally to be submitted to her Department by quarter 1 of 2020 has been submitted; the timeframe for the publication of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35354/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (1 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the efforts she has made in respect of implementing a total contribution approach to the contributory pension system; when this system will be introduced; if this will include a provision for credited contributions that ensures that persons who take time out of the workforce to care for children and loved ones are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Institutionalisation and the Inappropriate Use of Congregated Settings: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: Apologies have been received from Deputies Canney and Hourigan and Senators Bacik and Higgins. Deputy Moynihan is unavoidably delayed, but he will join the meeting soon. The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss institutionalisation and the inappropriate use of congregated settings. On behalf of the committee, I extend a warm welcome to our guests: Professor Roy McConkey, Institute of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Institutionalisation and the Inappropriate Use of Congregated Settings: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: I thank Professor McConkey for that opening statement. I now call Ms Lynn Fitzpatrick to make her opening remarks.