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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 751. To ask the Minister for Health if persons attending groups (details supplied) or other organised weight reduction groups can do so if they can arrange weigh-ins once a week for members on an individual basis adherent to public health advice in the interests of physical and mental health and well-being of participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35276/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: I was contacted this week by the family of a 93-year-old woman who is living alone in a house which is extremely damp and necessitates keeping the heating on constantly. She applied to the better energy warmer homes scheme but she was refused because she had the attic in her house insulated about 20 years ago. This is a very good scheme which aims to improve the energy efficiency and warmth...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (5 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for the reintroduction of primary medical certificate assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34198/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the Minister and the Minister of State to the meeting. I, too, welcome the formation of the committee. It was called for for a long time but did not happen until now, so it is great that it has happened. As the Minister noted, disability is not just a health issue; it is a much broader issue and I fully agree with that. We have to be careful not to overlap with the other...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 93. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding commitments by successive Governments to close all institutional settings by 2018; his views on the adequacy of the measures taken by successive Governments to meet the yearly targets as set out in the report, Time to Move on from Congregated Settings; the actions he will take to accelerate the deinstitutionalisation process; the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 112. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish and make available the capacity review of disability services conducted by his Department; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30674/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 896. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if community employment schemes are classified as an essential service and are eligible and insured to remain open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32994/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 937. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused the BTWEA after being told by a case worker that they were eligible; the reason this scheme is not open to start-up taxi and hackney drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33779/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (3 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 1118. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €100 million allocated in budget 2021 to the disability sector; the amount allocated to new funding; the amount previously allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32288/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Alert Dogs (22 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 199. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a service available here that provides medical alert dogs to sufferers of epilepsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32259/20]

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: I support the motion and the amendment tabled by my colleague, Deputy O'Rourke. I fully agree with the proposal put forward in the Grant Thornton report commissioned by the IPU, which indicates a €17 million PSO contract as the only realistic solution to support the post office network, as well as serious consideration of what further Government services could be put through the post...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (20 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 72. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the publication of the White Paper on replacing the direct provision system; the details regarding funding set aside in budget 2021 to ensure implementation of the white paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31383/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: The €100 million in additional funding for disability services is welcome and I commend the Government on this allocation. I commend all those families and providers that worked so hard to bring this about. That they were left so long and had to fight so hard is an indictment of this and previous Governments, though, and much more needs to be done, but it is a good first step. ...

Other Questions: State Examinations (14 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the State Examination Commission will stand over the leaving certificate results of students that sit these exams in November 2020; her views on whether the leaving certificate examination in November 2020 will be comparable to previous years considering students having been out of school for several months, many were unable to finish...

Other Questions: State Examinations (14 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: Will the SEC stand over the leaving certificate results of students who choose to sit the exams in November of this year? Can those exams be comparable to those of previous years, considering the students have been out of school for months, unable to undertake practical exams in several subjects and oral examinations and course work have not been finished?

Other Questions: State Examinations (14 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister. Was the main reason not to proceed with the exams in July and August that the SEC would not stand over the exams? What is different now? It would not matter whether the exams were held in July and August or are held in November and December because the same issues apply. Students have been out of school for months and have had little or no teaching. Their course...

Other Questions: State Examinations (14 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: The Minister did not answer the question about the SEC. I thought that one of the reasons the exams did not proceed in July and August was that the SEC would not stand over them. It has been a tough year for the leaving certificate class of 2020. Those students have been out of school since March and did not get to sit their exams. When they got their results, there was a mixed reaction,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that have been put in place to assist students who have decided to sit their leaving certificate examination in November 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29867/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (13 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 346. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason qualified and experienced childcare providers that run their businesses from home are prohibited from registering with Tusla preventing them from accessing the national childcare scheme; his plans to change the rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30164/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (13 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 514. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocation for respite services in the budgets in each of the years 2015 to 2018, inclusive; the expenditure on respite services in the years 2016 to 2019, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30089/20]