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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]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: I was contacted by a parent of an 18-year-old young man who had an acute mental illness. He suffered from it for approximately a year. She told me he had regular appointments when he was under the adolescent services and that the support he got was very good, but since he turned 18 in February he has only had two appointments. He was supposed to have an appointment on 30 September but it...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: I thank all Members for their contributions to this very important debate but I am disappointed by the response of the Government parties to the motion. The Ministers of State, Deputies Rabbitte and Butler, and Deputy Moynihan are just as aware as any of the rest of us are of the circumstances that people with disabilities or dementia and their families are in. They have been informed of...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges that: — families, carers and service providers have been stretched to incredible lengths, many to breaking point throughout the course of this pandemic; — the personal toll and long-term impact of the withdrawal of care and supports for people with disabilities, their families and their carers is deeply worrying;...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tenant Purchase Scheme (6 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the criteria for the tenant purchase scheme will be reviewed to permit pensioners to purchase their local authority house in cases in which they can show the means to be able to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27757/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (1 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the issue of the inability of small tourism companies such as a company (details supplied) to attain insurance; if the reasons for same will be investigated; the actions that will be taken with insurance companies here to rectify same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27785/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (1 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated funding that will be needed to bring all vacant local authority housing up to a liveable standard in counties Cavan and Monaghan by local electoral area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27790/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Costs (1 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 232. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding available in the childminding development grant; the number of applications received to date in 2020; the amount of funding approved by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27786/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rights of People with Disabilities (1 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the first report to the United Nations on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27787/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rights of People with Disabilities (1 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative barriers that remain in place arising from the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the progress that has been made to bring forward the necessary legislation since June 2020; when she plans to ratify the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (1 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities who were entitled to day services in 2019; the number of persons who availed of day services in 2019; the number of persons with disabilities who were entitled to day services since they reopened in September 2020; the number of persons who availed of day services since they reopened in September 2020; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (1 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were entitled to respite services in 2019; the number of persons who availed of respite services in 2019; the number of persons who were entitled to respite services since they reopened in September 2020; the number of persons who availed of respite services since they reopened in September 2020; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 273. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe in which he plans to lift Covid-19 restrictions for trade fairs and exhibitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27793/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (1 Oct 2020)

Pauline Tully: 274. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability who have been provided with respite care by county and by month to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27794/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)

Pauline Tully: People have raised with me the issue of the primary medical certificate in one of the areas in Westmeath. It is not in my constituency but as disability spokesperson they came to me. They informed me there has been a waiting list of 45 applications since March. The offices are closed and people are working from home. It requires a face-to-face interview. That is causing the delay. Many...

Child Poverty: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2020)

Pauline Tully: I wish to commend Deputy Whitmore and the Social Democrats on introducing this motion, which I fully support. The fact that more than 200,000 children are living in poverty in Ireland today is a disgrace and is an issue that must be addressed immediately. Children living in poverty miss out on so much; it is very tough on them. They miss out on the things we take for granted such as warm...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Pauline Tully: I would appreciate that. The Minister spoke about the service providers being asked to indicate how much it would cost, which was done back in June.