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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (26 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The need for this hospital has long been debated. There were delays in the initial stages about the location and it was decided that it should be in the middle of the city. I still question whether that was wise, but is too late to go back on that. If there had been delays at the beginning to ensure the design was right everybody could have understood that. However, it seems that there...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (26 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I was stunned to read this week that the long-awaited and long-overdue national children’s hospital was set to be delayed further and that this supposedly state-of-the-art hospital may not even be accessible to wheelchair users. The Dáil was told in February that the project’s completion date would be this October and that the first patients could be expected to be treated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the Minister of State and the Department officials. I welcome that there will be an increase in the staffing level of the NCSE. It is badly needed. At the time representatives of the NCSE appeared before the autism committee, there had been a significant increase in the number of administrative staff but not in the number of SENOs. Like Senator Seery Kearney, I have heard from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The Minister of State talked about the number of schools taking up the summer provision, indicated it is not as many as we want and said she wants to concentrate on special schools. Some principals are very precious about their school, almost as though they own the school, but the Department of Education owns the school. Summer provision has been opened to other organisations. If a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: What about the top-up payments?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (25 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1828 of 17 January 2024, if he has put funding in place for new undergraduate students from the Republic for the 2024-2025 academic year to study key healthcare and therapy areas pertinent to the staffing needs of children’s disability network teams in Ulster University; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (25 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional third level places coming on stream for the start of the 2024-2025 academic year pertinent to the staffing needs of children’s disability network teams, specifically in occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, psychology and social work; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if child maintenance will be disregarded from the housing assistance payment and differential rent scheme assessment operated by local authorities, following the announcement from Government that child maintenance will be excluded from all social welfare means tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27658/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: Apologies have been received from Deputy Moynihan. The purpose of the meeting is to resume discussion of the rights-based approach to day services. I extend on behalf of the committee a warm welcome to representatives of St. Michael's House: Ms Liz Reynolds, chief executive officer; Ms Tara Molloy, director of support services and interim director of quality and risk; Mr. Diarmuid Devereux,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I thank Ms Reynolds. I invite members of the committee to put their questions. When I call members to speak they should adhere to the agenda items scheduled for discussion. I will call them according to the rota.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I will finish up. We heard from other organisations that are like St. Michael’s House, some of which are section 38 organisations, and some of which are section 39 organisations. The biggest issue is funding and how it is being provided annually. I presume the representatives agree that it should be changed to multi-annual funding so the organisations can plan ahead. The funding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: Other organisations have stated that they are almost afraid to be honest about their budgets because if they overspend, there is almost a threat made against them. They will be told that they did not manage their budgets so they might be curtailed. Is something like that happening? It sounds ridiculous. If an organisation does not have enough money to meet the needs of its service users,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The changing need is one of the biggest pressures at the moment. There is no accountability for that and there is no flexibility around that. That issue was raised with me by Alison Harnett and others. I think the representatives said they have six special schools and one satellite school. What is a satellite school?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: In a discussion earlier today, we were marked one year since the report from the Joint Committee on Autism. Some of the parents raised how there is no grading and no accountability for what students with autism in special classes or special schools actually learn in school. Therefore, there is a very low level of expectation. We speak here sometimes about how students leave a special...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: Career guidance is not provided. Is there a plan to provide career guidance in special schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: With regard to residential services, the witnesses talked about houses. Are they all group houses or community houses, or is individualised accommodation provided?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: How many would be in each house?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: Are there individual units?