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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (16 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 559. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications that were made from counties Cavan and Monaghan to the communities integration fund in each of the years 2020 to 2023, in tabular form; the number of applications in both local authorities that were successful over the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22510/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (16 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 560. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has plans to increase the funding to Tusla in order that it can provide additional staff in family resource centres located in areas that have experienced high levels of immigration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22511/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (16 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 685. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of Tender 2023 which will set out how the homecare sector will operate over the next several years; the reason the publication of Tender 2023 has been delayed on a number of occasions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22950/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (16 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 686. To ask the Minister for Health if he will agree to meet with an organisation (details supplied) to agree funding for a new rate on Tender 2023 that reflects the increased costs of care and that allows homecare providers to offer their homecare staff a living wage, travel time and mileage costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22951/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (11 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: Good morning. I thank everyone for coming in and sharing their experience with us. I would like to ask Mr. Meere the first question. I was recently talking to a young man who had a stroke about a year ago. He received wonderful supports when in hospital, especially in the National Rehabilitation Hospital, but when he was discharged and went home, the support system disappeared. From the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (11 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: That would be really important because it would help people to recover and get back into the workforce or education or whatever it is. Ms Bird spoke about a disability passport. That would be a very good idea. We hear from students in primary schools who say the supports they get there follow them into secondary school but after that, they do not. Third level colleges and institutions are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Unions (11 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to hold a meeting with a union (details supplied) to discuss the unacceptable treatment of employees of an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22171/23]

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: As someone who grew up in a rural area, built a house on the farm I grew up on and lived there with my children who attended the same school I did, I certainly support people being allowed to live in a rural area. This is not to say that planning should not be sustainable - it must be and the environment must be protected - but we have to be fair to people who wish to live in a rural...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Care Services (10 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 868 of 18 April 2023, if she will provide the specific developmental milestones which a deciding officer uses to compare and contrast an applicant for domiciliary care allowance against a child of the same age without their disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (10 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on HSE funding for adult transition supports for young adolescents transitioning from post-primary or special schools into disability day services; the funding allocated for this to each CHO area in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; the number of young adolescents in each CHO...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has introduced flexibility to the teacher allocation process to enable schools to deliver the full curriculum without lowering the standard of teaching, given the large number of Ukrainian children seeking refuge in the State who are entering the school system at different dates throughout the school year; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (9 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 521. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of people receiving Specialist Community-Based Disability Services from organisations funded under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004 and as a percentage of the total number of people receiving Specialist Community-Based Disability Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21048/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (9 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 522. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of whole-time equivalent staff working in Specialist Community-Based Disability Services funded under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004 and as a percentage of the total number of whole-time equivalent staff working in Specialist Community-Based Disability Services; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 712. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who was employed throughout the period of the Covid-19 pandemic in the cleaning of ambulances is entitled to the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21846/23]

Transport Support Schemes for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I commend the Regional Group on raising this important matter. It is an issue that is discussed regularly at the Joint Committee on Disability Matters and at practically every meeting with disabled people that I attend. It is estimated that by 2026, disabled people will account for 16% of the population and it is crucial that this cohort of society has access to transport supports....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase funding to the National Transport Authority and Bus Éireann to enable them to increase the capacity of overprescribed bus routes such as the 109x Dublin to Cavan bus route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20808/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: Our guests are welcome and I thank them for the presentation. This committee is about the implementation of the UNCRPD, which very much endorses "Nothing about us without us". Alarm bells ring when autistic people and organisations representing them are so opposed to ABA and progressing disability services. I assume that is not based on a whim. Why the opposition? I have to be guided by...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (3 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail the refurbishment works carried out at Irish Embassies based in Washington DC and London in 2022 and to date in 2023; the further refurbishment works scheduled to commence at either embassy later in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20458/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Programme (3 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of Road Safety Authority (Amendment) Bill 2021; the timeframe for when theBill will move to the next Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20450/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (3 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of schools in counties Cavan and Monaghan that are enrolled in the Safe Routes to School programme in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20451/23]