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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Offices (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: The office in Sligo said that it did not need the public services card but the post office said it did and would not give the payment to the woman's husband without her having a PSC. The Intreo office did give him a temporary card and, eventually, when he was able to get access to staff, someone visited her home afterwards, but it caused a lot of trouble. She also got a letter to say she...

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

Pauline Tully: 275. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that healthcare assistants currently employed by a company (details supplied) have received the pandemic special recognition payment, while healthcare assistants previously employed by this company during all of the Covid-19 period have not yet received their payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6302/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Raising Awareness of the Lived Experience of Congregated Settings: Discussion (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: I apologise for being late. I read the witnesses' statements last night and I thank them for their presentations this morning, particularly Mr. Alford. It is the lived experience that brings home what is needed and that some people are restricted from living their lives. I am aware that a sizeable amount of the disability budget every year goes towards residential services. I presume...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economic and Social Benefits of the Belfast-Good Friday Agreement: IBEC (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank IBEC for its presentation. I note it said the investment we have seen in the country since the Good Friday Agreement and the relative peace is not yet delivering on its full potential. IBEC obviously sees more potential. What could the Government here do to expand on this potential? Has IBEC seen a huge increase in investment from the US or other global entities since Brexit, in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Payments (8 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: The Taoiseach stated that while the Government has a responsibility to do what is right, it also has a responsibility to protect the taxpayer. The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, when speaking on "Morning Ireland" stated that the need to protect State resources had obscured the need to protect the vulnerable. He is reported as saying,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Payments (8 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: We need full disclosure and openness from the Government and those who were in positions of power in regard to the Government’s heartless political strategy to withhold and deny disability payments to those in residential care who were entitled to it. This must involve the full co-operation of and transparency on the part of the Government, including the acceptance of any requests...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the completion and publication of the review of the Summer Programme 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6010/23]

Report on the Summer Programme 2023: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: No problem. I welcome the report of the committee and its recommendations in respect of the summer programme for 2023. I commend the Chair of the committee, as well as my fellow members. We met many groups and parents who have lived experience of the programme. They told us of the devastation they experienced when their child did not get access to summer provision. The July provision...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the completion of the full review of the school transport scheme; the timeframe for the publication of the review and its recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4556/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: What is the timeframe for the completion of a full review of the school transport scheme, and the publication of that review and its recommendations?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister. I presume changes to the scheme will be in place for September 2023. I will raise a situation that arises in the townland in which I live, where a cluster of students are attending their second-nearest school in Cavan town. There are four secondary schools in that town. Historically, students in the area where I live have gone to Cavan town rather than the nearest...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: My son is one of the students who is availing of a private transport arrangement that is costing €40 per student per week. That adds up to €1,300 per year, not including exam periods if students are in third or sixth year. Quite a number of students this year who would traditionally have been concessionary ticket holders lost out on their bus places. This was because the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: I would like to come in on this question. I am a member of the Joint Committee on Autism. Fiacre Ryan and his mother, Carmel, presented as witnesses at the committee and talked about and explained this method. I have been contacted by a number of parents and teachers about this method. The Minister of State said that schools are not prohibited from using the method. However, one school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will revise the ratio of clerical and administration staff to pupils in both primary and post-primary schools to ensure that they increase concurrently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4557/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority, in conjunction with Bus Éireann, will provide an additional bus service on the 182 bus route from Monaghan to Drogheda at the weekends, in both directions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance the current number of Revenue Commissioners staff, by grade, that answer the personal PAYE hotline number; if he has plans to increase the number of these staff, given that many older people are not able to use computers and or do not have access to the internet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5299/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the completion of the refurbishment works on Bailieborough Garda station; the estimated cost of these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5301/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 251. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish Embassies that are scheduled for refurbishment in 2023; the nature of these works; the timeframe for when these works will commence, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5289/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 258. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies by rank in the Defence Forces school of music as of 23 January 2023; the timeframe within which each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5288/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Engagements (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 259. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has plans to invite his French counterpart (details supplied) to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5290/23]