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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: The NDA said it is going to start tracking that. The authority monitors compliance with the 3% target, which is increasing to 6%, and has said that it is also going to look at career progression within the Civil Service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: What this committee is all about, and the reason we have invited you all as representatives of various Departments, is the need to change how we look at disability. We need to become a much more inclusive society. Disability within our society and within all settings should be the norm rather than the exception. For too long we locked disabled people away and segregated them. We need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the Minister of State and her team. I echo what other speakers have said about CAMHS. The frustration I am hearing expressed by families regarding situations where children are sent to a service, and they may have been referred by a CDNT, only to be refused admission and sent back to the CDNT. These children are falling between two stools. The Minister of State spoke about this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I was informed that the mental health team in the adult unit said this person should not be there and they are inappropriately placed there. They have actually said this. The problem is they will not allow this person to go home even though it is their and their family’s wish. They are insisting that a service be provided that is not there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: Okay. I thank Dr. Niazi and the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I wish the Minister a good afternoon. On the summer provision, she indicated that if a school in an area where there is a demand for summer provision is not providing that, an organisation other than a school can do so. Are supports being given to that organisation? It would be quite difficult if it is a charitable organisation, a parent's group or whatever. A point that some parents made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: If an organisation or majority in an area wants to run it, can they use a school? Will a school be made available in an area? It does not necessarily have to be a special school. Can any school be used?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: Or the premises.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: Yes, I know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: What about autism spectrum disorder, ASD?

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the topic of autism and disability assessments and supports today. I thank the Labour Party for bringing this motion forward. All 91 children's disability network teams, CDNTs, are up and running since 2021. The establishment of these teams was part of the reconfiguration of children's disability services and the aim was to ensure fairer access and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: A few days ago, the Taoiseach made a comment about my party's policies where he used a term "slow learners". I do not care what the Taoiseach thinks about my party policies. In fact, I would be worried and wondering where we were going wrong if he agreed with them. However, I care about the choice of words because he has caused deep upset to disabled people, especially those with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all children attending a special school will be facilitated on the school-based summer programme 2023, if this is their choice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22626/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (16 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the number of students who currently do not have access to an appropriate school placement for this September in either a mainstream school, a special class or a special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22625/23]

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]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Prison Service (25 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he is taking to resolve the concerns highlighted in a report (details supplied), which identified significant concerns about the environmental accessibility of Irish prisons for people with disabilities, with some individuals being unable to leave their cells or wings for large portions of their prison stay and,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Prison Service (25 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: Will the Minister outline the actions he has taken to resolve the concerns highlighted in the report, Making Rights Real for People with Disabilities in Prison, by the Irish Penal Reform Trust?