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

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. The report, which was published in 2020, identified significant concerns about the environmental accessibility of Irish prisons. Some individuals were unable to leave their cells or their wings for large portions of their prison stay and had limited access to education, employment and recreational activities. The report makes a number of...

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

Pauline Tully: Training for all staff is also very important so that they have a better understanding of the need not to discipline prisoners for behaviours related to their disability. Solitary confinement for anyone with a disability should be prohibited. It is also recommended that the service would provide quiet cells for those with sensory issues. The Irish Prison Service is doing an excellent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of the Implementation Plan for the National Housing Strategy for People with Disabilities 2022-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23660/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase funding to Uisce Éireann for the upgrade of wastewater treatment plants that are currently preventing progress on housing developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23661/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Living with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: It is great to meet everyone again. I congratulate them once more on the “Prime Time” programme some weeks ago. It was very powerful, as were their statements here. The more we hear from people with disabilities, the better. We do that all the time at this committee where we hear about all the different issues, but we need to continue to hear them until change is brought...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (25 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: No problem. I wish our guests a good afternoon and thank Mr. Hynes for his opening statement. I want to refer to a particular matter. Maybe Mr. Hynes could provide clarification in respect of it. He stated, "Since the Good Friday Agreement strikes the fine balance between the aspirations for unity and union through a complex matrix of compromises, simple and unilateral solutions will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (25 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: That is why we need to prepare and have the conversations. As we often say in this committee, many people on the ground in civic society are already having those conversations and perhaps we need to progress that at a higher level and a political level so that we prepare and look for what a new Ireland that will treat everybody equally will look like. The more we talk about it and the more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I apologise for being late; I was unavoidably detained. I read Ms Cox's opening statement last night. Unfortunately, there was nothing in it I have not heard before. I apologise if I ask a question that has already been asked. Ms Cox has talked about respite. We as a party are bringing forward a motion this evening highlighting the fact that the provision of respite is declining. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank Ms Campbell for presenting to our committee. She has given a very comprehensive report on what is being done in the Scottish Parliament. I think it is a long way ahead of us in Ireland. There is no point in reinventing the wheel and if we can replicate some of the things that Scotland is doing to improve services for autistic people then that is what we should be doing. One of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Chair, Mr. Bollins, the committee clerk, and all of the staff here for all the work they have done and are still doing in preparing the report. I also wish to thank all of the witnesses who appeared before the committee and so many who shared their experiences, especially those who shared their lived experience. It is sometimes not easy to come in and talk about the difficulties...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I started saying that but stopped myself then.

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: Respite plays a key role in supporting family carers and providing good experience for a person with a disability. It can help prevent or at least delay full-time residential placements. It preserves the family unit and supports family stability. I was speaking to a person in my constituency who was looking for respite for a long time for his daughter, who has quite complex needs. He said...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I welcome that the Government is not opposing this motion. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, has acknowledged that respite services are not receiving the support they need and rightfully deserve. These are vital services and must be funded adequately. The Minister of State must ensure all respite services are brought back, initially, to pre-pandemic levels, maintain existing capacity...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: It is a chicken-and-egg situation. If younger people were getting regular respite services, they might not need residential care as quickly as they do. Quite a number of teenagers go into residential care because they have not received the supports and respite in community they need. They then require residential care. This is linked to independent living. We know people are entitled to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (30 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 34. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he is taking to address the severe shortage of childcare provision and early education provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26326/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (30 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: What measures is the Minister taking to address the severe shortage of childcare provision and early education provision? I ask him to make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (30 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I will talk about my county of Cavan but I am sure it is reflective of what is happening elsewhere. The Cavan childcare committee as well as a number of providers have reported a crisis with the provision of childcare, particularly for children aged under two years. Many of the baby rooms are closing because the ratio is three children to one childcare professional. Providers are taking...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (30 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I spoke to another service provider based in Blacklion, which is way over in west Cavan. That service has a waiting list of roughly 60. One of the biggest problems there is not space; it is retaining staff because many staff are leaving to become special needs assistants, SNAs, and so on. In addition, many Ukrainian families have been moved into that area. Those parents cannot go out to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Pauline Tully: The HSE contract for services for medical equipment, which includes wheelchairs, is about to end in September this year. I believe the HSE is currently undertaking a review of the existing service, so I ask that the Government ensures that the HSE engages with wheelchair users and disabled persons organisations, which include wheelchair users among their members. They should engage on their...