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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: It was said some Departments are apparently working better than others. Can the witnesses give an example of Departments that are working well, or is that a no-go area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: If I may-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: The NDA was requested by the Department to carry out an independent evaluation of the disability participation and consultation network, DPCN. When is that review due?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: Do the witnesses feel that DPOs and disabled people are being consulted with regularly? We hear from different DPOs here that they feel the are not and sometimes it is a box-ticking exercise and the consultation is done to say “We have done it” but their recommendations are not taken on board by different organisations and Departments. Others feel that the wrong bodies are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: That is not true.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: 349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase school bus capacity levels to respond to the increased demand resulting from the lowering of school transport scheme fees for primary and post-primary. [40298/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: 635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the workplace equipment adaptation grant can be obtained to hire an interpreter for a deaf employee; and if not, what supports, if any, are available. [40185/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (20 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: 642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what campaigns are being undertaken to inform people of their ability to purchase voluntary social insurance contributions to help maintain their social insurance record and help them to qualify for social insurance payments in the future. [40297/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Reunification (20 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: 702. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe from application to issue of a long-stay (join family) visa under the International Protection Act 2015 for international protection beneficiaries. [40299/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: 837. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding that has been allocated to each CHO area for the supply of assistive technology in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if the HSE in each CHO area carries out its own assessments of those applying for assistive technology or if applicants are referred to other organisations for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: 838. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications in each CHO for assistive technology in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of applications in each CHO in each of these years that were unsuccessful, in tabular form. [40109/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: 839. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is standard practice for the HSE to supply a person who is unsuccessful in their application for assistive technology with the reasons they were unsuccessful. [40110/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (20 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: 865. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people with a declared physical, intellectual and learning disabilities and people with psychological or emotional conditions who are currently employed by HSE, in tabular form. [40557/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (20 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: 986. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a grant for HSE-supplied powered mobility equipment (PME); what the current maximum grant amount for PME is; what the maximum grant amount for PME was in each of the past five years; and how much funding was allocated in the budget in each of the past five years to the HSE for PME. [40300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (21 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: 14. To ask the Minister for Health if therapists (details supplied) who have qualified in Queens University Belfast or Ulster University have to complete a compensation measure, comprising either an adaptation period under supervised practice or an aptitude test before their qualification is recognised by CORU. [40690/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (21 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: 68. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1625 of 11 September 2023, the reason therapists (details supplied) who have qualified in Queens University Belfast or Ulster University have to complete a compensation measure comprising either an adaptation period under supervised practice or an aptitude test before their qualification is recognised by CORU if CORU...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the allocation to the Fund for Students with Disabilities in Budget 2024. [40741/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Waterways Issues (21 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: 150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to detail all funding available through his Department for the cleaning and dredging of rivers. [40854/23]

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: There is a long history of abysmal waiting lists and agonising waiting times for children with spina bifida and scoliosis. For years, this has been a recurring issue that Government after Government has failed to address, time after time. In 2017, the then Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, set a target for a maximum wait time of four months for surgery but this has never been met....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: On Monday ICTU announced the intention of SIPTU, Fórsa and INMO members to initiate indefinite strike action from 17 October over the Government's ongoing refusal to properly address the pay disparity for section 39, section 10 and section 56 workers. It was fairly clear that the Government knew the offer made in July would be rejected. The Government now has three weeks to engage...