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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: Last Friday, in Ballyconnell in County Cavan, a woman in her 80s slipped on concrete steps. An ambulance was called, and it took an hour and 20 minutes to come. In the mean time, she was lying on cold and damp ground for that length of time. She had suffered a severe head injury and a broken arm. What measures is the Government taking to increase personnel and resources within the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: This is a follow-on from last week's meeting when representatives from the Mental Health Commission, HIQA and the Ombudsman for Children's Office appeared before the committee and many of these issues were raised. There was much discussion around the Nowhere to Turn report from the Ombudsman for Children's Office, which the witnesses already referenced. They spoke about families at crisis...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: I forgot to make a point about something which was raised at last week’s meeting and has also been raised with me by parents. At times, parents who, at meetings with the CDNT, highlight issues they have and difficulties they are experiencing in the family feel there is a threat that they might be referred to Tusla. I know Tusla provides fantastic support to families but families see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of the UK's Illegal Migration Act 2023 on the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: Many of the questions have already been asked but I have a few further points. The Act is extremely concerning in view of the impact it will have on people who are not Irish or British citizens but who otherwise live on the island of Ireland, particularly those seeking asylum and people being trafficked. We hear about many people being trafficked into Britain and then across to the North,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Sales (16 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions his Department are taking to protect fuel merchants from those who are trading in smoky fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50275/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (16 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 23 May 2023, and in light of the British government's Legacy Bill receiving royal assent and entering into law on 18 September, if the Government will now proceed with lodging an interstate case against the British government with the European Court of Human Rights within the four-month time...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: The recruitment embargo put in place by the CEO of the HSE has been triggered directly by this Government's mismanagement of the health budget. Job offers have been retracted and recruitment has been frozen for thousands of essential front-line posts. More than 7,000 critical posts have been scrapped. As we head into an extremely difficult winter, the Government has decided to underfund...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time tomorrow evening.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (21 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss the removal of two bus stops on the North Strand Road, Dublin 3. Deputy Dessie Ellis - To discuss the lack of preschool places for children with special needs in Finglas and Ballymun. Deputy Jennifer...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a unit (details supplied) is to be used to accommodate international protection applicants; and if this decision has not been made, the timeframe for it to be made. [50556/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (21 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 430. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have been reassessed for autism spectrum disorder under a children's disability network team in the past year; the primary reason for reassessing children with an ASD diagnosis; the number of children who had their ASD diagnosis removed in the past year after reassessment; if there...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: I have been contacted by the parents of a 22-year-old girl who has suspected cerebral palsy but she needs the diagnosis confirmed through an MRI scan in order to access supports and services. She was referred last April to Temple Street for an MRI scan and she got an appointment for this coming January. That is a nine to ten-month waiting list. I presume every other child on the list is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Article 23 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: It is good to see the witnesses again. I thank them for their submissions, which I read last night and earlier today. To be honest, I found the information in them disturbing. Some of it is horrifying. We definitely need to broaden the conversation about violence against women and we need a much greater emphasis on violence against disabled women. There is not enough knowledge about it....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (23 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: In the opening statement, mention was made of a colleague of the witnesses being involved in the North's fiscal commission, which was established by the Minister, Conor Murphy. The report produced by that commission recommended 23 changes around further fiscal devolution for the North. To what extent does the lack of fiscal autonomy impact on the economy in the North and across the island?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (23 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: I am not sure if any of my colleagues want to come in on this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (23 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: The point was made that Ireland and Britain stand apart from our European peers on taxation. Could that be expanded on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (23 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: Public services are very poor in this country. I listen to families with children who are waiting assessment of need or are on hospital waiting lists. Our pubic services are totally underfunded. If we do not have decent taxation in the country, we will not be able to fund those. Many people would be quite happy to pay a little bit extra in tax if they knew they would get the public...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (23 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the report from the Interdepartmental Group on Economic Migration Policy regarding the review of the occupational lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51567/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (23 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the progress made to date to convene a new Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeals; the actions he has taken to clear the backlog of 1,079 appeals outstanding, as of end-August 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51565/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (23 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if grants are available to install solar panels and wind turbines in domestic houses; to detail the criteria applied to these grants; and the timeframe within which it is expected these grants will remain in place. [51684/23]