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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: 510. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of residential places as of December 2023; the number of these that were planned and the number that were emergency placements; the total cost of providing an additional planned residential place; and the total cost of providing an additional emergency residential place. [8022/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: 513. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a new round of the disability participation and awareness fund will open for applications in 2024. [8034/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: 30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has plans to resource An Garda Síochána to enable adequate recruitment levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8381/24]

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: I commend my party colleague Deputy Ward on bringing forward the Bill and welcome all the families and parents in the Gallery for the debate. I come from County Cavan which, unfortunately, has a very high suicide rate. Cavan is among three counties that have double the national average of suicides and many of them, unfortunately, are adolescents who had engaged with CAMHS. According to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Recycling Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: We have heard a lot of talk in the past few months about the new deposit return scheme. The scheme is welcome and the vast majority realise it is important because people want to do the right thing. However, the company, Re-Turn, tasked with rolling out the scheme did not do the right thing by disabled people. In 2018, Ireland ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Recycling Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: There are two parts here. There are people who cannot, due to mobility or lack of transport or due to a disability or age, return what they have bought online, and there are the machines themselves. One suggestion is a scheme worked out with the shop that delivers to incorporate a collection where a receipt could be issued. When they come next time to deliver the shopping, they can collect...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Recycling Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: They can use that as a coupon online on their next shop. Another suggestion was that a register of those who cannot return their bottles and cans could be drawn up, a regular collection organised, a receipt issued and the people would be able to submit that receipt to Revenue for reimbursement, similar to how receipts for petrol and diesel under the disabled driver and disabled passenger...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements. May I go to Ms Byrne first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: So much in what Ms Byrne said was true. Children have a right to be educated in a local school with their siblings and those from their communities. It should not be about luck. That should be a given for all students. I commend Ms Byrne on her determination to go to college rather than just a day service. Many are not offered an opportunity to attend further training or further...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: I could not agree more with Dr. Travers. Until you stand in front of a class, you do not know what your experience is going to be or where you will need support. It should be ongoing. I was a teacher for many years. Under one of the pay agreements, teachers were expected to do X number of hours of CPD per year but the biggest issue was that people said they did or did not do it and, just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Deputy. We are way over time and we have other witnesses waiting to come in. Deputy Wynne may wish to come in. I think Senator McGreehan is happy enough to leave it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: Deputy Wynne should ask her questions and if the panel do not mind, I ask they reply to them in writing to the committee and we can pass them on. I am very conscious of time. I am sorry, but we have gone way over our time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: I thank Mr. Kearney for his presentation. I am conscious there are a lot of people in attendance. I will ask three quick questions. First, there is a lot of concern about the recent special education teacher, SET, allocation and the changes in it. Will Mr. Kearney explain the rationale behind the change? I hope he can allay some of the concerns and fears of both individuals and school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: Unfortunately, our CDNTs are not operating to any great extent. While the position varies from area to area, none of them seem to be working to capacity. If the school inclusion model does not exist, we must make sure the children who are in the schools get more support.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: 83. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the capital plan for the respite centre in Cavan, which will cater for children, has been launched; the timeframe for the delivery of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9734/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: Has the capital plan for the respite centre in Cavan, which will cater for children, been launched and what is the timeframe for delivery of this service?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: As the Minister of State has said, there is currently one respite house between two counties catering for adults and children on alternative weeks only. That is entirely insufficient and has been for years. The respite people are getting is in most cases insufficient. There are many on waiting lists who are not getting any. I have even spoken to people who have not applied at all even...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: We also need to avoid the situation that happens on occasion when an emergency case is going into the respite house and nobody else is actually allowed to use it, so they cancel at the last minute. I am also aware of certain cases, such as, for example, one woman who knows she has an operation coming up in March and who needs respite care for her son. However, because it is the children's...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: 97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with anecdotal evidence of a 60% vacancy rate in Cavan children's disability network team, CDNT, if he will give a update on the vacancy rate within both Cavan and Monaghan CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9735/24]