Results 3,041-3,060 of 3,814 for speaker:Pauline Tully

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (7 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail the consultation that has taken place with people with disabilities and their disabled persons representative organisations in relation to the Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10457/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (7 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: 285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the number of prosecutions for dangerous driving where the charges were dropped due to a technicality in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [11324/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: Good morning to the witnesses. I thank them for their presentation. I also commend the work of the shared island unit. It does a great deal of important work across many areas. I welcome the investment in the A5 north-west transport corridor. A small part of that is in my constituency of Cavan-Monaghan. It is the N2 from Clontibret to the Border. That is so important because not only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: You can even order online.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: The witnesses carry out so much important research. It is great to know that this research is informing Ministers in their work. One would not like to see research being done for the sake of it and just sitting on a shelf somewhere. I really welcome the fact that it is informing policy going forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: Deputy Conway-Walsh intended to come in but she has just nipped out for a moment. We can move on and come back to her.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: Very good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: Good evening to the Minister of State and his officials. We hear a lot about data at this committee in the context of disabilities, and talk of poor data around disabilities for lots of reasons. However, I find it hard to understand how something can be planned for if there is no data. Senator Clonan mentioned Germany where a plan is put in place at an early age for a child identified with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: It is the adaptive grant. It also applies to local authority housing. Do they all take into account that an additional room may be needed where there is an autistic child? That could be to provide a sensory room or quiet space. Sometimes parents tell me that a child does not sleep well, so they could not put two children in one room because one of them wakes up a lot and wakes the other....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to address the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [12073/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Policies (20 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: 251. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the actions being taken to implement the proposals for a modern, fit-for-purpose vehicle adaptation scheme in line with international best practice that would replace the disabled drivers and disabled passenger's scheme. [12612/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: 491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail what future planning is undertaken to ensure that the necessary number of places required in both mainstream of special schools by children with additional educational needs are delivered prior to the start of the school year in both primary and secondary school. [12613/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (20 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: 667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will permit applicants for the vacant property grant reside in the house prior to applying for the grant where they are facing homelessness. [12660/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: 735. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason self-employed people are not entitled to claim carer's benefit; if she will consider changing the eligibility criteria whereby self-employed people can claim carer's benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12074/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (20 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: 736. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will adjust the new flexible pension arrangements to allow people under the age of 70 years to work if they so choose and claim contributions towards a State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12075/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: 758. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has concerns regarding the equitability of the fact that disabled people over the age of 65 years were not entitled to the cost-of-living disability lump sum payments contained within either Budget 2023 or Budget 2024. [12611/24]

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

Pauline Tully: 1130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential places that were available as of December 2023; and the number available to date in 2024, in tabular form. [11964/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: 1337. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure newborn babies are screened for SMA and SCID in 2024 as he previously committed, considering the fact that the new laboratory to be located in the new National Children’s Hospital, will not be ready until at least Q2 2025; if consideration has been given by his Department for an interim solution to screen newborn...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: 1447. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe within which the new pathway for children with type 1 diabetes will be implemented in Cavan Monaghan Hospital for the provision of insulin pump therapy; and the reason for the delay in implementing this service, which was due to start in Quarter 3/Quarter 4 of 2023. [12657/24]