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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior house officers in orthopaedics based at Monaghan General Hospital in the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22940/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (21 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 638. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing three additional critical care ambulances on a 24-7 basis in each HSE region. [22941/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (21 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who presented at the accident and emergency department of Cavan General Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22942/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 640. To ask the Minister for Health to identify the specialist vascular surgery treatments that are not provided within the State and for which patients are sent to the UK or elsewhere abroad; and the actions being taken to provide these surgeries within the State. [22943/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 641. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the number of GPs within Cavan-Monaghan who are registered with the type 2 diabetes cycle of care. [22944/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (21 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 667. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that has been allocated to men’s and women's sheds, respectively, in each of the past three years, in tabular form. [22731/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has plans to increase the funding for apprenticeships that are offered by education and training boards and technological universities to meet future training requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23287/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider altering the residency rule for the student grant scheme to enable a person to qualify for the grant is they can show that they have been resident in the State for at least two years out of the five-year period ending on the day before their course starts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23286/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider reopening and readvertising the increased cost of business scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23294/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing and simplifying the application procedure for SMEs to access and avail of the R&D tax credit for indigenous firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23295/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reports (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the children's disability network team staff census and workforce review 2023 has been published; if not, the reason for the delay in publication; the timeframe for publication of this document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23359/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: I found the discussion really interesting and informative. It has brought home the need to plan for the future. There have been important discussions in this committee about looking at an all Ireland health or social protection system. The shared island unit does important work but it has only been tinkering around the edges. There was a suggestion of a Department and a Green Paper to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: In its submission, the ESRI stated that productivity in both economies, North and South, is on a par in 2000. Over the past 20 years or so, it increased here and decreased there. As a result, the gap got wider. Dr. Bergin said some things could be done immediately like low-hanging fruit to address that. She said it is to do with educational attainment and a lack of investment. Both need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: It is a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation. Many graduates in the North go to other jurisdictions to take up work or for education and do not return. To get investment in the North, you need graduates and people with high educational attainment. Which comes first to attract graduates back?

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: It will be ten years in December since a Sinn Féin motion was passed mandating the Government to officially recognise the State of Palestine. It is truly an historic development that Ireland is finally recognising Palestinian statehood. It is gravely unfortunate, however, that it has taken so long and that it has taken such savagery, especially in the past seven months, for the...

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: Social housing repair and maintenance is probably the second most common issue I hear about in my constituency office next to those seeking assistance and advice in obtaining a local authority house in the first place. Many of the people who come in bring in photographs or send me videos or invite me out to their houses to see the conditions they are living in, which are absolutely dreadful....

EU Directive: Motion (29 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: This is a welcome debate as it involves a subject on which we are all united, namely, the need to combat abuse and protect the most vulnerable in our society. The measures within the directive seem worthy and positive according to the briefing note we have received and I wish to comment on some of the proposals in order. First, the move away from using the term "child pornography" to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she is taking to allay the concerns expressed by organisations (details supplied) regarding the circular recently issued by her Department relating to the SET allocation for each school from the 2024-2025 school year until further notice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23871/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she is taking to ensure that all disabled students are provided with an appropriate school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23872/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (28 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the Local Link services currently available in counties Cavan and Monaghan, respectively; and if there are plans for an additional route to connect Smithboro with Monaghan town. [23682/24]