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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (12 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the effective erosion of the tax reliefs available under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme where a disabled person wants to purchase a fully electric vehicle, as VRT is already discounted on the purchase of these vehicles effectively reducing the amount a disabled person can reclaim under the disabled...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (11 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 2.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to put adequate funding in place to ensure that the business case submitted to the Citizens' Information Board by the National Advocacy Service in relation to pay, grades and other conditions, on foot of a Labour Court recommendation, is undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25425/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (11 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 309.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the schoolbooks grant was greatly reduced this year compared to last year. [25137/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Court (11 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 466.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to detail the action she is taking to avert strike action by workers in the National Advocacy Service who have not received a pay rise that was recommended by the Labour Court. [25138/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (11 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 554.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has received the correspondence attached from (details supplied); and if so, the timeframe within which she will receive a reply. [25255/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (11 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 790.To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the Health Act 1970 with a view to replacing the outdated terminology of mental handicap with more appropriate language. [25136/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 886.To ask the Minister for Health why 24 paediatric patients of Cavan and Monaghan hospital are still having to travel to Our lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, after a new pathway of care for children and young people with type 1 diabetes was implemented in Cavan and Monaghan Hospital for the provision of insulin pump therapy in Q4 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25615/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (11 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 887.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the situation with the Irish Wheelchair Association services in Cavan which, due to a lack of staff, was reduced to an outreach-only model; the actions he has taken to ensure full services are returned to IWA Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25616/24]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I have a few questions on the presentation given by the Minister of State. This might seem like a strange question. What is the primary reason for assessment? Is it for access to supports and services within the CDNT or the primary care service or is it for placement in an appropriate school setting? She stated that people can be referred by their GP or parents can refer children to the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I know the Minister of State is saying she has additional funding going to CDNTs outsourcing assessments. Is there capacity in the private sector to actually carry out the assessments? I am hearing that there is not and that parents who can afford the assessment cannot actually get one because there are not enough psychologists and so on. I think it is going the wrong way. It is one...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: CDNTs are not functioning at the moment because of the staffing levels. The last census was carried out in 2022. What about the 2023 one? We were promised that would be published a few months ago. I know it was held up with the dispute. What are the figures like? Is the Minister of State aware?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The recruitment in CDNTs is very slow. It is a number of months since the Minister of State informed me of that recruitment drive and people still do not seem to be in situ and there are still significant vacancies. I talked to parents in one session who said that people are applying for these positions, being offered them and not taking them, because all they want to do is show on their CV...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: Going back to the school issue that Deputy Coveney raised, there is a situation in Cavan where there is a special school that accepts students from Cavan and Monaghan. There was an OT coming in from one of the CDNTs and that OT was only allowed to deal with the students from that particular county. The school talked about the benefits of hiring an OT itself, which the board did a few years...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: Just a quick question on the family forum, to which the Minister of State referred. In my own area they are not working well because the meetings are called at a time that does not suit the majority of parents. For example, one meeting was called during the midterm break, when children were at home from school, at 10.30 a.m.. Even though parents made clear that this is an issue, the...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that Family Carers Ireland's report entitled "The State of Caring 2024" found: — almost three quarters of carers have never received respite; — half of carers have to pay privately for services that should be publicly provided to support their caring role; and — the vast majority of carers are finding it difficult to make...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I wish to thank everyone who contributed to this debate. It is obvious, from right across the floor, that carers are really valued for the work they do, but they are a cohort who need support. We need to trust carers more. The 18.5-hour limit was raised consistently. It is too restrictive regarding study or work outside of the home. As Deputy Canney said, they cannot even undertake a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 31. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the CDNT recruitment campaign, ‘Be part of our team, be part of their lives’; the number of people who have been recruited to the CDNTs through this recruitment campaign; the current number of staff vacancies nationally in CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I wish to ask for an update on the children's disability network team, CDNT, recruitment campaign, Be part of our team, Be part of our lives. How many people have been recruited to the CDNTs through this campaign? What is the current number of staff vacancies nationally in CDNTs? Will the Minister of State will make a statement on this matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The Minister of State mentioned the staff census of 2022. The 2023 staff census has yet to be published. Does the Minister of State have a date for when it will be published? I know it was delayed because of the industrial action but I wonder is there a date for that in order to be able to compare across the board. I wish to focus on my constituency of Cavan-Monaghan. The HSE-run team...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The Minister of State mentioned graduates. Have the numbers entering these professions in college increased and have they increased dramatically? Are we seeing an increase in the number of people graduating and staying in Ireland to work? The Minister of State mentioned the apprenticeship model, which is an excellent model as well. Are we seeing a lot more people taking up these courses...