Results 3,801-3,814 of 3,814 for speaker:Pauline Tully

Seanad: Housing: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Pauline Tully: No problem. I thank the Acting Chair. I want to focus initially on low-income earners because they frequently fall between two stools, as it is. I will give an example of what I mean by this. Recently I was contacted by a constituent. She, her husband and their four children have been living in a rental property for the past 11 to 12 years and paying a reasonable rent. Now, however, the...

Seanad: Disability Services: Statements (8 Apr 2025)

Pauline Tully: I am sharing my time with Senators McCormack and Andrews.

Seanad: Disability Services: Statements (8 Apr 2025)

Pauline Tully: Statements on disabilities can focus on the negative experiences and the barriers faced by disabled people in their daily reality. I commend the many disabled people who are role models and ambassadors in our country. I pay particular tribute to our athletes who took part in the Paralympic Games last summer and the athletes who took part in the Special Olympics Winter Games last month. We...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2025)

Pauline Tully: I have just come from the launch of a report by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre on public perceptions of sexual violence. It is research that was carried out in recent months. Some of the indications are positive. People believe that sexual violence is extremely common and are very concerned about it. The report pointed out that 85% of men say they feel safe while only 48% of women do....

Seanad: Forestry Sector: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

Pauline Tully: The percentage of land that is under afforestation in Ireland compared with the EU average has already been mentioned. Ireland is way below where it should be, at below 12% when the average is 39%. We know how important afforestation is as part of the solution to climate change and in addressing carbon emissions. The previous programme for Government set a target of 8,000 ha per year to be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2025)

Pauline Tully: I refer to the publication during the recess of the Grace report. It is shocking that after eight years of an investigation no one has been held to account. Grace was a young girl, who became a young women, with complex and profound intellectual disabilities left in a foster home for 20 years without oversight of her care. Even when, in 1996, there were allegations of sexual abuse,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: We encourage people to shop around for their utility bills, insurance or whatever it might be, to get the best price. I have been in contact with someone recently who had issues with an energy utility company which I will not name and he claims he was given false information in order to sign a contract. He made a complaint to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities. This is where the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: Many of our young people, who are skilled and highly qualified, are leaving our shores to work abroad. For those who do wish to return, we should make the transition back into society as easy as possible. I know a couple who spent two years in Australia, have returned home and are trying to switch their Australian driving licence back to an Irish driving licence.They have been told this...

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion (7 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the Minister. I am delighted to have this opportunity to discuss a number of issues mentioned in this comprehensive motion, the first being apprenticeships. We know there is a huge need for apprenticeships, particularly in the construction sector. People tell me they cannot get a plumber for love nor money. Another woman told me her roof was damaged during Storm Éowyn and...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: I want to raise an issue that affects home care workers employed directly by the HSE. Up to recently, the practice was to submit claims for travel expenses on a paper form. However, the HSE has changed this and there is now an online system. One carer submitted a paper form and had it returned to her. She was told to use the online system. The online system requires the use of a tablet...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: I second the amendment.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: Senator O'Loughlin has mentioned the murder of Clodagh Hawe and her three sons. Being from Cavan, I remember hearing about it on the day and it sent shock waves through the whole country. I commend Clodagh's sister, Jacqueline Connolly, on speaking out on a previous occasion and for writing a book about this. At the time, some of the media reports and others described the perpetrator as a...

Seanad: Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: Statements (15 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: The Minister of State is welcome. She will be aware that I come from Cavan, which has had one of the highest rates of suicide in the past few years. It has twice the national average. It is distressing that so many, especially young men, are taking their own lives, but it extends to men and women of all ages, unfortunately. I commend the staff in mental health units in the community and...

Seanad: Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: Statements (15 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: Okay. It has been identified as a problem in Cavan General Hospital. They do not know what they are supposed to do with children in that age bracket. It is a group that needs to be looked at.