Results 561-580 of 3,814 for speaker:Pauline Tully

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the establishment of a sodium valproate stakeholder group that would review the measures that are currently in place and make recommendations as to the way they could be strengthened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31495/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 424. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that a product which meets his Department's own clinical guidelines on the use of medical cannabis in epilepsy is added to the medical cannabis access programme before it is launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31493/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 425. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in the recruitment of six epilepsy nurse specialists which was agreed as part of the HSE Valproate Response Project in 2018; if all these posts have not been filled, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31494/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (15 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the recommendations contained within the report of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on Issues impacting the Forestry Sector in Ireland relating to ash dieback that he will implement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38176/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (15 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department has taken to support the horticultural and mushroom sector in response to imminent crisis due to peat shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38177/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (15 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all tutors that participated in the supplementary home tuition scheme from January 11 to April 30 2021 have at this point been paid; if not, the number who have been paid; the number who remain unpaid; the timeframe for unpaid home tutors to receive a payment; and the average length of time home tutors have been waiting to receive a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Younger People in Nursing Homes: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: I welcome all our guests and thank them for attending the meeting to discuss this extremely important matter. I have a number of comments and questions in response to the opening statements and around the Wasted Lives document. The issue of data was raised here last week in the context of other issues involving disability. The issue comes up again in this context because it is mentioned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Institutionalisation and the Inappropriate Use of Congregated Settings: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: Apologies have been received from Deputies Canney and Hourigan and Senators Bacik and Higgins. Deputy Moynihan is unavoidably delayed, but he will join the meeting soon. The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss institutionalisation and the inappropriate use of congregated settings. On behalf of the committee, I extend a warm welcome to our guests: Professor Roy McConkey, Institute of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Institutionalisation and the Inappropriate Use of Congregated Settings: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: I thank Professor McConkey for that opening statement. I now call Ms Lynn Fitzpatrick to make her opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Institutionalisation and the Inappropriate Use of Congregated Settings: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: I thank Ms Fitzpatrick for her opening statement. I call Professor Gulati to make his opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Institutionalisation and the Inappropriate Use of Congregated Settings: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: I thank Ms Flanagan for her opening statement. Following the speaking rota for members, I call Deputy Cairns.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Institutionalisation and the Inappropriate Use of Congregated Settings: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: I thank all the witnesses. We have had an engaging meeting with many different viewpoints put forward. It has certainly given me considerable food for thought. I particularly commend Ms Fitzpatrick. She has given a very good account of representing her brother and other people like him. She has made us think that congregated settings may not all be bad. They need to be assessed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Resourcing of Personal Assistance Services: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: Good morning to all our guest speakers. I thank them for attending and for their opening statements. What they have outlined fits in very well with what the committee has been discussing over recent weeks. We have talked about people in residential care and young people being placed inappropriately in nursing homes. The main reason that happens is because supports are not there to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to irregularities at a driving theory test centre (details supplied) in which persons have presented at their appointed test time to discover the centre closed, nobody answering the phone number provided and without receiving any notification of the cancellation of their test; the steps he will take to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (27 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a commitment will be made to raising the minimum statutory requirements that a building must achieve in respect of access that is incorporated within the Building Regulations (Part M Amendment) Regulations 2010 and the accompanying Technical Guidance Document M – Access and Use 2010 from visitable for a wheelchair...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (27 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the consultation process that has been undertaken to develop the new National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability; the groups that were involved in these consultations; if the consultation has considered the need to raise the minimum statutory requirements that a building must achieve in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 930. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the longest period currently spent on the home tuition grant by a child with additional educational needs; the average time spent on a home tuition grant by children with additional educational needs in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39187/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Process (27 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 931. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to hold a review of the operation of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; if so, the timeframe for the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39188/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (27 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 987. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants in the summer provision programme in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40127/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 988. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mainstream schools that provide special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40128/21]