Results 61-78 of 78 for speaker:Gillian Toole

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: I will shut up then. I ask the witnesses to respond on the question on co-creation. I would absolutely be in favour of meeting the other DPOs, but I am one member of a team here.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: I thank everyone again. I will go in reverse order to take a shortcut. The witnesses' DPO comprises five groups. Are there others? Have the witnesses written to or corresponded with the other Oireachtas joint committees? Every day is a school day; I learned much this morning. Have the witnesses made contact with all the other committees as well? I know the IDS's human resources are...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: My question was for Ms Quigley as well. I thank her for the briefing on the DPO Network. My question is about co-creation and the lived experience and the importance of that. I know we have gone through our work programme for the year and how we will possibly change it - I think we need to do so - in terms of the co-creation piece but I am possibly speaking out of turn.

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: Gabhaim buíochás leis an gCeann Comhairle, an Aire agus an Teachta Uí Ruairc. I thank Deputy O'Rourke for raising this most important issue. I thank the Minister of State for providing the Minister for Health's quite comprehensive briefing notes. I have only skimmed through them, but I will refer to them. I have to state the obvious. We have an ageing and increasing...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: I have some follow-up questions. It is fantastic to hear about the single front door. Could the witnesses elaborate on how that will be accessed and advertised? I appreciate it is a couple of months away, but it is important that we are prepared. I raise alternative respite. The benefits of respite are fantastic. I have received feedback from parents in Meath regarding access to what...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: With the Chair's indulgence, can I ask one more question?

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: On the actual access to the door, if the teams and administrative systems are not in place by October, does that mean open door access will not happen?

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: Agreed.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: I thank the witnesses for their feedback. It has been an informative session. I do want to be cheeky or anything, but Mr. Gloster said he has a few months left. As organisations change, my fear is that projects, visions, ambitions and plans might change down the line. Can the good things that we have heard be documented and continued in Mr. Gloster's absence? That is just by way of...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: I wish a good morning to the witnesses and thank them for meeting us. I will not go back over questions that have already been asked by my colleagues. The exchanges to date have been informative. I have a series of questions to run through. In his opening statement, the chief executive said the HSE had "come up short". Why is that the case? On the Department of Health's short-term...

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: Everybody here is ageing. We are here to represent older people and it is incumbent on us to act with a focus on solutions and a sense of urgency. Most people will, hopefully, age well at home with the necessary community and healthcare supports initiated by older person's councils through the Age Friendly Ireland initiatives. I think of Ita Healy and Barbara McCool in Meath, who are...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: I thank the witnesses for meeting the committee and the team for providing us with the background information for today. I will try not to duplicate what colleagues have asked. Do the witnesses think the National Disability Authority has adequate resources to carry out its very busy and expanding role and tasks adequately? Regarding universal design, does the National Disability Authority...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: I thank the witnesses for their replies. We always learn. I find I learn from other people's questions and the replies to them. I have a few short queries. In the context of the review of CDNT services, does the National Disability Authority publish or communicate with the HSE and the Department along the way, particularly if there are red-flag issues, or does everything wait until the...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: That unfortunately is the situation. There is not enough respite services and other services.

Review of Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004: Statements (1 Jul 2025)

Gillian Toole: Twenty-one years passed between the Act being passed and the report being published. We need timelines and they need to be speeded up. We need the use of data for proper forward planning and multi-annual funding to ensure services reach the children who need them most. I welcome the publication of the report. I suggest a review period of two or three years in future to keep on top of the...

GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2025)

Gillian Toole: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas Cheann-Comhairle, an Aire agus an Teachtá Ó Snodaigh as ucht an díospóireacht seo anocht. I have read through the report of the interdepartmental group on Dublin city and the task force recommendation. Pardon me if I am beginning to wonder if I am getting mixed up here. I see a reference to OPW management and a transfer. I do not see...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Gillian Toole: I am parachuting into this committee, as I am not a member. I thank the witnesses for the work they do. I have two questions. One is similar to that asked by the Leas-Chathaoirleach. Multi-annual funding is something I would consider necessary in the area of healthcare, for example, the HSE dispersing money to section 38 and section 39 agencies for planning ahead. Correct me if I am...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Gillian Toole: It might be politically incorrect but I will give it a go anyway. My question is on local authority and departmental budgeting processes and training and advice on budgets being limits rather than targets. It is linked to the multi-annual piece as well, that there be longer-term planning. I am talking about losing the budget as opposed to transferring into the following year. One would...