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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (31 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: As I said, the biggest problem is with HSE recruitment practices. They are cumbersome and archaic. Just before I came to the Chamber, this issue was discussed at a private meeting of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters. Several of its members said they know highly qualified people who were not refused and were put on panels. They were placed third, fourth or fifth on a panel a year...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (31 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 78. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 448 to 450, inclusive, of 24 February 2022, of the more than 475 staff development posts allocated since 2019 to children's disability services, the number of these that were clinical specialists; the number of clinical specialists working within children's disability services as of March 2022; the number of clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (31 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 94. To ask the Minister for Health the number of therapy posts needed to have children's disability network teams at 100% staffing level; the current therapy staffing level in such teams in both numerical and percentage terms; the number of therapy staffing posts currently being advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16985/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Consultations (31 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects to receive the findings of a consultation on the development of a hemp sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16986/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (31 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to allocate funds from the European crisis reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16987/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: The consistent message we hear from witnesses who come before us relates to the cost of disability. We have one of the highest levels of people with disabilities at risk of poverty and social exclusion. Many live in consistent poverty and deprivation. The Minister referenced the Indecon report her Department had carried out. What measures are being taken to address the findings of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: The Minister referred to the roadmap for social inclusion and how it commits to reduce the at risk of poverty and social exclusion rate for people with disabilities. However, the rate is still going to be 22.7% in 2030, which is almost double the general average at risk of poverty rate in 2020. I welcome everything that is being done to support people with disabilities. As the Minister...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2022)

Pauline Tully: First, I would like to commend my colleague, Deputy Funchion, on bringing this motion forward and, indeed, on all the work she does on raising awareness around the issue of the exorbitant childcare costs. Childcare fees are far too high. They average at €200 a week per child. That is €800 a month, or even up to about €1,300 a month in some areas. It is like a second...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Pauline Tully: 78. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to increase funding and resources to local development companies that administer schemes such as the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme which will have an increased role in the provision of advice and services for Ukrainian refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18038/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Pauline Tully: Will the Minister outline if she has plans to increase funding and resources to local development companies that administer schemes such as the social inclusion and community activation programme, SICAP, which will have an increased role in the provision of advice and services for Ukrainian refugees.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister of State. He referred to the 49 LDCs. I am conscious that they assist 15,000 community groups and up to 170,000 individuals annually, which represents a tremendous outreach and a large amount of work. My two LDCs are Cavan County Local Development and Monaghan Integrated Development, which deliver a range of integration and resettlement programmes and supports to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Pauline Tully: The supports being offered to refugees and new communities are invaluable, but they are usually for a limited time. I have met some refugees. Although they received invaluable support, they were expected to cope on their own after a certain while. They had made connections with staff and were still putting questions to them and looking for their support even after the programmes they had...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Pauline Tully: 140. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the provisions that are in place within the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme to ensure that funding is allocated to groups that provide infrastructure which is accessible for disabled persons; if her Department consulted with disabled persons organisations in the formation of this scheme; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Apr 2022)

Pauline Tully: 851. To ask the Minister for Health the format of the nationwide compliance and proscribing audit of CAMHS teams; the timeframe for completion of the audit; if this audit will include the inspection of case files; if staff and parents will be consulted as part of the audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18151/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (5 Apr 2022)

Pauline Tully: 852. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE homecare staff and staff working for companies providing homecare that are contracted by the HSE are fully equipped with personal protective equipment which will enable them to continue providing a service in cases in which a person with complex care needs or their family carer have tested positive for Covid-19; his views on whether such a service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Apr 2022)

Pauline Tully: 885. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of the action plan on the Disability Capacity Review which was due in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18395/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Apr 2022)

Pauline Tully: 886. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the existing level of respite in County Cavan; if it is intended to provide separate centres for children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18396/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Apr 2022)

Pauline Tully: 887. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the existing level of respite in County Monaghan; if it is intended to provide separate centres for children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18397/22]

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Apr 2022)

Pauline Tully: I move: "The the Bill be now read a Second Time." The purpose of this Bill is to ensure that local authorities administrating the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability shall, as far as is practicable, process applications for the grant within a period of not more than four weeks from the date of receipt of the application. By application, I mean the date on which the...

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Apr 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister of State and my colleagues, Deputies Ó Broin and Ryan, for their support and for staying back on a Thursday evening when we are on the eve of a recess. To explain again, the whole basis for this Bill is to help people all over the country to live comfortably within their own homes because they are unable to do so, sometimes for months and sometimes for longer, as...