Results 1,321-1,340 of 3,814 for speaker:Pauline Tully

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Government Communications (24 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ministerial contact details for persons (details supplied). [26127/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (24 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 723. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the manner in which appointments to Rásaíocht Con Éireann board from 1 January 2021 to date were nominated; and the basis for same. [26165/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Government Communications (24 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 745. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the ministerial contact details for persons (details supplied). [26422/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 17. To ask the Minister for Health if he has held discussions or plans to hold discussions with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the way that time, administrative and financial efficiency measures can be introduced to the current system in which therapists who qualified in Northern Ireland can register to practice here given that the current process is lengthy, financially and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (26 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 113. To ask the Minister for Health if specific funding has been allocated for the community service and support needs of those affected by foetal valproate syndrome as recommended in 2019 by the HSE; if a national co-ordinator has been appointed to oversee the diagnostic, assessment and care planning for those affected by foetal valproate syndrome; if not, the reasons therefor; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 360. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeframe for the introduction of a free HPV-vaccination programme for women and a catch-up programme for girls and boys in secondary schools; if the catch-up programme will include boys and girls who chose not to receive the vaccine but have since reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27086/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank the witnesses for presenting to the committee. As we know, the employment rate for people with disabilities in Ireland is extremely low. It is only about half that of the general population. From listening to people who contact my office or talking to people in the disabled persons' organisations, one of the biggest problems is the attitude of employers. They tend to see the...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: This is important legislation that aims to abolish the wards of court system for adults with reduced decision-making capacity and introduce a graduated supported decision-making framework that is intended to support a range of people who may have capacity issues. This is critical legislation for disabled people, their families and carers, as well as many others. While I am generally...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (31 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 50. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if grant schemes run by her Department have a quota on the number of successful applications that must incorporate measures to increase accessibility for disabled people; if not, if she will consider such quotas for future applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27823/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 334. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff working in the Passport Office in the past three years in tabular form; if Covid-19 restrictions have led to a backlog of passport applications; if so, the extent of the backlog; if additional staff were recruited to deal with the backlog since Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Communications (31 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contact details for persons (details supplied) to include their direct Ministerial email address and telephone number. [28013/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (31 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: 723. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who received a preliminary team assessment as part of the standard operating procedure that was in place for children’s disability network teams until the Supreme Court ruling in March 2022; the number of these children who were referred for further assessment; the number of these children who have subsequently requested a full...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (1 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to allocate funds from the European Crisis Reserve to assist farmers in the face of increasing input costs. [28539/22]

Higher Education Investment and Costs: Statements (2 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: I am hugely concerned about the worrying shortage of staff within disability services, particularly services for children. The progressing disability services model saw the establishment of 91 children's disability network teams. However, there is a vacancy rate of 28%, on average, across all teams. This amounts to more than 700 vacancies, with some teams having a vacancy rate of 33%....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (2 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 14. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers' scheme [28538/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (2 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 51. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any meetings of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Steering Group have taken place since January 2022 to progress the review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers' scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28537/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank the witnesses for their extremely powerful presentations as they represent their own children and other children with additional needs who need services now. I have so many questions that they would take up the entire meeting. First, I shall ask about regression during Covid. Ms Whitmarsh mentioned that there was an unbelievable amount of regression and I wonder would she be...

Special Educational Needs School Places: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: In 2018, Ireland ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD. I will cite part of two articles of the convention. The first, Article 7, states: Parties shall take all necessary measures to ensure the full enjoyment by children with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other children. In all actions...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: One of my constituents contacted me last week. She is a medical card holder. She has a severe toothache and has been in pain for six months. She requires a wisdom tooth extracted, which has been referred to a dentist who is a specialist in that. The other day she rang to see where she was on the list. This is six months later, with five infections and five doses of antibiotics. If she...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 27 April 2022, if he will provide an update on the reopening of Cavan bus station; if negotiations with the pre-existing station service providers have been successfully concluded; if an opening date will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30721/22]