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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the witnesses. In her speech the Minister of State said the buck stops with her regarding the failure in the delivery of disability services. The buck also stops with the HSE because it is tasked with the delivery of these services. The Joint Committee on Disability Matters is tasked with overseeing the implementation of the UNCRPD. I state here that the HSE is in violation of...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: I have heard from staff who are leaving the CDNTs because of the pressure they are under. They are not allowed to do the job they are contracted to do. They are dealing with understandably frustrated parents. That is not fair on staff.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the witnesses. In her speech the Minister of State said the buck stops with her regarding the failure in the delivery of disability services. The buck also stops with the HSE because it is tasked with the delivery of these services. The Joint Committee on Disability Matters is tasked with overseeing the implementation of the UNCRPD. I state here that the HSE is in violation of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: I have heard from staff who are leaving the CDNTs because of the pressure they are under. They are not allowed to do the job they are contracted to do. They are dealing with understandably frustrated parents. That is not fair on staff.

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: A large proportion of the people who live in the part of my constituency that is in north Meath, including in Drumcondra and Kilmainhamwood, and in parts of east Cavan avail of the services of Navan hospital but, unfortunately, successive governments have been attempting to shut down the service in Navan for years under the small hospitals framework. This has resulted in a lack of investment...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (21 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions that Sport Ireland have taken since 2017 to develop access to outdoor recreation facilities especially footpaths and trails for persons with disabilities; the funding that has been allocated to Sport Ireland to develop access to outdoor recreation facilities for persons with disabilities; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (21 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a previous Parliamentary Question, if a report has been issued by Tusla Education Support Service to her Department; if so, if her Department has published the report; if not, the reason therefor; if she will provide a copy of this report to this Deputy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32285/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Agreements (21 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 633. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe for the ratification of the Optional Protocol of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32286/22]

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: I commend the Independent Group on bringing forward this motion. I and my colleagues in Sinn Féin will be supporting it. We need to recognise the key role respite plays in supporting persons with a disability and family carers. However, it is not enough to recognise the role respite services play as we must also ensure they are funded adequately. Respite helps prevent out-of-home...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: From early August, the North East Doctor on Call service will implement a reduced a service where out-of-hours care to patients on a face-to-face basis will be provided until 10.30 p.m. on weekdays and 10 p.m. at weekends but, thereafter, there will be no in-person appointments or home visits provided. The changes are as a result of acute doctor shortages and underfunding of the service by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time from application that it takes for a professional (details supplied) with qualifications from abroad to register with CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32914/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the number of professionals (details supplied) working in the HSE in the past five years who have qualifications from institutions outside of here and the European Union; the number in each therapy post working in the HSE in the past five years who have been recruited from within the European Union, the number of professionals in each therapy post (details...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of professionals (details supplied) who were based within a school setting in the past five years prior to the introduction of children’s disability network teams; the number of each of these therapy posts that are currently based within a school setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32916/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of therapy staff to children with disabilities in each children’s disability network team in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32989/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clerical administrative support staff in each children’s disability network team; the ratio of therapy staff to clerical administrative support staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32990/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the therapy posts referenced by the Minister of State for Disability at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters on 2 May 2022 that have been filled to date in children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32991/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he will take to ensure that disabled children whose parents have shared custody can both apply for a housing grant for people with a disability so as to ensure access and visitation rights for the parents and that the child and one of the parents are not isolated from each other; and if he will make a statement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: Our guests mentioned a couple of themes that we hear regularly as being common across all sectors of society, namely, the lack of data on disability in communities and also the lack of training in disability and mental health. The IPRT said it estimated that nearly one in three prisoners in Ireland has an intellectual disability, so it could be greater. It indicated that we need a system...

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: Sinn Féin will support this Bill. I commend the Labour Party on bringing it forward. My party colleagues in Sinn Féin and I supported a similar Bill from the Regional Group in October 2021. It is important that we see the development and implementation of a cross-departmental and multiagency autism strategy that has legislative underpinning. In April 2019, my colleague, Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 141. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE seeks a legal opinion prior to changing the assessment of need process to incorporate the preliminary team assessment; if so, the cost of this legal opinion; if not, the reason no legal opinion was sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34604/22]