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Housing for All Update: Statements (4 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: The stated aim of Housing for All is that everyone in the State should have access to a home, to purchase or rent at an affordable price, that is built to a high standard, in the right place and offers a high quality of life. The reality for most falls well short of that. Every week in my constituency office I have people coming in who are facing eviction. They are frantically looking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: I apologise for being late. I read the Teaching Council's statements last night. I wanted to query a couple of things. The statement mentioned Droichead, which I am familiar with because I was a teacher before being elected. Ms Fox mentioned newly qualified teachers employed in special settings in exceptional circumstances. I have had engagement with several parents whose children are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: All newly qualified teachers will have a good basis of inclusive education.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: I refer to teachers who have already qualified. I know there is CPD but it is optional and many teachers do not show any interest in finding out more about inclusive education and addressing the needs of the students in their class, whether it is mainstream or special settings. I know as a teacher that there were many teachers who had no interest in students who had additional needs and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: Ms Fox was talking about all teachers having training in inclusive education. How many teachers have specific training in the area of special education? I am talking about teachers who are completely focused on the area. Does Ms Fox have figures on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank all the representatives for their presentations; there is very little in them that I disagree with. This committee is focused on autism. What we need to do to ensure the inclusion of autistic children in education, and, as much as possible, in mainstream education. That is, I would imagine, proving impossible because of the failure of the progressing disability model. How is that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (4 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for delays in the post-mortem system which are holding up the release of bodies to families for funerals in many cases to upwards of a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47891/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Coroners Service (4 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 563. To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to increase the number of staff who carry out post-mortem examinations given that these currently can take up to a week and are delaying the release of bodies for funerals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47882/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 570. To ask the Minister for Health if the consumer directed home support grant is being administered within each CHO area; the number of consumer directed home support grants which were administered in each CHO from 2017 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47930/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 571. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of the consumer directed home support grant as it places the entire responsibility for employing home support on those caring for vulnerable family members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47931/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours for which homecare support assistants were required in each CHO from 2017 to date; the number of these hours that were filled by HSE employed homecare support assistants the number of these hours that were filled by external providers through the HSE and the number of hours in each CHO area within the same period that were unfilled...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 573. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated to each CHO from 2017 to date to recruit staff to the home support service; the CHO areas that had an underspend of their allocation from 2017 to date; the actions that are been taken within each CHO area to recruit home care support staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47933/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 574. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE policy on the allocation of available homecare support assistants in each CHO; if the allocation is carried out based on severity of need or other factors; if not, his views on whether it should be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47934/22]

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons Disabilities, CRPD, general comment on Article 9, accessibility, sets out that it is a precondition for persons with disabilities to live independently and participate fully and equally in society. Without access to transport, among other facilities and services, persons with disabilities do not have equal opportunities to participate in society....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (5 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 333. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 317 and 318 of 22 September 2022, if he will list the disability representative organisations that his Department has engaged with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48917/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (5 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 334. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 317 and 318 of 22 September 2022, if he will list the disabled persons’ organisations that his Department has engaged with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48918/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (5 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 335. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 317 and 318 of 22 September 2022, if his Department includes disability service-providers in its definition of disabled persons’ organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48919/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (6 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent meeting that he had with the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49083/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (6 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the decision by European Union foreign ministers to renew the European Union-Israel Association Council; his views on this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49084/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: A nine-year-old autistic boy called Harry who attended an autism class in his local primary school is now facing expulsion. An incident occurred last Thursday week which caused him to have a meltdown. He and his mother were waved off from school afterwards by the principal and his class teacher who said "We will see you tomorrow", only for his family to receive an email that night stating...