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Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Social Democrats for tabling this motion and giving us an opportunity to discuss the mother and baby institutions redress scheme. The make up of the scheme is very disappointing. It is exclusionary rather than inclusive. People who were resident in mother and baby institutions for six months or less are deeply disappointed and distressed to find out that they remain excluded...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Considering a Rights-Based Approach to Disability in Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank Senator Seery Kearney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Considering a Rights-Based Approach to Disability in Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: I call Deputy Canney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Considering a Rights-Based Approach to Disability in Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank Senator McGreehan. If any members would like to come back in with a further comment or question they can indicate to me. I would like to ask Mr. McGrath a question. He mentioned that mental health can be supported besides the medical model that is being led by psychiatrists and that other supports are available. Can he discuss what other supports are available in the local community?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Considering a Rights-Based Approach to Disability in Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: Therefore, communication is an issue. It is about making sure people are aware of what services are available and that they are free or affordable. That would also be important. I know Save Our Sons & Daughters, SOSAD, for example, does some brilliant work in my community offering counselling services to people. The family resource centres also offer counselling but they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Considering a Rights-Based Approach to Disability in Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank Ms Loughlin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Considering a Rights-Based Approach to Disability in Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: I think that is all of our speakers for today. I thank everyone for coming in. The committee's job and responsibility are to oversee the implementation of the UNCRPD across all Departments and we continue to do that and try to hold the Government and Ministers to account. It is an ongoing battle but we will continue to do it. We would not be able to do it without insight from disabled...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Considering a Rights-Based Approach to Disability in Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: Yes, absolutely.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legal Aid (20 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the financial and human resources available to the Legal Aid Board to enable persons with disabilities to vindicate their rights in court, in view of the fact that the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022 is close to completing all stages of the legislative process and the decision...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legal Aid (20 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: What are the Minister's plans to increase the financial and human resources available to the Legal Aid Board? I ask this in particular to enable persons with disabilities to vindicate their rights in court in view of the fact that the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill will be commenced in November 2022, and for the Minister to realise her obligations under the UN Convention on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legal Aid (20 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: A whole section of the UNCRPD is dedicated to access to justice. While approximately 643,000 people identify as disabled in this country, there were only 73 complaints in 2019 to the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, in relation to the Equal Status Act. Maybe there is a lack of awareness as to how this is dealt with or there is confusion about the role of the WRC. People may assume it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legal Aid (20 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: Extra resources are vital and I welcome that they will be provided. Legal aid should be made available to people who want to take a case for discrimination to the WRC. Perhaps there could be a stand-alone body or a separate division within the WRC under a new name, which would be accessible and clear about what it has to deal with in order that people will know exactly where to go with...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: I was contacted by the father of an eight-year-old girl who had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the end of last year. She is under the care of an excellent team in Cavan General Hospital but she is finding the insulin injections quite stressful. When her parents inquired about an insulin pump, they were told that due to staffing and funding issues, that was not possible in Cavan...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (20 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce compulsory disability training for those involved in the administration of justice, in view of the fact that the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022 is close to completing all stages of the legislative process and the decision support service will open thereafter; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 151. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the engagements that his Department has had with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science, the HSE and the Higher Education Authority since July 2020 to identify skills shortages in health and social care and the need for additional further and higher education courses in this area; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (20 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 174. To ask the Minister for Health if the workforce planning process that his Department commenced, in conjunction with the clinical programme for persons with disabilities, has been finalised; and if he will detail the findings of the workforce planning process. [52464/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the wage subsidy scheme is not available to disabled people who are self-employed; if she will consider extending the wage subsidy scheme to disabled people who are self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52546/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (20 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of disabled people who availed of the wage subsidy scheme in each year from 2017 to 2021; the expenditure on the wage subsidy scheme for people with disabilities in each year from 2017 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52547/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Protection (20 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if private bus drivers who are engaged in the transportation of children are subject to Garda vetting. [52679/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Oct 2022)

Pauline Tully: 322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the pro-active measures that he and his Department are now taking to attract physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and orthoptists since these roles were added to the critical skills list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45184/22]