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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Care of the Elderly (26 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: I wish to raise the issue of boarding-out regulations, that is, the service for older people. Not everyone is familiar with boarding-out services. This is a service for older people who are mobile and generally in good health and who do not require nursing home care but who cannot live on their own because they might not quite manage or they do not want to because of loneliness and so...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Care of the Elderly (26 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, told me that he was unable to be here because of questions to the Minister for rural affairs in the Dáil. What he is saying is really reassuring, but I have been hearing that for a number of years and nothing has been done. When I first raised this issue in 2021, 51 providers were involved. Now there are only eight. That tells you that people...

Seanad: Dental Services: Motion (25 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: Our public dental service is basically not functioning, or functioning to a very low standard. In 2006, there were 330 dentists working within the public dental service. Last year, there were 253. Considering that the population has increased by about 1 million, it tells the story that children are not getting the check-ups they should be getting throughout primary school. They should be...

Seanad: Disability (Personalised Budgets) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: I speak in support of this Bill. I spent many engaging hours as part of the Committee on Disability Matters during the previous Government term, along with Senators Clonan and Flynn and a number of others. I engaged with the Acting Chair, Senator Rabbitte, as the then Minister of State many times on the issue of disability as well. I learned so much from the engagement with disabled people...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Review of Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: Good afternoon to everyone. By the time we get to the bottom of the list, most of the questions have already been asked but I echo the concerns of my colleagues around low wages. I was recently talking to a young man of 23 who decided to take up an apprenticeship, but receiving only €7 or €8 per hour made it very difficult for him. I am also concerned about the delays in...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Review of Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: The witnesses mentioned a figure of 5,236 new apprenticeships in 2020 and said that the figures have grown since. That figure seems very low. Was it much higher earlier? Did the recession cause a drop-off in the number of apprenticeships?

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Review of Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: If you were to go back ten or 15 years prior to that, would the figure have been much higher?

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Review of Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: Deputy Ó Súilleabháin mentioned Germany earlier. There are other countries with very high levels of apprenticeships. Do SOLAS and ETBI do comparisons with other countries? Do they look at their models to see if there are lessons to be learned as to how to do things differently?

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Review of Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: I refer to the drop-out rate in apprenticeships, which is very high. I assume it is related to wages. Are exit interviews done with all the people who leave apprenticeships to find out why they are leaving?

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Review of Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: Yes, it is still significant.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: I raise the issue of boarding-out services. These are services that support older people to live in their own community, people who do not require nursing home care but cannot live on their own or do not want to live on their own. They live in their community and are supported where they need to be they but live practically independent lives. At one time there were eight houses providing...

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: I support Senator Stephenson's amendment. The Department of education should liaise with the UK's Department for Work and Pensions on this issue. My understanding is that approximately one third of the people deemed eligible for the payment live in the UK. We need clarification as to whether the payment will be disregarded for the purpose of means testing applicants for benefits given in...

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: I move amendment No. 28: In page 15, after line 11, to insert the following: “Commensurate compensation from Religious Orders 22. Within 6 months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall prepare a comprehensive plan to deliver commensurate compensation from Religious Orders, this to include a consideration of every avenue of recourse and a timeline of engagements and...

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister for acknowledging that. Could there be a way, under a different Department or in a different scenario, to set out a plan?The amendment calls for a plan that looks for that money, so that it is not left at the discretion of the organisations. If they signed up for this, they should be made to acknowledge that and properly pay for the damage they have caused. This is not...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Schemes (18 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: I have been recently notified by Cavan County Council that it is pausing the private housing grant applications for the moment due to high demand. This refers to the housing adaptation grant, the mobility aids grant and the housing aid for older people grant. These grants are vital to make changes or improvements to homes to accommodate changing needs which may occur due to ageing and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Schemes (18 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister of State. As he noted, that tallies with what the council has been informed of and I know additional funding was provided last year. I am really asking whether there is a possibility that can happen again this year. I know the council has made an application for additional funding to the Department. The council is willing to try to come up with the matching funding of...

Seanad: Report of the Farrelly Commission: Statements (18 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: I wish to share time with Senator McCormack.

Seanad: Report of the Farrelly Commission: Statements (18 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: What happened to Grace is forever unforgivable. It is unconscionable to know what she went through. She was a young girl of ten or 11 years of age with an intellectual disability and non-verbal who was put into a place - I would not even call it a home - that was not properly assessed before she went into it. She was left there for a period of six years during which there was not one visit...

Committee on Education and Youth: Engagement with Minister for Education and Youth (18 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the Minister this afternoon. She has indicated that she wants to see an increase in capitation. Some schools have made the point that capitation is based on the students enrolled in the school at the end of September so if a student comes to the school after that date, the school does not receive any capitation fee. Is there any way that can be addressed? It also affects the...

Committee on Education and Youth: Engagement with Minister for Education and Youth (18 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: If the Minister has an opportunity, will she answer the question on youth I asked in the last session? Schools received their SNA allocation on Friday. One school was in touch with me in shock. It has two SNAs currently. A review was held in March. It was recommended by the SENOs who carried out the review that there would be an increase of 0.83 - an infant SNA - because of projected...