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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank the witnesses for presenting. I will focus on the UK Nationality and Borders Act and travel authorisation. This could have a negative effect on communities living along the Border in particular but also anyone crossing the Border bar Irish and British citizens. I live in County Cavan so someone from Poland or Lithuania who is living there could need permission just to go to County...

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Pauline Tully: While there are aspects of this Bill that need further consideration and work, there is so much of it I welcome. Specifically, I very much welcome the inclusion of an online safety commissioner within the proposed media commission, whose role will be to address the proliferation of harmful online content. This is very welcome and needs to be given appropriate compliance and sanction powers...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2022)

Pauline Tully: I raise the issue of the home care cash grant, which is administered by the HSE. It is offered to older people who have been allocated home care hours but for whom the HSE has failed to recruit staff to fulfil those hours. Therefore, the onus is put on older people or their spouses to advertise for carers and to recruit them. This means, potentially, bringing strangers into those people's...

National Retrofit Plan: Motion [Private Members] (20 Sep 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank my colleague, Deputy O'Rourke, for tabling this important motion. The Government's retrofit plan is not equitable. It excludes a large proportion of middle-income households, specifically those who do not qualify for free upgrades but do not have the significant cash reserves needed to access the one-stop shop service. The prioritisation of wealthier households also contributes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank all the witnesses for coming in this morning and sharing their stories. I commend them on all the work they are doing to support their autistic children and autistic adults in their community. I have a question on financial supports which some witnesses mentioned. Does this all come through fundraising or do they get any Government support whatsoever? Are any grants available? I...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (20 Sep 2022)

Pauline Tully: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will introduce a bin waiver for carers considering the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45780/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Pauline Tully: Go raibh maith agat a Chathaoirleach. I welcome the Minister. I have a number of questions. Some of them have already been asked, but I would like to ask the Minister if she would consider making disability and autism training a mandatory element of all teacher training courses, going forward. Would the Minister also make it mandatory for all qualified teachers to undergo disability...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Pauline Tully: The Chairman referred to units. Members of the autism community would prefer that they be referred to as "classes" because they do not see that they should be made feel different from anybody else in any other class. It is a small point that came up at the Joint Committee on Autism.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Pauline Tully: It was referred to as "unit" by others at other stages as well. I know it is something members of the autism community would like to see removed.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 Sep 2022)

Pauline Tully: 566. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 26 May 2022, if he will provide a further update on a timeframe for the commencement of a catch-up HPV vaccination programme; if this catch-up programme will include girls and boys in secondary school who were eligible to receive HPV vaccine in first year but who did not receive it; if this catch-up programme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: 55. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the further proposals that he intends to pursue to assist farmers with the high and rising input costs in feed, fertiliser and fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38537/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: 60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that are planned to support farmers in meeting climate action sectoral targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38538/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (14 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: 132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the adequacy of the current policy which directs that the means test for the disability allowance and carer’s allowance assesses gross income as opposed to net income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34912/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (14 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: 144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the means test for the disability allowance and carer’s allowance with a view to assessing income on its net rather than gross value; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34911/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (14 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: 364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable homes that have been built in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the past five years; the total number planned for 2023; the total funding allocated each year to the local authority to supply affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39114/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (14 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: 365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time spent on the social housing list in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the plans to reduce these times; the total number on the social housing list for each of the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39115/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (14 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: 366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of applicants for Rebuilding Ireland home loans from counties Cavan and Monaghan; the total number that have been successful; the total number that have been refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39116/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (14 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: 367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has invited Cavan and Monaghan local authorities to make an application for the vacant properties' voids programme; if such an application has been submitted; the total amount of funding that his Department proposes to allocate to each authority; the expected timeframe for release of the funding; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Transport (14 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: 486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the approval of an additional school bus to collect the 20 plus students going to second level schools in Cavan town from the Kilnaleck Drumkilly area of County Cavan on a concessionary ticket basis on the route that the private bus currently takes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39032/22]