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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: Adults say that have to pay for assessments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: I commend Mr. Harris and AsIAm on all the work they do in supporting autistic people and their families. I know AsIAm provides support and training to many parents' groups and other smaller organisations which come together to try to support each other. AsIAm does considerable work in creating the awareness that needs to be improved. As the Chairman said, Mr. Harris's report is very...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (7 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: I will get the permission of the student concerned and pass on the details of the case on to the Minister. I wish to raise another issue. Sometimes the contracts concluded between colleges or further education institutions, the provider of the PA service, and perhaps the insurance company, stipulate that the students are precluded from leaving campus during contracted hours. That is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (7 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: 8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request that personal assistant hours in further and higher education be provided based on the needs of the disabled person rather than an allocation of one personal assistant per student; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36730/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (7 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: Are personal assistants hours in further and higher education provided based on the needs of the disabled person or is there a rule in the Department that there is an allocation of one personal assistant per student?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (7 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister. The case I am asking about is that of a young man with quite complex disability who has identified a course he is interested in doing. The college has been very accommodating in meeting him and making sure it is accessible. The Minister has mentioned part-time courses and I believe he will be allowed to take longer to do the course. This is something that should be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that universal design for learning policies that are embedded within each further and higher education institution and universal design for learning principles are incorporated within all class preparations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36729/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Transport Schemes: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. On this committee, we are aware of the importance of accessible transport, both public and private. The motorised transport grant was for the purpose of retaining employment but we have come to realise that transport is necessary for more than employment. It also gives access to education, shopping and socialising so that people can live...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (6 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the Minister of State's response and his statement that it is a priority for the Minister for Health. He also said the National Screening Advisory Committee is considering adding a tenth condition, but he did not say if it would be SMA specifically. I ask him to clarify that. Is the tenth condition to be added to the testing SMA? SMA Ireland represents children already diagnosed...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (6 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: Last Tuesday, 28 June, marked world newborn screening day. I initially submitted this Topical Issue matter last week to coincide with that date after a parent who has two children with spinal muscular atrophy, SMA, contacted me and asked me to ask the Minister for Health a very simple question: why is there a continued delay in adding spinal muscular atrophy to the conditions tested for in...

Cost of Disability: Motion [Private Members] (6 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: I also wish to acknowledge the people in the Gallery and pay tribute to the work they do in advocating for equality and inclusion. I thank the Social Democrats for tabling this motion and for providing the opportunity to speak on the challenges that disabled people face with additional cost of disability and the level of unmet need. The Indecon cost of disability report confirmed what...

Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion regarding cutting back-to-school costs. I commend my colleague Deputy Ó Laoghaire on his work in bringing it forward. Families across the State, and I have spoken with many in my constituency of Cavan-Monaghan, find back-to-school costs a huge burden every year. However, this year it is more severe, with a cost-of-living crisis and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (5 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the final report and implementation plan of the high-level task force on diversion have been completed and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35909/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (5 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: 76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has not been a publication of a general prison inspection report of an operational prison since 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35908/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (5 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: 240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if community crèches are exempt from the payment of rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35887/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Chairman and wish the Minister of State good morning. The Minister of State referenced that she is in favour of and aspires to inclusive education. However, the special units she proposed a few weeks ago could not be further from inclusion. Has that proposal been completely withdrawn at this stage? We all know children will blossom if they are in the correct setting with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: Those reports were good as an indicator to the child coming into the school. I used to do outreach with the schools the children came in from. There was a good relationship there. However, it is not done by all schools and that needs to be improved big time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: Resource teachers are still not being valued and in some cases are being withdrawn from their duties to substitute in a mainstream class. That is still happening depending on the school, but it should not happen at all. I brought up with the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, that non-SEN teachers are being put into autism classes, for example, are being told to teach there for a couple...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank the witnesses for their in-depth presentations. There is not much I would disagree with in them. I still think there is resistance from some schools, both primary and post-primary, to open special classes or classes for autistic children. I was a teacher in post-primary and was the SEN co-ordinator for a number of years. There were a number of other second level schools in the...