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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (29 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the effect the energy crisis and Brexit have had on the cost of prosthetics and orthotics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34668/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the details of post-operation management of amputees; if post-operation hospital bed nights have increased over the past five years for amputees; the number for each year, in tabular form; if incidences of falls have increased over the past five years for amputees; the number for each year, in tabular form; if incidences of flexion contracture have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (29 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 178. To ask the Minister for Health if prosthetic patients are automatically entitled to a medical card, general practitioner card or long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34670/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 179. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce regional rehabilitation services for amputees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34671/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the average period of time spent by a primary amputee in inpatient rehabilitation; if, after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation, amputees have access to a physiotherapist, gait training and counselling; the extent of the access to these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34672/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: Can I just say at the first meeting of the Joint Committee on Autism that I welcome its establishment and look forward to working constructively with all my colleagues here to see positive change for people with autism? I particularly welcome the three representatives from the NCSE here this morning. I have met them all previously: Ms McGrath, Ms Prendeville, and particularly the CEO, Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: The Minister is kept advised at all stages so there should not really be any need for emergency legislation. Action should have been taken before this. Mr. Kearney has said the NCSE has regular meetings with the Department. Really, it should never come to a position where we seek the passing of emergency legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: Mr. Kearney might comment on whether a post on social media is true if he has the figures to hand. The post stated that in 2003 there were 72 SENOs and 15 other staff employed by the NCSE and in 2019 there were 65.6 SENOs and 150 other staff. That indicates there are fewer SENOs now than there were almost 20 years ago, although we know the number of children diagnosed as having additional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: Basically, the NCSE is under-resourced to deal with the level of need out there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: There is a request for additional classrooms and space in schools. Many parents would make the point that accommodation is not the only issue and it is about the resourcing of that accommodation. I know a school but I will not mention its name or location. If a school or class opens but there is not properly trained staff or proper resources, the process will not work. We have ended up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: Okay. We can see how people, especially parents of these children, can be frustrated. Most of us enrol our children in secondary schools in November for the following September but we are now at the end of June and coming to July and these children still do not have a place. We can see how worrying it is for such parents.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: From early August, the North East Doctor on Call service will implement a reduced a service where out-of-hours care to patients on a face-to-face basis will be provided until 10.30 p.m. on weekdays and 10 p.m. at weekends but, thereafter, there will be no in-person appointments or home visits provided. The changes are as a result of acute doctor shortages and underfunding of the service by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he will take to ensure that disabled children whose parents have shared custody can both apply for a housing grant for people with a disability so as to ensure access and visitation rights for the parents and that the child and one of the parents are not isolated from each other; and if he will make a statement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: Our guests mentioned a couple of themes that we hear regularly as being common across all sectors of society, namely, the lack of data on disability in communities and also the lack of training in disability and mental health. The IPRT said it estimated that nearly one in three prisoners in Ireland has an intellectual disability, so it could be greater. It indicated that we need a system...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: I commend the Independent Group on bringing forward this motion. I and my colleagues in Sinn Féin will be supporting it. We need to recognise the key role respite plays in supporting persons with a disability and family carers. However, it is not enough to recognise the role respite services play as we must also ensure they are funded adequately. Respite helps prevent out-of-home...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time from application that it takes for a professional (details supplied) with qualifications from abroad to register with CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32914/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the number of professionals (details supplied) working in the HSE in the past five years who have qualifications from institutions outside of here and the European Union; the number in each therapy post working in the HSE in the past five years who have been recruited from within the European Union, the number of professionals in each therapy post (details...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of professionals (details supplied) who were based within a school setting in the past five years prior to the introduction of children’s disability network teams; the number of each of these therapy posts that are currently based within a school setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32916/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of therapy staff to children with disabilities in each children’s disability network team in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32989/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clerical administrative support staff in each children’s disability network team; the ratio of therapy staff to clerical administrative support staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32990/22]