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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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (30 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reinstate and expand the in-school and early years therapy support demonstration project in view of the fact that referrals to CAMHS and other mental health services have risen by 40% for primary school pupils as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34908/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (30 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the National Educational Psychological Service in view of the fact that referrals to CAMHS and other mental health services have risen by 40% for primary school pupils as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34907/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: 123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the expressway bus service from Donegal to Dublin, route 30/X30; if it is necessary to book this service in advance; the number of times the service has not turned up at Cavan bus station; the number of times the service has arrived late at Cavan bus station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35111/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Jonathan Powell (30 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: I am pleased to meet Mr. Powell, albeit virtually. He states the Good Friday Agreement and subsequent agreements were remarkably successful. I think we can all agree with that. They brought peace to this island. They ended a 30-year conflict and, as Mr. Powell says, they allowed political parties to concentrate on the day-to-day issues that affect people living in the North. However,...

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Pauline Tully: Sinn Féin will support this Bill. I commend the Labour Party on bringing it forward. My party colleagues in Sinn Féin and I supported a similar Bill from the Regional Group in October 2021. It is important that we see the development and implementation of a cross-departmental and multiagency autism strategy that has legislative underpinning. In April 2019, my colleague, Deputy...

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

Pauline Tully: 141. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE seeks a legal opinion prior to changing the assessment of need process to incorporate the preliminary team assessment; if so, the cost of this legal opinion; if not, the reason no legal opinion was sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34604/22]