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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 940. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to recruit and deploy assistant psychologists for children’s disability services as indicated in Dáil Éireann on 8 March 2022; the number of these posts that were sanctioned and issued to his Department in 2021; the number of these posts that have been filled to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14381/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (22 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 938. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have been referred for further assessment after receiving a preliminary team assessment under the standard operating procedure for assessment of need; the waiting times for completion of the further assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14379/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (22 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 942. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases that have been taken against the State in each year since 2005 under the Disability Act 2005 for overdue assessment of need; the amount in legal costs paid by the State; the overall number of settlements awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (22 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 943. To ask the Minister for Health the number of current or open cases being taken against the State under the Disability Act 2005 for overdue assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14384/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (22 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 944. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the review of the standard operating procedure for assessments of needs; if he has received interim reports; if so, the date on which any such reports were received; if he published any interim reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14385/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: I am regularly contacted by people who have been diagnosed with cancer. The last thing they need when they get a devastating diagnosis like that is to have to fight for a medical card. Could the application process for a medical card for cancer patients be simplified? It would only be required for the duration of the treatment. Many patients also have to travel to receive treatment. In...

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: First, I thank all the Members who contributed to this debate and thank them for their support of the motion. I also thank the Government for supporting the motion. It is an issue that is affecting children and families in all parts of the country. We all agree it is an urgent issue that must be addressed. Children cannot continue to wait for supports they are entitled to, and parents...

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: There is a need for a cross-departmental strategy on workforce planning. A clear plan on training, recruitment and retention of sufficient health and social care staff is required. The HSE needs to discuss this with the professional organisations that represent the various therapists and health professionals in the CDNTs. At present, it is refusing to engage with them, and there are things...

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — early intervention is essential to meet the health and educational needs of children with disabilities and additional needs, in order to improve their quality of life from a young age; — the Disability Act 2005 provides that an Assessment of Need (AON) must be commenced and completed within six months; — section...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (8 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have availed of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the cost to the Exchequer of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; the estimated additional cost to the Exchequer of changing the medical criteria for the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (8 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 401. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to increase the core funding available to family resource centres to allow them to expand their capacity to deal with the additional workload the emergency situation in Ukraine and the potential refugee arrival in Ireland from the region will present; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (8 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 402. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current staffing level in family resource centres; his views on whether this is sufficient to cope with the additional work that will transpire with the arrival of refugees from Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13040/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rights of People with Disabilities (8 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that she has taken regarding the implementation of action 15 equality and choice in the National Disability Inclusion Strategy; if she has undertaken a review of the Prohibition of Incitement To Hatred Act 1989; the details of the enhanced protections that have been put in place for persons with disabilities against...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 697. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of the mobility allowance in each year since the scheme ended in 2013, in tabular form; the cost each year to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13032/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of the motorised transport grant in each year since the scheme ended in 2013; the cost each year to the Exchequer, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 699. To ask the Minister for Health the findings of the review group chaired by a person (details supplied) which was set up to seek up an alternative method for ensuring that the needs of persons affected by the discontinuance of both the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant schemes can be provided for in a manner that does not run counter to the Equal Status Acts; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 700. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reintroducing and expanding both the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant schemes in a manner which complies with the Equal Status Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13035/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 701. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons who would be eligible for the mobility allowance if it were reintroduced in a manner which complies with the Equal Status Acts; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reintroducing the mobility allowance in a manner which complies with the Equal Status Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13036/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 702. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons who would be eligible for the motorised transport grant if it were reintroduced in a manner which complies with the Equal Status Acts; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reintroducing the motorised transport grant in a manner which complies with the Equal Status Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13037/22]