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Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (29 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the income received by each hospital group from the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16125/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (29 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 864. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time archaeologists directly employed by his Department on 21 March 2020 and 21 March 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16127/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies (29 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 916. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated full-year cost of recruiting two additional full-time senior case managers at higher executive officer level for the Charities Regulator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16118/22]

Responsibility of Social Media Platforms (Defamation Amendment) Bill 2022: First Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: I was anxious to co-sign this Bill because I have witnessed within my constituency the devastating consequences of online bullying. Social media is a relatively new phenomenon and is a very useful tool for communication and sharing information about events. However, it has been misused by some who are basically cowards. They assume an identity and post their bullying or defamatory remarks...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: I would welcome any supports that can be given to family resource centres because they really are under pressure at the moment. That is before they even start to deal with people from Ukraine. The Minister said a cross-governmental approach is being taken. Is there a good plan in place in this regard? Many of the people coming here are highly qualified professionals in areas where...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: Prior the launch of the national childcare scheme, NCS, those working in the sector warned the previous Minister and the Department of the effect it would have on services in disadvantaged areas. It seems the report did justify their concerns. I would be concerned about children. Just because parents are unemployed and at home does not mean children do not need childcare. It may be the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: Did Deputy Funchion's office not do so?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: I just assumed they had. No problem.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: 19. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase the resources to community organisations that are and will be delivering services to the expected 100,000 refugees from Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15321/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: What are the Minister's plans to increase resources to community organisations that are and will be delivering services to the expected 100,000 refugees from Ukraine?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: What the Minister has outlined is around accommodation, which is the first port of call and the first important thing. However, I have been hearing from local community groups such as family resource centres that have been to the forefront of assisting families fleeing conflict in Syria and Afghanistan. In Cavan-Monaghan a number of family resource centres have been reporting that staff are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Registration of Births (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: I acknowledge that work has been done and that under the guidance of the Minister, matters have progressed much more than they had under his predecessors. It is important to say an inquiry is needed that would not go on for years and cost millions of euro. It must get answers and hold people to account for what happened. The Minister has indicated the €3,000 one-off payment is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Registration of Births (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: Okay.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: Will the Minister confirm when the Department's in-depth analysis of 13 childcare services in very disadvantaged areas was conducted? What were the findings and when will the Minister make the research public?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: In the Department's 12-month review of the NCS, there is a paragraph that mentions this in-depth review that nobody in the sector has seen or even knew about. Did that review find that seven of the 13 services would move into financial deficit with the introduction of the NCS? Did it find that funding from these schemes constituted a major share of the services' revenues? Will the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Registration of Births (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: Following the publication of the report by the special rapporteur on child protection, Professor Conor O'Mahony, into illegal adoption practices in the State, will the Minister confirm if he will establish an inquiry into illegal birth registrations, what form the inquiry will take, if the accountability will be a key component of the inquiry and what consultation processes are planned to be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Registration of Births (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: We have had two significant exposés of illegal adoptions recently, namely, the "RTÉ Investigates" follow-up programme on illegal adoption practices in the State and then the report from Professor Conor O'Mahony's into the State's response to illegal birth registrations. Tusla is still putting obstacles in the way of some people seeking information in this regard. We saw in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: Good morning to the Minister. Is he aware that more than a small number of childcare sessional and SAC services will be adversely affected by the newly announced core funding model? Will he give a guarantee that they will not be worse off? Will he confirm that staff working in these services can avail of the uplift? If not, why do they not qualify?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister. We are acutely aware of issues in the childcare sectors in recent years, including the cost of childcare to parents and staff not being paid at levels appropriate to their qualifications. I acknowledge that many services will be better off and welcome the uplift to 49 weeks instead of 38 weeks for degree staff. I know it is rolled out as part of the budget and will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (24 Mar 2022)

Pauline Tully: The Minister mentioned an interim period and that the JLC is meeting regularly. I am concerned that funding is still reliant on the employment regulation order. Does the Minister have concerns about that? Is he confident that everything will work out as intended?