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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: Things went a bit faster than I anticipated. What are the plans of the Minister and the Department to address the findings and conclusions of the Indecon report on the cost of disability published a number of months ago?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister and acknowledge that the report requires a whole-of-government perspective and support. I also acknowledge that it has been referred to the national disability inclusion steering group for further work. The report confirms what was widely suspected but perhaps not acknowledged, which is that the cost of disability is quite significant. The cost of disability amounts...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: I acknowledge there has been an increase in the weekly payment and weekly disregard but we can see how rapidly the cost of living has increased. The increases in the weekly payments and disregards do not even cover that cost of living increase. We have a very poor record of employment for disabled people in this country and more support must be provided for people to support themselves....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that was returned to his Department unspent from each local authority in regard to the disabled persons grant scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; the amount funding that was returned to his Department unspent from each local authority in regard to the improvement works in lieu of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Steering Group has met since the publication of a report (details supplied) to consider its findings and conclusions; if so, his plans to act on the findings and conclusions of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5357/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 199. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of International Protection Accommodation Services centres and emergency accommodation centres in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the status of his plans to close these centres; the expected timeline for the closure of the centres that are still in operation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that was allocated by his Department to each local authority for the disabled persons grant scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the amount of this funding that was subsequently returned unspent by each local authority to his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that was allocated by his Department to each local authority for the improvement works in lieu of social housing scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the amount of this funding that was subsequently returned unspent by each local authority to his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied for primary medical certificates and the number of persons approved for primary medical certificates since 19 June 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5573/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied for primary medical certificates and the number of persons approved for primary medical certificates since 1 January 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5574/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 426. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow families on the homecare waiting list to use their homecare package to organise their own care in situations in which the HSE and homecare agencies used by the HSE are not in a position to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5578/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the witnesses. I apologise that I had to leave the meeting to take oral questions with Ministers in the Dáil. I was here for some of the witnesses' statements and I read them prior to the meeting. I apologise if I repeat what others have said or if I ask the same questions. If I ask a question that has already been answered, the witnesses do not have to answer it again. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: When we talk about universal design, be it for houses or in the environment, is that taken into account? I assume from what Ms Levin is saying that is not the case.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: The news about the treatment of children attending CAMHS in south Kerry was alarming but I firmly believe that the problems there are being replicated in many ways across the State, although hopefully not as seriously. The news of a nationwide audit is welcome but it needs to happen without delay. I hear from those involved with CAMHS there are issues around medication, poor management and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: Does the Government have plans to revise the cross-border directive or the planned healthcare scheme when it is applied to the North? Recently a woman contacted me who requires two knee replacements. She has been advised that she will have to wait for at least two years in the public system here for an operation. When she inquired about having the operation in Derry, she was told she would...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend the entry qualifications for SNAs from QQI level 3 qualification (details supplied) to a QQI level 5 or 6 to reflect the complexity of the work that SNAs undertake; if she will allow for a system of accredited, structured continuous professional development for SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4842/22]