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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans regarding home schooled students who did not receive calculated grades in 2020 and who were not in a position to sit their leaving certificate exams that year; if these students will receive an acknowledgement from her Department that will suffice in place of the request for leaving certificate results; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 280. To ask the Minister for Finance the person or body that is liable for the payment of carbon tax due on coal sold from north of the Border; the person or body that is liable for the payment of VAT on same; the way that the sale of coal being sold from north of the Border can be policed to ensure that it is the correct type of coal after new legislation banning the sale of smoky coal comes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on Croí Cónaithe Towns and Villages; the timeframe for this scheme to be initiated; if this scheme will apply to derelict houses in rural areas; if not, if it will apply only to houses in towns and villages; if the grant will be retrospective; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 645. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plans regarding the €3 million funding for the development of specialist palliative care inpatient units in the north east, that is, Drogheda and Cavan and Tullamore, County Offaly that was announced by his Department in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4343/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Births (1 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 662. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is upwards of a two-month delay in registering a birth in the register of births, deaths and marriages in County Cavan; his plans to address this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4392/22]

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: The delivery of high-speed broadband is crucial to our ability to grow the economy, particularly in the context of regional development. As a Deputy who represents a rural constituency, I know the lack of broadband connectivity is having negative impacts on the ability of rural communities to remain sustainable. The work of NBI is vital. It was reported recently that NBI is once again...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: I hope there are not further delays because targets are missed. Most worrying are the areas in which there is no indication of planned activity. There are a number of small gaps in rural areas around Shercock and Virginia, to name but two. An extremely large part of west Cavan is not covered by the map. I was recently contacted by a man from Ballyconnell who told me he has two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Integrated Education Fund (27 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the witnesses. It has been a very interesting conversation. To get some perspective, it was said that there are 68 integrated schools. Are there both primary and post-primary or secondary schools included in this figure? How many schools are there in the North? Am I right to say that there are just fewer than 1,000? If that is the case, 68 integrated schools out of 1,000 is a...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: One of my constituents, Andrew Brennan, from Mullagh, County Cavan, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2015. He was strongly advised to build an extension for his future needs. An adaptation grant was approved in 2016, a builder was chosen, work was approved to proceed by Cavan County Council and the extension was built. During the winter of 2016, Andrew noticed the extension...

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: Mental health services prior to Covid-19 were in crisis but it is now an emergency situation. The child and adolescent mental health services and Jigsaw both report an increase in demand of over 40%. Similar increases are relayed to me by community and voluntary organisations working in this area in Cavan and Monaghan. There is an over-reliance on community and voluntary services, with the...

Leaving Certificate: Motion (25 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: I have been contacted by many students and by parents who are very concerned about the leaving certificate this year and how best to proceed to ensure that it is fair to all students. The students currently in sixth year missed out on three months of schooling this time last year. I acknowledge that online teaching was provided and commend all the teaching staff who went to great lengths to...

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2021: First Stage (25 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Education Act 1998 to grant additional functions to the Inspectorate to examine and report to the Minister on the prevalence and standard of individual educational plans for children with special educational needs on an annual basis; and to provide for related matters. I am sharing time with Deputies Guirke...

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2021: First Stage (25 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Missions (25 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: 161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of virtual trade missions to Vietnam that were held in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3425/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (25 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a reply will issue regarding a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the north south interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3234/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (25 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that used the 109x Dublin to Cavan Bus Éireann route in both directions in of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3417/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: 235. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have applied for the disabled drivers medical scheme since 19 June 2020 to date; the number of persons who have been approved for the scheme since 19 June 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2945/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have applied for the disabled drivers' medical scheme since 1 January 2021 to date; the number of persons who have been approved for the scheme since 1 January 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2946/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: 237. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the comprehensive review of the disabled drivers' and disabled passengers scheme; when the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2950/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the minutes of the meetings he has had with the Disabled Drivers' Medical Board of Appeal in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2951/22]