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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of therapists working with the children’s disability service in each CHO in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 by therapy speciality provided, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60283/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (3 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 95. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the slow pace of implementing Progressing Disability Services and children’s disability networks; his plans to address the challenges this has presented for parents of children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59113/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider changing the name of the invalidity pension given that many persons with a long-term illness or disability find this name derogatory and inappropriate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59599/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the Autism Innovation Strategy Working Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59529/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Wards of Court (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that have been made a ward of court since the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 was passed in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59563/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the roles that have been filled within the Decision Support Service since the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 was passed in 2015; if there are unfilled roles within the Decision Support Service that will be required to be filled before it becomes operational; the roles in this regard; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a code of practice in place for the Decision Support Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59565/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of fees agreed for persons accessing the services of the Decision Support Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59566/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budget allocation to the Decision Support Service in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59567/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if regulations have been finalised for the Decision Support Service to provide for multiple procedural and documentary matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59568/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the terms and conditions for Decision Support Service panel members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59569/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if education and training has been provided for stakeholders (details supplied) in advance of the full commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and the Decision Support Service becoming operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59571/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines that were issued by An Garda Síochána in each county for persons parking illegally in disability parking bays in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of fines that were issued by An Garda Síochána in each county in each of these years that were paid and not paid, respectively; the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Decision-Making (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 167. To ask the Minister for Health if a mandated single point of contact within the Department was appointed to coordinate preparations with the Decision Support Service for the aspects of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 that the Department is responsible for delivering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59570/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional therapy posts that are needed to fully resource children’s disability network teams to an adequate level that will ensure timely access to both an assessment of need report and the subsequent access to the interventions identified in the assessment of needs report; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: 214. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to develop a workforce plan for psychology and a National Psychology Placement Office in line with the recommendations of the National Health and Social Care Professions Office in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59632/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UNCRPD and Considering Future Innovation and Service Provision: Discussion ^ (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for presenting here today at our committee. I wish to put questions to Ms Rogers of the Neurological Alliance of Ireland first. Ms Rogers stated that the neurorehabilitation strategy has not been implemented and, in fact, only two of the teams have been partially established in the past three years. She also mentioned that 288 specialist beds are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UNCRPD and Considering Future Innovation and Service Provision: Discussion ^ (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: This is something this committee definitely needs to support and to push for its implementation, something we all would be happy to do. I will move on to the National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers. How do you envisage service provision changing to align with the UNCRPD? To move towards ratification and full implementation of the UNCRPD we must promote and support independent...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: Children with special educational needs are among the cohort who we all agree missed out the most when school buildings were closed. They require additional support in school to make up for lost time. However, due to the substitution crisis many schools have had to deploy their special education teachers away from their teaching to cover mainstream absences. This is far from ideal but it...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Pauline Tully: When discussing further and higher education, I welcome the fact that the vast majority of students are back on campus. Hopefully, that is being done in a safe manner and I know that both the colleges and institutions will do as much as they can to ensure that. One of the issues that has been highlighted by Covid-19 is the shortage in certain professions. I was talking to the Minister...