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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Victim Support Services (21 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: Okay, I thank the Acting Chairman.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Victim Support Services (21 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: I am conscious that gardaí who investigate the crime often stay in touch with the family and keep them apprised of issues. Gardaí can move on for different reasons because of promotion or retirement and I do not expect them to remember every individual case they deal with. Could there be some sort of electronic or technological reminder in the Garda station to contact the family,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Victim Support Services (21 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: 92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will put a mechanism in place in Garda stations whereby the victim of a violent crime would be notified of the release of the perpetrator from prison three months in advance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51160/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Victim Support Services (21 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: Is the Minister prepared to put in place a mechanism in Garda stations whereby victims of violent crimes are notified of the release of the perpetrator from prison three months in advance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (21 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: Hello to both Mr. O'Reilly and Ms Kenny, with a special hello to Mr. O'Reilly, as a fellow Cavan person. It is good to see him. They have raised many issues. What is common to what both of them have said and indeed what we have heard from other people, is the fight for everything. It is a constant battle to get services they require. Mr. O'Reilly mentioned he was involved in disability...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (21 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: 21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he intends to bring forward to increase the number of recognised female farmers as part of the CAP strategic plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51083/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: 38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the considerations he has given to accelerate the adoption of LESS technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51082/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Guardian Status (21 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: 356. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered any plans in relation to the introduction of legislation on surrogacy that would give legal status to parents whose child was born through the use of a surrogate; if these plans have considered retrospective parentage for parents who have currently been granted guardianship; if these plans have considered the need to extend parental...

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: I welcome this report and its recommendations. Many of the recommendations reflect what we in Sinn Féin have calling for on a range of issues. First, I welcome the decision to delete Article 41 and to replace it with non-gender specific references to care. It is estimated today that family carers in Ireland number in excess of 500,000 people. Our carers do incredible work looking...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: About half the population of County Cavan, more than 35,000 people, live in and around Cavan town and its environs. The area has a deprivation index of disadvantage. Within that, however, are areas that are designated as being very disadvantaged with a high lone parent ratio, age dependency, very high unemployment and very low levels of educational attainment. There is an urgent need to...

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: I support this legislation and I commend the Regional Group on bringing it forward. It is important that we see the development and implementation of a cross-departmental and multi-agency autism spectrum disorder strategy. I support this motion in its entirety, but perhaps some of the language used may be outdated. It may not reflect where we are now in respect of understanding autism and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Policy (20 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: I am not talking about somebody who gets into their car, drives across the Border and buys a few bags of coal. Nobody is concerned about that. That cross-Border trade has happened over the years. We are talking about advertisements, mainly on social media, inviting people to ring a number, pay online and get even tonnes of fuel delivered to their door on a pallet. No carbon tax or VAT is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Policy (20 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: I have been in discussion with fuel merchants in my constituency and beyond who are being adversely affected by fuel smuggling from the North. The fuel merchants I have spoken to employ people. They pay PRSI and their taxes, including carbon tax and VAT. They also enforce the smokeless fuel laws. However, they cannot compete with the selling of smoky fuel from the North, mainly due to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: 129. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 809 of 28 September 2021, if, considering that a high volume of breast cancer cases are oestrogen-driven and many women experience hormonal changes from the age of 40 onwards, he has considered extending breast check screening to all women from 40 years of age to 69 years of age and introducing ultrasound screening for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: 200. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the appointment of a permanent doctor to the general practitioner practice in Swanlinbar, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50461/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (19 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: 289. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will instruct his Department to extend the deadline for the town hall consultation meetings for stakeholders in relation to mineral exploration and mining here beyond 22 October 2021 to facilitate an open and in-person consultation that will not disenfranchise rural communities that have restricted access to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: 437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding that was allocated to each local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the level of funding that was allocated specifically to each local authority housing section in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50427/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (19 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: 570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will begin an immediate consultation process to formulate the policy for Irish in the education system from preschool to third-level and immediately stop the introduction of new specifications for the leaving certificate and all other consultations relating to the Irish language until this policy is formulated; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (19 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: 640. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a reply will issue to a person (details supplied) in regard to consideration for the inclusion of his or her daughter in the Irish refugee protection programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51220/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: 824. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has considered to increase capacity at Cavan General Hospital to deal with likely emergency department overflows in winter 2021 to ensure that both scheduled and unscheduled care can take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50960/21]