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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Resourcing of Personal Assistance Services: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: Good morning to all our guest speakers. I thank them for attending and for their opening statements. What they have outlined fits in very well with what the committee has been discussing over recent weeks. We have talked about people in residential care and young people being placed inappropriately in nursing homes. The main reason that happens is because supports are not there to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the capital assistance scheme by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36712/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that was allocated to the capital assistance scheme in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36713/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated additional cost of ensuring that a minimum of 7.5% of social housing is built to universal design standards for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36714/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that was allocated for assistive technologies for persons with disabilities in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; the unmet need for assistive technologies in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 respectively; the additional funding needed to increase funding for assistive technologies by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the wage subsidy scheme for persons with disabilities by 5%, 10% and 25%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36627/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (7 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the disability awareness support scheme by 5%, 10% and 25%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36628/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (7 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the employee retention grant scheme for employees who have acquired an illness, condition or impairment by 5%, 10% and 25%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36629/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (7 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the reasonable accommodation fund by 5%, 10% and 25%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36630/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the temporary assistance payment scheme to include further supports for July, August and September 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30473/21]

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

Pauline Tully: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent in therapist posts within the HSEs children’s disability services in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by therapy specialty, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists and social workers in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30598/21]

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

Pauline Tully: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was allocated to recruit additional therapist posts in the HSEs children’s disability services in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30599/21]

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

Pauline Tully: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the shortfall in therapist posts within the HSEs children’s disability services identified in the HSEs Capacity Review Report on Disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30600/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: Constituents have been contacting me. One lady told me that when her maternity leave finished and she tried to find a place for her little baby, she could not because no crèches in her area would take a child under one. She ended up being forced to take 16 weeks of additional unpaid maternity leave even though this had not been her intention and was not what she wanted to do. She was...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: That is welcome and the sooner it is done, the better. The situation is at a crucial point at the moment. There is a lack of availability and affordability. It is difficult to retain staff and fees for parents are increasing. All of these things need to be dealt with. This applies in Cavan but I know it also applies elsewhere. There is a severe lack of crèche places in Cavan. I am...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 48. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in relation to assessing the childcare needs of parents in County Cavan where service providers are indicating that they are no longer taking children under two years of age due to the financial strain in meeting the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016; the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: What steps is the Minister taking in regard to assessing the childcare needs of parents in County Cavan, where many service providers are indicating they are no longer taking children under two years of age? They are claiming that this is due to the financial strain of meeting early years services regulations under the Child Care Act 1991. What consideration is being given to forward...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence: Statements (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: There are actions that, if taken, would have significant outcomes in tackling sexual, domestic and gender-based violence. It is reassuring that there is increased awareness of what domestic abuse is. Many people, including me, once believed that domestic violence was only where physical violence occurred and that physical violence alone was the only reason a barring order or protection...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 64. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 27 May 2020, if his Department has developed a United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities implementation plan to co-ordinate the delivery of Ireland’s commitments to implementing the UNCRPD; if the plan has been published and is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (6 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 67. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has developed a data strategy that will support the collection and use of data to identify outcomes for persons with disabilities when accessing services and programmes in line with action 3D of the Mid-Term Review of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy; if not, the timeframe for when...