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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual expenditure on the disability allowance for 2021; the estimated additional cost of increasing disability allowance payments by €5, €15 and €20, respectively for those currently in receipt of this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35149/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the upper limit of the earnings disregard for the disability allowance from €350 to €400, €450 and €500, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35150/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 298. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that only six and 15 guests can attend a wedding ceremony inside and outside, respectively while 50 guests can attend the reception for the same wedding; if the rationale behind this policy takes into account the size of the location in which the ceremony or reception is to take place; if persons who have been vaccinated can be treated as surplus...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (29 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 396. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that have been undertaken to implement the recommendations made in a report (details supplied), confirmed by two further reports and in addition by two reports from the Office of the Ombudsman; the reason these recommendations were not adhered to in relation to the Charleton tribunal despite the...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: A number of aspects of this Bill are commendable, but I am a little concerned about some other aspects of it, as I will outline. For example, the affordable dwelling purchase arrangement in Part 2 of the Bill seeks to facilitate the building of affordable housing on land owned by local authorities. However, no additional funding was made available in budget 2021 to pay for affordable...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 443. To ask the Minister for Health if persons within the different age categories for the vaccine roll-out are taken on an age basis within their respective category; if a 51 year old person could get a date for their vaccination before a 59 year old even if they had registered after them; his views on whether persons not being allocated their vaccination date by age within their respective...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Younger People in Nursing Homes: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: I welcome all our guests and thank them for attending the meeting to discuss this extremely important matter. I have a number of comments and questions in response to the opening statements and around the Wasted Lives document. The issue of data was raised here last week in the context of other issues involving disability. The issue comes up again in this context because it is mentioned...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when phase 2, 4 and 6 off-the-job apprentice training will resume at full capacity in view of the fact that it is expected that third-level classes will resume on campus from September 2021 and second-level schooling has already resumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33207/21]

Impact of Covid-19 on People with Disabilities within the Education and Health Sectors: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: I am sharing time with Deputy Ward. AsIAm has published a report, entitled Every Child Counts. It was only sent to me yesterday and I do not know if the Minister of State has had chance to see it. It contains the results of a survey, which it is keen to indicate is just a snapshot of autism services and supports. It surveyed the parents of children with autism. The key findings were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Ratification of Optional Protocol: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: Like previous contributors, I wish to welcome our guests today and thank them for their statements. I confirm that I am in Leinster House. Many points have been raised in the meeting. I agree with those made on the optional protocol. It should have been ratified at the same time as the convention. However, I welcome a timeline for its ratification next year. That is most important....

Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (16 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: The CAP budget is starting from a lower base than in previous years. CAP currently makes up only 30% of the overall EU budget as opposed to the 37% it made up in previous years. We know the emphasis, going forward, must be on making farming sustainable and delivering environmental benefits. However, if the CAP budget continues to decrease, it will mean farmers are being asked to do more...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (15 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of the National Housing Strategy for People with Disabilities 2022-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31527/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 623. 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. [31528/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated number of additional housing units that would be delivered if the funding to the capital assistance scheme was increased by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31529/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (15 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31530/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (15 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the mobility aids grant scheme by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31531/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 793. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow for reasonable accommodation in cases in which students who experience a medical emergency immediately before or during an examination and are unable to complete their examination to give them the opportunity to sit the examination anew within the same examination cycle or before such time as the CAO offers issue; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 794. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated additional cost of increasing funding for the school-based summer July provision programme of education for children with complex needs by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31536/21]