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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (15 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 899. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the EmployAbility Service by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31525/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (15 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 900. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the walk peer programme to extend the service to each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31526/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (15 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 901. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the disregard which now applies to disability allowance recipients who have been granted bursaries, stipends or scholarships towards completing a PhD will be extended to students who have been granted bursaries, stipends or scholarships towards completing a PhD who are on other means tested disability payments such as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (15 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 902. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost of extending the disregard which applies to disability allowance recipients who have been granted bursaries, stipends or scholarships towards completing a PhD to students in receipt of the blind pension who have been granted bursaries, stipends or scholarships towards completing a PhD; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (15 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 1064. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who accessed the fund for students with disabilities over the past three years by educational institution; the average amount provided to each student; the estimated cost of increasing the fund by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31534/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (15 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 1065. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending the fund for students with disabilities to part-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31535/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Rights of People with Disabilities (3 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question 125 of 17 December 2020, if Enterprise Ireland’s draft Disability Inclusion Strategy – Supporting Entrepreneurship has been approved by the Enterprise Ireland senior management team; the way this strategy document specifically supports entrepreneurship and self-employment for persons...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (3 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA backed companies that are currently located within each county; the number of IDA backed companies located in each county in the past five years, respectively; the number of site visits that were conducted by the IDA in each county in the past five years, respectively; the amount of funding that was expended by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility in Planning and Delivery of Transport Projects: Discussion (3 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: I welcome our guest speakers today. I thank them for attending to answer questions around accessibility for people with disabilities on various transport systems in Ireland. I have a number of questions and points I wish to make and I will then hand over to the witnesses for answers. This committee is tasked with ensuring the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: The recommendations in HIQA's maternity overview report found a lack of clarity and national leadership within the HSE regarding the responsibility for implementing the national maternity strategy. This strategy provides a framework for a new and better maternity service that will improve choice for women and ensure that smaller maternity units in particular are better supported to provide...

Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: Commitments made by the insurance industry that a reduction in insurance awards would result in a reduction in insurance costs for consumers are not being met. In fact, many motorists, homeowners and business people are seeing their premiums increase. When members of the insurance industry appeared before the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of transport places that were made available for children to take part in the summer education programme for children with complex needs in 2020; the number of children to avail of transport during the programme for children with complex needs in 2020; the cost of transport for the programme for children with complex needs in 2020;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of transport places that were made available for children to take part in the Summer Education Programme 2020; the number of children to avail of transport during the programme; the cost of transport for same; the proportion of this which was spent on direct transport; the proportion of this which was spent on transport grants; and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (27 May 2021)

Pauline Tully: 25. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42532/20]

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Pauline Tully: I oppose the continuation of these emergency measures for the proposed six months. I feel that time is excessive given that a sizeable proportion of the population is now being vaccinated, including the older cohort and those deemed vulnerable to the disease. In fact, the majority of people contracting Covid-19 now are those in the younger age groups and, for the most part, are not...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 May 2021)

Pauline Tully: The backlog of applicants for the driver theory test has been raised by many Deputies in recent weeks and months. The answer given has been that the test would be going online, and I was delighted to see that it did go online on the Road Safety Authority, RSA, website yesterday. Several constituents have contacted me about this issue to say that when they attempted to register for the test...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Pauline Tully: We are all united in our opinion that what was happening in Palestine, and Gaza in particular, had to stop. We all welcomed the ceasefire announced last week, but how many ceasefires have there been over the 54 years of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory? How long will this ceasefire last before Israel starts stealing Palestinian land again, while continuing to commit war...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 May 2021)

Pauline Tully: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the HAP spend on landlord payments from 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27932/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (20 May 2021)

Pauline Tully: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1484 of 24 March 2021, if his attention has been drawn to the shortfall in skilled mental health staff both here and internationally (details supplied) which is preventing the HSE from progressing the recruitment of clinicians for eating disorder teams; if he will raise this issue with the Higher Education...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (20 May 2021)

Pauline Tully: Has the Minister raised, or will he raise, the issue of the shortfall in skilled mental health staff with the Higher Education Authority with a view to expanding the number of places available in the subject area in third level institutions in this country?