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Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: I support the Bill. It is a very important Bill for parents of young children to allow them time to bond with their child, regardless of whether they are the birth parent or adoptive parent. This past year has been incredibly difficult for new parents. They have had to do without the support of family and friends on whom they could normally rely for assistance when welcoming a new member...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Shared Island Unit (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 136. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for the allocation of the shared island fund; and if an application process for this funding will be open to existing cross-Border bodies such as groups (details supplied). [14705/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Oil Reserves Agency (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the full-year additional yield generated from a 2 cent increase in the National Oil Reserves Agency levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15730/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carer's Allowance (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 462. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who claimed carer’s allowance here in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; the number of persons who claimed carer’s allowance in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and were not subject to tax due to their income level, in tabular form; the number of persons who claimed carer’s allowance in each of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carer's Allowance (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 463. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider removing carer’s allowance as a taxable source of income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14686/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to honour the commitment made by his predecessor that the framework for future delivery of public water services would be arrived at by agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15703/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authority staff will retain their public services status, security and terms and conditions if they are transferred to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15704/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure the retention of the public service status, security and terms and conditions of local authority staff if they are transferred to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15705/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 729. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that local authority staff are not transferred to Irish Water without an agreed replacement to their current service level agreement which is accepted by the local authority staff and the unions representing them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15706/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work he has undertaken to pursue the adoption of an all-island approach to national planning frameworks. [14707/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 761. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work he has undertaken to ensure the full implementation of the New Decade, New Approach deal. [14706/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 762. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work he has undertaken to ensure that access is gained to all original documents held by the UK Government relating to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in May 1974. [14708/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 808. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Forces by rank and gender across the three services as of 12 March 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15729/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time that teachers who are pregnant will be exempted from returning to the classroom setting in view of a number of recent stillbirths which may have been related to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14016/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 1033. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the recent change that excludes scholarship awards from the means test for disability allowance also excludes scholarship awards from the means test for other means-tested payments for persons with a disability or persons caring for a person with a disability such as the blind pension and carer’s allowance; if...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Social Workers Recruitment (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 1099. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacancies for social workers for which funds are available in cases in which the post cannot be filled due to difficulties recruiting staff, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15733/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 1197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for commencement of section 221 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14021/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 1282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to the Cavan-Monaghan policing unit as of 15 March 2019, 15 March 2020 and 15 March 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15727/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 1283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated additional cost if the number of gardaí is increased to 15,500 before the end of June 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15728/21]

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

Pauline Tully: 1349. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise pregnant women on the vaccine sequencing plan in view of a number of recent stillbirths which may have been related to Covid-19 and in line with the call from the master of the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14017/21]