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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (17 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the Tús scheme to allow persons who have been participating on the scheme during the Covid-19 pandemic to extend the time they can remain on it by the same time they missed out due to restrictions, if they so choose, in order that they can benefit from the experience gained on this work placement;...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (17 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Tús scheme will be reviewed to allow persons who have been participating on the scheme during the Covid-19 pandemic to extend the time they can remain on the scheme by the same time they missed out due to restrictions, if they so choose, in order to benefit from the experience gained on work placement; and if...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: The Covid-19 vaccine allocation strategy was launched last week but to the extreme disappointment of many, people with disabilities were not mentioned once in the plan. People with disabilities were and still are more negatively impacted by the pandemic than those without disabilities. Many were forced to isolate or cocoon at home which has had a very serious emotional, physical and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (15 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide work placements for students studying physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy as many in these professions have been redeployed to Covid-19 testing; if these placements will be delayed; if the qualification date for these students will be delayed; the supports that will be put in place for these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 480. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that while all NHS and social care workers in Scotland are receiving a £500 payment to thank them for working on the frontline during Covid-19, Irish nurses are having to pay a €100 registration fee to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; if he will request that this fee is waived; if not, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (15 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 510. To ask the Minister for Health the baseline unit cost for formal out-of-home respite services; the baseline unit cost for formal in-home respite; the baseline unit cost for recreation and holiday respite breaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42970/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: A number of towns and cities, or parts thereof, have been designated as smokeless zones. This seemed to be working well initially. However, there has been a recent significant deterioration in air quality, as evidenced by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, monitoring stations. Those stations confirmed that there was widespread pollution between 16 and 30 November from the burning of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (10 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 104. To ask the Minister for Health if front-line healthcare staff are to be redeployed again to Covid-19 testing; the reason more additional staff for Covid-19 testing are not recruited from those who applied to the Be on Call for Ireland campaign; the reason additional staff for Covid-19 testing are not redeployed from non-frontline healthcare staff; his views on whether physiotherapy,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (10 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 128. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of the number of paediatric rheumatologists currently employed here; his plans to increase the number of paediatric rheumatologists employed here; the time frame for any increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42370/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ophthalmology Services (10 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a child to receive an appointment with an ophthalmologist; the average waiting time between receiving the appointment and being examined by an ophthalmologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42367/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (10 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 391. To ask the Minister for Health the details of funding that was allocated towards screening children with Down's syndrome for Down's arthritis in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42368/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (10 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a child to receive an appointment with a paediatric rheumatologist; the average waiting time between a child receiving an appointment and being examined by an paediatric rheumatologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42369/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (10 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 412. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health Report on Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome published in May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42611/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (10 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 453. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42533/20]

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: I will speak briefly to amendment No. 8 proposed by my colleague, Deputy Kerrane. The amendment asks to look at the income disregards for those applying for the carer's allowance. It has not been updated in almost 13 years and the cost of living has certainly changed in that time. I acknowledge that the number of hours a carer is allowed to work outside of his or her caring role was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (9 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to reverse its decision to discontinue full reimbursements for the cost of eye tests and glasses for children with Down's syndrome; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that over 50% of children with Down's syndrome will require glasses during their lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42412/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ophthalmology Services (9 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 230. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) of eight years of age with Down's syndrome has been on a waiting list to see an ophthalmologist since before their first birthday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42413/20]

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: I fully support the Bill tabled by my colleagues, Deputies O'Reilly and McDonald. It proposes to allow for ten days of domestic violence leave. It is badly needed as the mental, physical and sexual abuse endured by women in particular cannot be overstated and is truly shocking. Conservative estimates indicate that at least one in four women in Ireland will encounter violence at some stage...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Enterprise Ireland (8 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 101. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will direct Enterprise Ireland to support companies active in the area of hemp based products in view of the recent judgement by the European Court of Justice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42017/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will remove the pay inequality that exists for newly and recently qualified teachers who have been as responsible for keeping schools open during the pandemic as their previously qualified colleagues; if the principle will be reintroduced of equal pay for equal work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42031/20]