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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (1 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Education of Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 which, despite being a central pillar of the national disability strategy, has never been fully commenced, meaning that children with disabilities cannot access assessments with a right of appeal or individual education plans on a statutory basis; if she is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (1 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: I ask the Minister of State to outline the position in respect of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004, more commonly referred to as the EPSEN Act. It has never been fully commenced despite it being a central strand of the national disability strategy. Children with disabilities and learning needs cannot access assessments with a right of appeal or individual...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (1 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: As the Minister of State mentioned, some aspects of the Act were commenced, such as that providing for the establishment of the NCSE. I understand the NCSE prepared an implementation report back in 2006 that set out the sequence in which the remaining provisions of the Act should be commenced and estimated a level of investment, at that time, for their implementation. It was planned to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (1 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether public funding allocated through local authorities in the form of a housing adaptation grant should only be awarded once the local authority is satisfied with, and has signed off on, the standard of work carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39745/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Pauline Tully: 543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the exclusion of part-time postgraduate students from the one time student grant will be reconsidered in view of the fact that Covid-19 restrictions have prevented these students from being able to find or retain work to allow them to earn the money they need to pay for their studies, accommodation, fees and living expenses; and if he will...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: I have been contacted by the parents of a two-and-a-half-year-old boy who has been on the waiting list for an assessment for autism for 12 months. They have been told he will have to wait a further six to eight months for this. This child is practically non-verbal. He needs speech and language therapy immediately but he cannot access it until he is assessed. The parents have been told...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (24 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will implement the Private Members' motion previously passed in 16 November 2016 regarding the future of the post office network as a matter of urgency to ensure the sustainability of the existing community post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38729/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (24 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will implement the Private Members' motion passed in 16 November 2016 regarding the future of the post office network as a matter of urgency to ensure the sustainability of the existing community post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38678/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for replacing the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016 which was extended as part of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness which is due to end in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38534/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability Implementation Monitoring Group has not furnished a progress report since December 2018; the further length of time before the next progress report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38535/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (24 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 624. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to use a building (details supplied) as a direct provision centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38262/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 840. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to family visits to care homes over the Christmas period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38261/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response Final Report: Motion (19 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: I have.

Combating Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: Last week, Safe Ireland, working with 39 front-line services, presented a new report, Tracking the Shadow Pandemic, which traces the prevalence of domestic abuse and coercive control during the months from March - the start of the first lockdown - to August. The figures are stark. Over the six-month period, 3,450 women and 589 children contacted a domestic violence service for the first...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: I have been contacted by several constituents who have received letters from their dentists stating that the latter are withdrawing from the medical card scheme. This appears to be widespread. I have heard from dentists who have told me that the issue of personal protective equipment, PPE, is the straw that broke the camel's back. They say that the dental treatment services scheme, DTSS,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (19 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a national services development plan will commence in 2020 led by an organisation (details supplied) as the crucial first step in developing a comprehensive national response to domestic abuse and coercive control that will work and that will be evidence based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37605/20]

Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: One of the most serious issues in my area and elsewhere in Cavan is that of drug misuse and the crime associated with it. At one time, this would have been thought of as an urban issue but that is no longer the case. It is an issue in every town and village and every rural area. Young people are constantly being brought into this seedy world without realising the consequences. Some are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (18 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: I welcome Professor Quinn to the committee and thank him for his presentation. I congratulate him on his appointment as UN special rapporteur and wish him luck going forward. It is a very important role. As he pointed out, our committee has a very important role. I think, based on the meetings we have held, that we are determined to work cohesively to progress the implementation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Asylum Seekers (17 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 628. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of disabled asylum seekers in direct provision. [36923/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Asylum Seekers (17 Nov 2020)

Pauline Tully: 629. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of disabled asylum seekers in emergency accommodation. [36924/20]