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Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (25 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. If we are to address road safety in a meaningful way, we need a multipronged approach. The number of road deaths might well be reduced from what it was 20 years ago, when there was a high of 458, but the number is still far too high. Enforcement is key. People will continue to flout the rules if there is not adequate enforcement of them....

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy National Plan: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the Minister. It goes without saying that Irish farmers produce top quality food to a very high standard but, unfortunately, farming without CAP would not be sustainable. To ensure long-term food security, we need to see a CAP that is fair to all farmers.Some farmers claim in excess of €100,000 per year in farm payments. In 2020, for example, 20 farmers claimed €3.6...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I echo the comments made by Senators O'Loughlin and Clonan about Conor McGregor. We have many wonderful ambassadors from the worlds of sport, theatre and music and from other fields who could have represented our values in the White House, and he is not one of them. I am loath to mention his name but he does not represent the vast majority of the people of Ireland and should never have got...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the Deputy Michael Moynihan and congratulate him on his appointment as Minister of State with responsibility for special education. I know from our time on the disability matters committee that he has an excellent understanding of the requirements in this area. The matter I am raising relates to an extension Milltown National School in Belturbet, County Cavan. Sanction was...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the fact that his reply acknowledges that the stage 1 report was received in August. He has given a commitment to follow up on this project to get to the next date as soon as possible. It is an important project. It is an inclusive school. The staff are extraordinarily committed and there are two special classes in the school. We know it has...

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the Minister and congratulate her on her appointment. I am delighted for her. I intend to raise a number of issues about women's is going to will provide clarity. Will she also provide clarity on whether GP costs will be included in the scheme? I know they are for the contraception scheme.

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: That will be a barrier for some women because it can sometimes cost €50 or €60 to visit a GP in order to get a prescription. That is unfortunate. Can it be looked at again? The contraception scheme is currently for those aged between 17 and 35. Are there plans to extend the scheme? Many women who get pregnant are over 35. I know one woman who was 49 when she found out,...

Seanad: Care, Supports and Enhanced Provision of Services for Older People: Motion (5 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I am supporting this motion. There is nothing in it one could not support, although it is perplexing that Fine Gael has tabled this motion. It has been in government since 2011 and have not implemented many of the calls contained in it even though they were in programmes for Government. I echo the calls of my colleagues that the Minister of State comes back in and gives us a progress...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I would like to call for a debate on mental health services as soon as possible. I would particularly like to focus on the funding crisis facing Save our Sons and Daughters, SOSAD, currently. SOSAD provides a valuable service and has probably saved hundreds of lives. It offers a freephone service, a messaging service and it has two drop-in centres, one of which is in my home town of Cavan,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2025)

Pauline Tully: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. I ask that the issue of a school extension at Milltown National School, which is just outside Belturbet, County Cavan, be referred to the Minister for Education, Deputy McEntee, for an update. It requires an extension as its projected enrolment indicates it will not have classrooms to accommodate pupils for the 2026-27 school year. This...

Seanad: Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Pauline Tully: As one of the Senators who called for it on one of the first days after this Seanad met, I welcome this debate on Storm Éowyn. Cavan was badly hit by the storm, as were Monaghan and other counties in the midlands and the west. My neighbours and I were without power for nine days, which was very tough, but I was in a position to hop in the car and go somewhere to find a shower, heat or...

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (26 Feb 2025)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer. When we speak about public transport Cavan does not have a rail service and I will come to this later. This means we are dependent on a bus service. There is a regular hourly bus service to Dublin every day coming from Donegal and through Cavan and Meath and on to Dublin. I have raised this issue on countless occasions and I have received...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (25 Feb 2025)

Pauline Tully: I attended a meeting last week at a primary school in my constituency. Another meeting that is coming up soon will combine a number of primary and secondary schools. A number of issues were raised at the meeting last week and will be raised at the meeting next week. The first and main issue is the lack of suitable and appropriate school places for children with additional educational...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (25 Feb 2025)

Pauline Tully: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Chathaoirleach and the Minister of State. The opening of new schools and new classes is always welcome and I welcome the new special school in Monaghan. It is badly needed. There was only one school between Cavan and Monaghan. It was definitely needed, although I urge the Minister of State to ensure that school is established in a suitable premises and...

Seanad: Community Safety: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Pauline Tully: When discussing community safety, we instantly think of Garda numbers. It is well documented that the number of gardaí has declined while our population has increased. I acknowledge that there are recruitment drives to try to increase the number but we know that over 1,600 gardaí are due to retire in the next five years. Efforts have to be made to ensure they will be replaced, to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2025)

Pauline Tully: I call for a debate in the House on special education. This week, I attended a meeting in a primary school and the stress among parents and teachers was evident. This was mainly due to the lack of appropriate school places for second level students. Students leaving primary school have applied for places but they still have no indication of whether they will receive appropriate school...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2025)

Pauline Tully: I request a debate on the effects of Storm Éowyn. It particularly affected the midlands and the west, including my county of Cavan, very badly. Some customers were only reconnected with power this week, meaning they were 19 days without power. I was nine days without power, and that was difficult enough. I also particularly mention people who are vulnerable. There were older people,...

Seanad: Cathaoirleach a Thoghadh - Election of Cathaoirleach (12 Feb 2025)

Pauline Tully: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a dhéanamh leat agus tú tofa mar Chathaoirleach. I congratulate you, Senator Daly, on your appointment as Cathaoirleach, a position that you have held before. I know that you were very fair and impartial and I trust that you will continue to work in that vein. I also congratulate all...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Home Care Packages (7 Nov 2024)

Pauline Tully: I am raising the issue of gaps in home care provision because it is having a detrimental effect on the everyday lives of people, whether elderly or disabled. I am contacted regularly by family members of older people and disabled people who have been approved hours that are not being filled. This is where a home care package has been put in place, the person has been assessed and the hours...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Home Care Packages (7 Nov 2024)

Pauline Tully: People are living longer and their care needs are going to increase, and we will have more people with neurological conditions. Rather than having them go into homes, we prefer to see people make the choice to stay in their own homes and receive the care they need. It is recognised that they need the care, and they have been assessed and approved for the hours, but those hours are just not...