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Seanad: Balanced Regional Development: Statements (17 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: We are talking about balanced regional development, but it is anything but balanced. I come from Cavan, a Border county that is a part of the northern and western region of Ireland, which is ranked No. 218 out of 234 EU regions in terms of transport infrastructure. Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal have no rail service. They did 65 years ago but all was stopped by a Government that had...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: The trade union Fórsa represents over 2,300 school secretaries and approximately 500 caretakers. It recently held a ballot, which closed at 12 noon yesterday, on whether to take indefinite strike action. Some 81% of the members took part in that ballot, 98% of whom voted in favour of indefinite strike action. It was practically unanimous. That is due to start on 28 August to coincide...

Seanad: Delivering a World-Class Education System: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: I was not expecting to be next. As a former teacher, I am delighted to speak on this issue. I was a teacher for nearly 30 years and most of that time was spent in Breifne College in Cavan town. I am proud of my teaching career, our education system and the good work teachers, SNAs and the whole school staff, including secretaries and caretakers, put into making our schools not only good...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: I received correspondence from Cavan County Council the week before last indicating its intention to temporarily pause private housing grant schemes. I refer to the housing adaptation grants for older people and disabled people, the mobility aid grants and housing aid for older people. The reason the council needs to pause the grants with immediate effect is that it has run out of funding....

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: I will be sharing time with Senator Nicole Ryan. I join in acknowledging Sheila O'Byrne and Catherine Coffey O'Brien in the Gallery. I acknowledge the profound detrimental impact residential institutional abuse had on survivors, not only at the time but right up to the modern day. I also join Senator Curley in acknowledging Senator Boyhan on his passionate speech today and for all his...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I have questions on a number of issues. First is the contract for adult education tutors. There is a lot of concern about this across the country. I spoke to tutors last September in Cavan-Monaghan and a number of other ETBs who did not get any hours, though that was not across the country. There seemed to be a funding issue. I think it was somehow...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Pauline Tully: I want to come back to a point about the adult education contract, which I raised previously with the Minister. I do not believe the Minister took on board the point I was making. This contract is not working. It is causing a lot of stress and unhappiness among tutors across the country and many of them are considering leaving the adult education sector. This is a really important sector...

Seanad: Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2025: Second Stage (28 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: I am happy to speak in support of the Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill. We are living through a housing crisis at the moment so every opportunity must be used to ensure we bring buildings of all sorts back into use for housing. I noticed the levels of vacancy in our towns and villages when I was canvassing in 2020. We saw many vacant buildings, some of them derelict, on the main...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: Tesco is taking over the lease of a SuperValu store in Virginia, County Cavan. I have been informed that all local suppliers have been told they must be prepared to give a 40% margin immediately on their goods. This is just going to hammer local suppliers. They were supplying SuperValu and, if they want to continue to supply Tesco, they have to slash their prices. They cannot afford to do...

Seanad: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: Senator Collins is delayed at the moment but Senator Ryan wants to use the time.

Seanad: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: Senator Collins may come in and take a couple of minutes of the time.

Seanad: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: I commend my colleague, Senator Chris Andrews, on introducing the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025.. This Bill proposes to add a tenth ground of discrimination to the nine grounds that already exist. It is to prohibit discrimination on the basis of your address or your accent - your socioeconomic background. Every city or large town has areas that are associated with poverty...

Committee on Education and Youth: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Cathaoirleach and congratulate him on his appointment. I am looking forward to working with him and with all the other members on addressing the challenges and barriers relating to our education system. I want to say how good our education system is, and I commend all of those involved in education in this country. Our system is the envy of many other countries but, as I have...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: A Chathaoirligh, I congratulate you on your appointment as Chair of this committee and I look forward to working with you - again. We worked very successfully on the disability matters committee during the last Government's term. It was an excellent committee with a lot of cross-party co-operation, and I am sure the same will happen under your control of this committee. There are a lot...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Maritime Jurisdiction (20 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: Is the Minister of State, Deputy McConalogue, going to take this matter?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (20 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. This matter relates to paediatric diabetic services, specifically insulin pump services, in Cavan and Monaghan general hospital. I raised it with the previous Minister for Health, former Deputy Stephen Donnelly, in the Dáil on a number of occasions. Parents of children and young people have approached me to say that children with a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: Like other Senators, I wish to raise Israel's barbaric actions in Gaza. We have seen war crimes being committed daily for the past 19 months, with men, women and children being killed or horrifically injured. Hospitals are being bombed, medical personnel are being targeted and journalists are being killed. Tom Fletcher of the UN has said that 14,000 babies could die in the next 48 hours if...

Seanad: Driving Test Waiting Times: Statements (20 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: We wish to share time.

Seanad: Driving Test Waiting Times: Statements (20 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: As already mentioned, the waiting times for driver tests are totally unacceptable, with over 83,000 people now waiting. The number has ballooned since the beginning of the year. At the beginning of January, it stood at 72,000 and it is now over 83,000. In some centres, the number of people waiting has doubled or tripled in the last year. The RSA has stated the waiting time should be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 May 2025)

Pauline Tully: Senator O'Loughlin has mentioned the murder of Clodagh Hawe and her three sons. Being from Cavan, I remember hearing about it on the day and it sent shock waves through the whole country. I commend Clodagh's sister, Jacqueline Connolly, on speaking out on a previous occasion and for writing a book about this. At the time, some of the media reports and others described the perpetrator as a...