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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of areas in Cavan-Monaghan covered by the school transport for children with special needs; the areas in Cavan-Monaghan not covered by the school transport for children with special needs. [26334/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools taking part in the summer programme special school pilot scheme; and the number of special schools not taking part. [26335/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any disability-proofing took place in regard to the Planning and Development Bill 2023, as required under article 4 (3) of the UNCRPD, to ensure that the built environment is fit for all residents for the foreseeable future. [26368/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 110. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the successful applicants to the children's disability services grant scheme; the funding each of these groups were awarded, in tabular form. [26336/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: School Funding (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail all capital funding that is available for afterschool only facilities for this coming academic school year. [26416/24]

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I wish to thank everyone who contributed to this debate. It is obvious, from right across the floor, that carers are really valued for the work they do, but they are a cohort who need support. We need to trust carers more. The 18.5-hour limit was raised consistently. It is too restrictive regarding study or work outside of the home. As Deputy Canney said, they cannot even undertake a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 31. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the CDNT recruitment campaign, ‘Be part of our team, be part of their lives’; the number of people who have been recruited to the CDNTs through this recruitment campaign; the current number of staff vacancies nationally in CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I wish to ask for an update on the children's disability network team, CDNT, recruitment campaign, Be part of our team, Be part of our lives. How many people have been recruited to the CDNTs through this campaign? What is the current number of staff vacancies nationally in CDNTs? Will the Minister of State will make a statement on this matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The Minister of State mentioned the staff census of 2022. The 2023 staff census has yet to be published. Does the Minister of State have a date for when it will be published? I know it was delayed because of the industrial action but I wonder is there a date for that in order to be able to compare across the board. I wish to focus on my constituency of Cavan-Monaghan. The HSE-run team...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The Minister of State mentioned graduates. Have the numbers entering these professions in college increased and have they increased dramatically? Are we seeing an increase in the number of people graduating and staying in Ireland to work? The Minister of State mentioned the apprenticeship model, which is an excellent model as well. Are we seeing a lot more people taking up these courses...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that Family Carers Ireland's report entitled "The State of Caring 2024" found: — almost three quarters of carers have never received respite; — half of carers have to pay privately for services that should be publicly provided to support their caring role; and — the vast majority of carers are finding it difficult to make...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I have a few questions on the presentation given by the Minister of State. This might seem like a strange question. What is the primary reason for assessment? Is it for access to supports and services within the CDNT or the primary care service or is it for placement in an appropriate school setting? She stated that people can be referred by their GP or parents can refer children to the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I know the Minister of State is saying she has additional funding going to CDNTs outsourcing assessments. Is there capacity in the private sector to actually carry out the assessments? I am hearing that there is not and that parents who can afford the assessment cannot actually get one because there are not enough psychologists and so on. I think it is going the wrong way. It is one...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: CDNTs are not functioning at the moment because of the staffing levels. The last census was carried out in 2022. What about the 2023 one? We were promised that would be published a few months ago. I know it was held up with the dispute. What are the figures like? Is the Minister of State aware?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The recruitment in CDNTs is very slow. It is a number of months since the Minister of State informed me of that recruitment drive and people still do not seem to be in situ and there are still significant vacancies. I talked to parents in one session who said that people are applying for these positions, being offered them and not taking them, because all they want to do is show on their CV...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: Going back to the school issue that Deputy Coveney raised, there is a situation in Cavan where there is a special school that accepts students from Cavan and Monaghan. There was an OT coming in from one of the CDNTs and that OT was only allowed to deal with the students from that particular county. The school talked about the benefits of hiring an OT itself, which the board did a few years...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: Just a quick question on the family forum, to which the Minister of State referred. In my own area they are not working well because the meetings are called at a time that does not suit the majority of parents. For example, one meeting was called during the midterm break, when children were at home from school, at 10.30 a.m.. Even though parents made clear that this is an issue, the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 302. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the procurement of private assessments for families long waiting an assessment of need, announced on 21 May 2024, has commenced; the process by which children are chosen to be assessed; and if parents can book a private assessment directly and have the cost reimbursed. [26194/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (12 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the effective erosion of the tax reliefs available under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme where a disabled person wants to purchase a fully electric vehicle, as VRT is already discounted on the purchase of these vehicles effectively reducing the amount a disabled person can reclaim under the disabled...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (11 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 2.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to put adequate funding in place to ensure that the business case submitted to the Citizens' Information Board by the National Advocacy Service in relation to pay, grades and other conditions, on foot of a Labour Court recommendation, is undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25425/24]