Results 541-560 of 3,807 for speaker:Pauline Tully

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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (11 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 309.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the schoolbooks grant was greatly reduced this year compared to last year. [25137/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Court (11 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 466.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to detail the action she is taking to avert strike action by workers in the National Advocacy Service who have not received a pay rise that was recommended by the Labour Court. [25138/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (11 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 554.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has received the correspondence attached from (details supplied); and if so, the timeframe within which she will receive a reply. [25255/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (11 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 790.To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the Health Act 1970 with a view to replacing the outdated terminology of mental handicap with more appropriate language. [25136/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 886.To ask the Minister for Health why 24 paediatric patients of Cavan and Monaghan hospital are still having to travel to Our lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, after a new pathway of care for children and young people with type 1 diabetes was implemented in Cavan and Monaghan Hospital for the provision of insulin pump therapy in Q4 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25615/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (11 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 887.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the situation with the Irish Wheelchair Association services in Cavan which, due to a lack of staff, was reduced to an outreach-only model; the actions he has taken to ensure full services are returned to IWA Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25616/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: There is a huge problem with medical card holders accessing dental services. Dentists are not taking on medical card holders and people cannot afford to pay for dental treatment privately. If people cannot have their teeth taken care of, there are long-term consequences for their general health and appearance. A review of the scheme was promised two years ago by the Minister for Health....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadcasting Sector (30 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Deputy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadcasting Sector (30 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cúrsaí Tithíochta (30 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: HERe NI (30 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: I thank Ms Nelson for her presentation, which I read with interest. She made some extremely important and valid points about constitutional change, looking at the future, the inclusion of everybody and making the extra effort to ensure the inclusion of marginalised groups. She talked about a discussion that was held in Dundalk. Could she elaborate on the approach that was taken there? Was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: HERe NI (30 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: That is very much a pity. That discussion Ms Nelson has talked about having, which is talking about problems and their solutions, is happening in other sectors as well, where people, particularly women, rather than concentrating on the political situation are concentrating on the issues that affect them in everyday life. It does not matter what part of the island they are from as these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: HERe NI (30 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: There needs to be a proper mechanism for that to happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: HERe NI (30 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: There are huge barriers to women accessing these spaces and the disability commissioner is here all the time about disabled women in particular and the barriers they face. They often are the experts in the room but are the only ones not being paid when talking to local authorities or Departments. Ms Nelson talked about Chile and I wonder whether there are lessons we can learn from what was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (30 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail his plans to deliver housing in counties Cavan and Monaghan at the scale indicated as needed in the report recently prepared by the Housing Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24411/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Language (30 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail his plans for the development of the Irish language through the bodies under his aegis such as the Heritage Council and local authorities; if he will consider introducing a dedicated funding stream for local authorities to encourage them to develop an Irish language section staffed by two full-time Irish language...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (30 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there was a public call for submissions on the review of the disabled parking scheme; when this consultation closed to submissions; the number of submissions that were made; to detail the groups which were contacted and asked to make a submission; if disabled persons' organisations were contacted directly and asked to make a...

Extension of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (29 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: When the Act of 2021 was first introduced and areas were pedestrianised, there was a lack of consultation with disabled people and disabled persons' organisations. Some areas were pedestrianised and disabled parking spaces were moved without prior consultation, often to areas that were not very suitable. Outdoor areas for dining and the consumption of alcohol were put in place and while...

EU Directive: Motion (29 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: This is a welcome debate as it involves a subject on which we are all united, namely, the need to combat abuse and protect the most vulnerable in our society. The measures within the directive seem worthy and positive according to the briefing note we have received and I wish to comment on some of the proposals in order. First, the move away from using the term "child pornography" to...