Results 61-80 of 3,809 for speaker:Pauline Tully

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (5 Nov 2024)

Pauline Tully: 885. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding allocated to the progressive alignment of the PA rate and home support rate with older persons services. [43974/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (5 Nov 2024)

Pauline Tully: 967. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to develop a national pathway and specialist multidisciplinary functional neurological disorder clinic. [45006/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (5 Nov 2024)

Pauline Tully: 968. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of home personal assistant hours delivered in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [45007/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (5 Nov 2024)

Pauline Tully: 1218. To ask the Minister for Health the new primary care centres currently undergoing construction within CHO1; the services that will be provided at each centre when opened; and the estimated timeframe when each of the new centres will be opened, in tabular form. [45012/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (5 Nov 2024)

Pauline Tully: 1219. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated costs of increasing the capital spend on the National Ambulance Service by 15% above the 2024 allocation. [45013/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (5 Nov 2024)

Pauline Tully: 1220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists within primary care settings in CHO1 in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [45014/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (5 Nov 2024)

Pauline Tully: 1221. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve the awareness and treatment of lyme disease within the State. [45015/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (5 Nov 2024)

Pauline Tully: 1338. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to detail the projects in counties Cavan and Monaghan that received funding under the Clár programme; and the amount of funding received in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [45004/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (24 Oct 2024)

Pauline Tully: Yes.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (24 Oct 2024)

Pauline Tully: Yes.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (24 Oct 2024)

Pauline Tully: I have been contacted by the principal, staff members and parents of students at St. Mary's Boys' National School in Belturbet, County Cavan. They are reaching out to me and to other representatives in the area as they require immediate assistance with a situation in the school. It is a senior boys' school. Pupils attend from second to sixth class. The school currently has an enrolment of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (24 Oct 2024)

Pauline Tully: I know the Minister of State is giving a reply on behalf of the Minister for Education but the reply just outlines the process, which I am aware of. The school appealed the decision and was turned down. That is what I am raising here. The appeal the school made in October was turned down last week as a result of the school being one pupil short despite it being known that there are three...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (24 Oct 2024)

Pauline Tully: 10. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasons for the delays in accessing augmentative and alternative communication through children’s disability network teams; what actions will be taken to speed this process up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43541/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (24 Oct 2024)

Pauline Tully: Will the Minister address the reasons for the delays in accessing augmentative and alternative devices through children's disability network teams? What actions can or will be taken to speed up the process?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (24 Oct 2024)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister. As an example, I was recently contacted by a parent whose eldest son is autistic and whose younger son has just been diagnosed as autistic. She is familiar with the needs of her children and describes her younger son as pre-verbal. He needs support now. She has contacted the CDNT about getting him the support he needs prior to him starting school, because it is going...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (24 Oct 2024)

Pauline Tully: The Minister has mentioned AsIAm and the pilot programme. Adam Harris and another young person were before the committee last week and they referenced the delay in accessing devices for children who need them and that their organisation would be rolling out a pilot programme. That is fantastic. The organisation does fantastic work. I also commend CAPS in my area for the fantastic work it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (24 Oct 2024)

Pauline Tully: 8. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider undertaking a stakeholder review of the Progressing Disability Services model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43542/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (24 Oct 2024)

Pauline Tully: Will the Minister consider undertaking a stakeholder review of the progressing disability services model in light of the fact that it does not work on many fronts?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (24 Oct 2024)

Pauline Tully: The progressing disabilities model is not working on many fronts. There were 91 CDNTs established before the end of 2021. According to the HSE census from a year ago, only one of those teams was fully staffed. A number were close but quite a number had vacancy rates up to 70%. A team cannot function with a vacancy rate of 70% or even 50% or 30%. Many children have no access to their...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (24 Oct 2024)

Pauline Tully: We have been hearing about a recruitment campaign for quite some time. The progressing disability model was drawn up in 2013 or 2014, I think. At that time, workforce planning was not done and we now do not have sufficient therapists. I acknowledge it will take time to educate enough therapists but there is no guarantee they will work in disability services. There are many other areas...