Results 61-80 of 615 for at speaker:Pauline Tully

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: I raise the issue of a GP service for Swanlinbar in County Cavan. Since the retirement of the GPs in the area at the end of 2020, there has been a rolling locum contract in place. The HSE has claimed it has advertised the position but has not been able to fill it. Now it says it will ask a GP from Ballyconnell to provide a three-day service to the people of Swanlinbar. They are not happy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Key Issues Affecting Youth: North South Youth Forum (15 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: I was hoping to come in on youth information, which Eric spoke about. We all depend on our phones and are always looking at information. There is a lot of valuable information on the Internet but there is a lot of misinformation as well. The witnesses made the point that it is very difficult to navigate it. Sometimes people end up following a social media account that puts out information...

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: Like other speakers, I welcome the return of the Assembly, the restoration of the Executive and the functioning of the North-South bodies. It is good to see MLAs back in the chamber and being able to get on with the work they were elected to do in May 2022. It is particularly welcome that the DUP has finally decided to re-enter the democratic institutions and that the outcome of the...

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: There is an urgent need to deliver sustainable public sector broadcasting and an independent media sector. The Future of Media Commission was clear in its report and recommendation that direct Exchequer funding is the best model for a modern public service media organisation. The financial scandals at RTÉ have rocked people's trust and confidence in the national broadcaster and the TV...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: 560. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of termination of pregnancy services at Cavan General Hospital. [6093/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Good morning to everyone. First, I want to acknowledge the Cavan branch of the Alzheimer's Society of Ireland because it is embarking on an ambitious project to make Cavan a dementia-inclusive county. I know there are a number of public meetings coming up, and I want to acknowledge Carole Beattie and all the supporters of the Alzheimer's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: Are home care hours and care at home hours fully funded by the Government or do the organisations have to subsidise those through fundraising? Are they section 39 organisations? What way are they funded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: There are references in the opening statements to fighting for services. I hear that continually from parents of children with additional needs and disabled people and their advocates as they reach adulthood. I hear it from everybody who requires care. We need to get to a position where the care is provided to the person and the family and we cater to their needs. It feels now as if we...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (7 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: 452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a proposal to use a property (details supplied) to provide emergency accommodation for persons seeking emergency protection or temporary accommodation has been received by his Department; If so the number of persons planned to be located at this property; the gender and age breakdown of the persons that are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 364. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a public PrEP clinic at Monaghan General Hospital. [3580/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: .... She has been under Children's Health Ireland Temple Street since birth. She was reviewed by a consultant orthopaedic surgeon last August and a plan was put in place for surgery. Since then, that surgeon has been suspended and Eve and hundreds of other children like her have been left in limbo. Some of them are in pain and some have restricted lives. Eve's mother does not believe...

Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: Any one of the 153 states party to the Genocide Convention could have brought a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. South Africa is the only country to take this moral and principled stand and Ireland should join its genocide case against Israel. In the emergency hearing on Thursday, 11...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: I know from meeting with hospital management that they are very proactive and are trying at all times to alleviate pressures. Sometimes, constituents contact me to say they have an appointment in maybe six months for a hernia or something. When I talk to them further, it turns out the appointment is only an initial one to see the consultant. It does not take into account the time they will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: It goes without saying that the staff in Cavan General Hospital are excellent but they are under pressure. The Minister has said that there has been an increase in the number of staff and I appreciate that but there has also been an increase in the number of people using the hospital. There are insufficient numbers of front-line staff, particularly therapists. I was talking to a therapist...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. PEACE funding is something that I am familiar with over the years because I come from the Border County of Cavan and have been involved with community groups in the past that have accessed such funding. As Deputy Smith referred to, Cavan County Council had quite a number of applications. Its biggest problem was it had too many applications. While...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 32. To ask the Minister for Health what actions he is taking to reverse the current trend in long-term residential care (LTRC) where there has been a consolidation of LTRC homes under larger operator groups in Dublin and the commuter belt at the expense of smaller independently owned and operated LTRC homes which are not part of operator groups in rural areas such as in Cavan (details...

Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: ...up further and further in recent years and has made it impossible for many workers and families, who have saved every euro they could, to buy their first home. A major contributor is the fact that investment funds have been allowed to come in and bulk-purchase homes from developers. Most recently, an investment fund bulk-purchased 85% of homes in a new housing development in Dublin....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: ...hear the local authority blaming the HSE and the HSE blaming the local authority for accessible housing and support packages not being in place and for not working in tandem. I acknowledge the situation has improved with the new steering committees and I hear of good working relationships on the ground between a local authority and the HSE or disability manager on the ground, though I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: They build the houses but they do not take into account the additional supports at that stage. A more co-ordinated approach is needed. That is the point they were trying to make.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with regard to the increasingly urgent conflict situation in Sudan what supports his Department can provide or if he plans to introduce supports that will assist Sudanese/Irish citizens who are at risk. [1223/24]