Results 941-960 of 3,807 for speaker:Pauline Tully

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...

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

Pauline Tully: Does Ms McIntyre know the total allocation for the PEACEPLUS funding? Has a total amount been allocated? Is it only open for applications in the coming year, or will it be extended into 2025, 2026 and beyond?

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

Pauline Tully: Yes.

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

Pauline Tully: Okay.

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

Pauline Tully: Okay. That was my next question. Can they come back for-----

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

Pauline Tully: Okay. Ms McIntyre talked about the hard-to-reach groups and that it is important to reach out to them. I agree with her How does she envisage that will happen? If they are hard to reach, they are hard to reach. What mechanisms will be used to try to reach groups? We have heard in this committee about different groups that have not had their voices heard throughout the conflict and since.

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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken to develop more part-time curriculums across higher and further education; if he has increased funding for these courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2090/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken to increase funding and resources for disability supports including mental health supports in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2091/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider issuing a temporary travel document to Sudanese citizens here on a work permit who are currently unable to renew their passports due to the ongoing conflict in Sudan. [2104/24]

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

Pauline Tully: The cost of purchasing a home has been pushed 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...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: I want to raise an issue that was highlighted in news reports last week resulting from a report by the Child Law Project and Dr. Niall Muldoon, who is Ombudsman for Children. It highlighted the case of a teenage girl with a disability who was held in a hospital room off the emergency department for two months in 2021 because Tusla - the Child and Family Agency and HSE disability services...

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

Pauline Tully: It is good to have both agencies in the room because we regularly 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...

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]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consultation has taken place with disabled persons representative organisations in relation to the Active Travel Programme. [57013/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he has taken to progress the funding for the N2 Ardee to Castleblaney road scheme. [57155/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the additional funding that was announced in Budget 2024 to maintain and improve the county, regional and local road network. [57156/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the proposed new driver education plan for transition year students; to seek clarification on the reason approved driving instructors were not consulted on these new proposals. [57388/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to a request from the N2/A5/Ten-T Cross Border Committee (details supplied), if he will meet with the committee to discuss the delivery of improvements and upgrades to the N2/A5/TEN-T route from Dublin to the northwest and serving the Border region and Northern Ireland. [1972/24]