Results 101-120 of 700 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Pauline Tully

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time tomorrow evening.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (21 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss the removal of two bus stops on the North Strand Road, Dublin 3. Deputy Dessie Ellis - To discuss the lack of preschool places for children with special needs in Finglas and Ballymun. Deputy Jennifer...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: The recruitment embargo put in place by the CEO of the HSE has been triggered directly by this Government's mismanagement of the health budget. Job offers have been retracted and recruitment has been frozen for thousands of essential front-line posts. More than 7,000 critical posts have been scrapped. As we head into an extremely difficult winter, the Government has decided to underfund...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: Last Friday, in Ballyconnell in County Cavan, a woman in her 80s slipped on concrete steps. An ambulance was called, and it took an hour and 20 minutes to come. In the mean time, she was lying on cold and damp ground for that length of time. She had suffered a severe head injury and a broken arm. What measures is the Government taking to increase personnel and resources within the...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: I commend the Social Democrats on tabling this motion which I fully support. Israel's ongoing aggression against Gaza and the West Bank has so far resulted in the killing of over 11,000 Palestinians in Gaza and, up to last night, 177 Palestinians in the West Bank, including east Jerusalem. The Taoiseach had said that Israel is engaging in collective punishment against the people of Gaza,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disease Management (15 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister of State. Debra Ireland is an excellent charity. It provides brilliant support to people with EB and their families. As the Minister of State has responsibility for mental health, I want to focus for on mental health issues, a subject I mentioned in my opening remarks. In a survey conducted by Debra Ireland in 2019, people living with or caring for someone with EB...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disease Management (15 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue. Epidermolysis bullosa, EB, is an extremely painful and rare skin disease, unknown to many people. People living with EB are missing proteins that bind the layers of their skin together so any minor friction causes it to break and blister. It is a debilitating and excruciating disease, with no known cure. There are four forms of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (9 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider disregarding the working family payment as means for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49083/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (9 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: Will the Minister consider disregarding the working family payment as a means for the social housing list?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (9 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: I am raising this issue because a single parent, a woman with three children, came into my office. She is facing eviction. She works two days a week and receives the lone parent payment and working family payment and is now over the threshold for social housing in her area. When discussing this case with the housing officer in the local authority, she commented that the working family...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (9 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: A number of years ago, this would not have mattered so much because if someone did not qualify for social housing, private rentals were available and affordable. They are neither available or affordable at the moment for people just over the threshold for social housing. In fact, they are not affordable for people on a medium or even a high income at this stage. I know of many individuals...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: Many people are considering this scheme positively, particularly since it was extended to people who live in rural areas. This is because those from rural areas who want to continue to live there are finding it very difficult to get planning permission. This scheme is an option if there is a derelict or vacant house in a locality, enabling people to bring such a building back into a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: I just-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: -----clarify again that we never opposed this scheme; we would just do it much better. The scheme also requires that the work to be done must be paid for upfront, with the grant moneys being claimed back afterwards. Again, the cost of materials and of work is rising and doing so very quickly. This is also causing problems for some people as well. It has been brought to my attention...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: It could-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will change the conditions of the vacant property refurbishment grant to extend the time a person has to complete the works once one’s application has been approved from 13 months to 24 months and allow for a drawdown of the grant in stages over the course of the build; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (9 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: I think the question is grouped with Deputy Ó Murchú's Question No. 14.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (9 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: Okay, yes.

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: The Government seems to have thrown in the towel on the commitment it gave in the programme for Government to implement a statutory home support scheme over its term in government. It appears very unlikely at this stage. The failure to do that is pushing older and disabled people into hospitals and nursing homes, or into early admission to long-term residential care, when they should be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: General comment 7 of the UNCRPD is clear. DPROs must be consulted by public bodies, local authorities, etc., on issues relating to disability. Many of them consult with disability organisations, but these are not necessarily DPROs. We need a register of DPOs, with a criterion indicating what a DPO is and an outline of the different categories of disability, namely, whether it is physical...