Results 141-160 of 696 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Pauline Tully

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2023)

Pauline Tully: Thank you, Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Court Accommodation (11 Oct 2023)

Pauline Tully: 9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the actions her Department has taken to date to ensure the provision of appropriate facilities and interview suites in Courts Service buildings for those who are vulnerable or who have invisible or visible disabilities. [44122/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Court Accommodation (11 Oct 2023)

Pauline Tully: What actions has the Department taken to date to ensure the provision of appropriate facilities and interview suites in Courts Service buildings for those who are vulnerable or who have invisible or visible disabilities?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Court Accommodation (11 Oct 2023)

Pauline Tully: I am conscious that we all need to become more aware and have an understanding of disability in general but invisible disabilities in particular. I am talking mainly about autistic people. Autistic people gave evidence at a recent disability committee meeting about their experience with the Courts Service. They felt there were absolutely no supports in place for them and they find it very...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Court Accommodation (11 Oct 2023)

Pauline Tully: The Minister of State spoke about training for court staff, which is very important because the discrepancy across staff can be immense. Some are very understanding and some are not. That includes judges, solicitors and people working in the Courts Service. In July of last year, the Joint Committee on Justice published a report on courts and courthouses, which covered some of the issues...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: On Monday ICTU announced the intention of SIPTU, Fórsa and INMO members to initiate indefinite strike action from 17 October over the Government's ongoing refusal to properly address the pay disparity for section 39, section 10 and section 56 workers. It was fairly clear that the Government knew the offer made in July would be rejected. The Government now has three weeks to engage...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: There is a long history of abysmal waiting lists and agonising waiting times for children with spina bifida and scoliosis. For years, this has been a recurring issue that Government after Government has failed to address, time after time. In 2017, the then Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, set a target for a maximum wait time of four months for surgery but this has never been met....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Pauline Tully: That is not true.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Funding (11 Jul 2023)

Pauline Tully: The Government and the Minister for Education promised that primary and post-primary schools would have ongoing funding for ICT budgets until 2027, when there would then be a review. This budget, which is calculated on the type of school and the roll numbers, was to come from a €200 million package announced by the Government and to be provided to the schools in the period 2022 to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Funding (11 Jul 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister of State, but what he told me does not answer the question about the 2022-23 school year and the fact that some schools have committed funding that they expected to get from this grant. The financial support services unit, FSSU, produced a grant schedule for the 2022-23 academic year and the ICT grant was listed as part of this. Schools expected this money to perhaps...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Pauline Tully: The division is deferred until the weekly division time tomorrow evening.

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Pauline Tully: We are again discussing the housing crisis, which is continually and consistently getting worse in every part of the country. The homeless figure now stands at 12,500. This is a serious underestimation because it does not take into account all the people who are sleeping in their parents' box rooms, sofa-surfing in their friends' houses or sleeping on the streets. Housing is the reason...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Pauline Tully: I want to raise concern about the service provided by the Irish Wheelchair Association in Cavan to disabled people and wheelchair users. The service has been curtailed since the Covid pandemic due to difficulty with recruitment and retention of staff, and is in danger of closing. It recruits staff, trains them for six months and then they leave to go to the HSE or section 38 organisations....

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Disability Services (6 Jul 2023)

Pauline Tully: 115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the review of the reasonable accommodation fund; the timeframe for the completion and publication of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32743/23]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Disability Services (6 Jul 2023)

Pauline Tully: I am looking for an update on the review of the reasonable accommodation fund and a timeline for the completion and publication of the review.

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Disability Services (6 Jul 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister for that clarity. I welcome the review because, as the Minister said, the take-up of these schemes is extremely low. That is very upsetting. Ireland's level of employment is very high yet the employment rate for disabled people is one of the lowest in Europe. We rank lowest, with Greece, at 32.6%. Greece's overall employment rate is not anything like Ireland's so...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Disability Services (6 Jul 2023)

Pauline Tully: The Minister mentioned disabled people working part time. A lot of people are working part time but they are often in low-paid work as well. One of the things that comes through regularly at the Joint Committee on Disability Matters is people's fear of a loss of income and secondary supports if they take up employment. The secondary supports mentioned in particular are the medical card and...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Pauline Tully: In 2018, people voted for access to lawful termination of pregnancy services. It is five years on and these services are still not properly in place. Women deserve safe and unhindered access to these services. I want to see safe access zones introduced as soon as possible to ensure that women can get safe access to these services as quickly as possible. Senator Gavan of Sinn Féin was...

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2023)

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

Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Pauline Tully: Seanad Éireann has passed the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023, without amendment, and the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022, without amendment.