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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank Ms Kennedy. I call Mr. Maher.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank Mr. Maher. I call Mr. O'Sullivan now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank Mr. Hession. I ask members to adhere to the agenda.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: It is means-tested.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: That would be means-tested it, would it not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I will ask a few questions, if that is okay. All the members present have come in at this stage. On housing, I brought up the matter of the national housing strategy for disabled people with the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy O'Donnell, yesterday. I was assured the implementation plan would be published within a few weeks, which I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: That is why I asked whether the Department has set a target of a percentage to start with. When I deal with the local authority in the area where I live, often people have accidents and suddenly the house does not suit their needs. Sometimes, they cannot even be discharged from hospital as a result, which means they are taking up beds. The council has no houses available that suit their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: Many people do not know they are going to need a wheelchair. That is the problem. Any one of us could end up needing one after an accident.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: Circumstances can change. There is such a low proportion of houses that are suitable for those who require a wheelchair, and it may not even just be a wheelchair; it may be someone who cannot use stairs but can walk to a certain extent. On employment, there are reasonable accommodations for employers to apply for. Can the system be reviewed so that it is the employee who receives the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: The UK has an access programme and I think that is part of it. It has something good. There is no point in reinventing the wheel, so we should look at other jurisdictions and see what they are using and what is working and replicating it here. We need to increase the number of disabled people who are employed. We have one of the lowest levels in Europe and one of the highest poverty...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: There needs to be more flexibility across our systems and more co-operation across Departments. The wage subsidy scheme kind of has a negative connotation because the employer is focusing on the person’s inefficiencies or deficiencies. There are some employers that are not willing to say that the is person working for them because of their disability. Can the focus be changed on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I wish to raise one last point. All of our guests have given us an indication of how their respective Departments rate in relation to the 3% employment target, which is increasing to 6% but is there any analysis of career progression within Departments? Do a lot of disabled people come into Departments at a base level, which would be normal for most entrants, but then stay there? The NDA...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: The NDA said it is going to start tracking that. The authority monitors compliance with the 3% target, which is increasing to 6%, and has said that it is also going to look at career progression within the Civil Service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: What this committee is all about, and the reason we have invited you all as representatives of various Departments, is the need to change how we look at disability. We need to become a much more inclusive society. Disability within our society and within all settings should be the norm rather than the exception. For too long we locked disabled people away and segregated them. We need to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of the Implementation Plan for the National Housing Strategy for People with Disabilities 2022-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23660/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (18 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase funding to Uisce Éireann for the upgrade of wastewater treatment plants that are currently preventing progress on housing developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23661/23]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I have been informed by parents in Cavan in recent days that the only speech and language therapist employed in the children's disability network team is leaving within a few weeks, which means there will be no speech and language therapist there. The management is actively trying to recruit a therapist but it is having serious issues and problems. I know it is a countrywide problem and is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (17 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the fact that it is going to be published in a few weeks, and I sincerely hope that timeline is adhered to because we are a year past the expected date of publication. I hope the plan will see the lack of co-ordination which has existed between housing and other supports being addressed as well. Providing housing is one thing but unless one provides the personal assistance...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (17 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: The consultation that led to the new National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 was inclusive and was welcomed positively across the board by disabled people and their representative organisations. It raised hopes and expectations for civil society organisations and their members. More than a year later, however, the housing strategy implementation plan initially expected in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: Good morning. I thank all of the witnesses for the presentations. I am the spokesperson on disability for Sinn Féin. I am not a member of this committee but I am a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Disability Matters. Every week I hear from people sharing their lived experience. A lot of the issues being raised here today I have heard from those witnesses as well. I am a...