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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (22 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: 149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the status of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 in light of the Israeli government recently authorising nine illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank; his plans to progress this Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14277/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the voluntary and private sector employers in counties Cavan and Monaghan who received the pandemic special recognition payment for staff they employed that were eligible for the payment; the amount received by each employer; the number of staff employed by each that were deemed eligible for the payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: 248. To ask the Minister for Health the voluntary and private sector employers in counties Cavan and Monaghan who applied for the pandemic special recognition payment for staff members who were subsequently deemed ineligible, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14154/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: 854. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people with direct eligibility for free travel under the free travel scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13816/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: 855. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average annual cost per pass under the free travel scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13817/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: 857. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who would newly qualify for free travel if the free travel scheme were to be extended to all recipients of the carer support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13819/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: 856. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of domiciliary care allowance who are not in receipt of carers allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13818/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Irish Sign Language (21 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: 863. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 14 February 2023, if she will report the recommendations of the Irish Sign Language pilot scheme; the timeframe for the implementation of a permanent scheme for users of Irish Sign Language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13972/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (21 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: 889. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe for the publication of the Disability Capacity Review Implementation Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12452/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (21 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: 1355. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund can be availed of for those seeking an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13125/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (21 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: 1356. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for reimbursement under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13126/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (21 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: 1357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider altering the National Treatment Purchase Fund to remove the onus on patients availing of this scheme from having to pay up front for the cost before claiming this back and instead allow payment to come directly from the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13127/23]

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: I acknowledge my co-proposer, Deputy Guirke, and Deputies Andrews, Collins and Ó Ríordáin for speaking in support of this Bill. I am disappointed the Minister of State has proposed an amendment to delay the Bill for 12 months. Children with additional needs have waited long enough. They have waited for almost 20 years for these supports which were promised under the EPSEN...

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." According to census 2016, the level of education completed by disabled people was substantially lower than that of non-disabled people. It reports that 13.7% of disabled persons aged 15 to 50 have completed no higher than primary-level education compared with 4.2% of the general population. As we can see from this statistic, many...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (9 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: The Minister of State outlined that a public consultation had been held in 2020 and that it had been difficult to find consensus on a common education pathway and standards for entry into the profession. What I and many others want to know is why it has taken so long to hold that consultation. CORU, as he noted, was set up in 2005 and it has been almost six years since the Psychologists...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (9 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: Many of us watched the RTÉ programme that was screened on Monday night on the fact that psychology services in Ireland are not regulated. No State regulations exist, so anyone can set themselves up with fake documentation and claim to be a psychologist. The programme showed that this could be done very easily. We know of at least one person who did this. This is very concerning...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: 19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the production of agricultural hemp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11932/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (9 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: 56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost associated with complying with new TB regulations; his intention as to how this cost be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11933/23]