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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: I want to follow on from some of the questions. My colleague, Deputy Ellis, mentioned that mental health issues in the prison population are four times the rate of those in the general population. There is also an estimate that one in three have an intellectual disability. The data are incomplete. The witnesses referenced data and said that better data collection is required. Information...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Pauline Tully: Does Mr. Black have access to diagnoses? If someone is diagnosed with schizophrenia, for example, does Mr. Black get that information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: There was a promise in the budget.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: We are told every time the HSE is having difficulty recruiting, as well as the section 39 organisations. They are trying to suggest it is not just a pay and conditions issue but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: We are talking a lot about assessments here. I am in favour of reviewing the Disability Act 2005 and putting services and therapies on a statutory footing but am concerned that the same problems are going to occur as with the assessments of need because we do not have enough staff. In that context, there will be more court cases. A lot of parents look for an assessment of need which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: If there was a more inclusive education model, there would probably be less need for an assessment of need in a short period of time. We need to be assessing children on an ongoing basis because their needs change.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: Are educational psychologists under the remit of the Psychological Society of Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: There are not enough NEPS psychologists, and that is an obvious statement. Some schools do not have access and they use the scheme for the commissioning of psychological assessments, SCPA. They seem to think they are limited to perhaps one assessment a year, which is not sufficient if there are a number of children in a school who require assessment, whether it is moving on to secondary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: Good afternoon to our guests, who are all speaking a lot of sense. This is an issue I encounter in my constituency on a weekly, almost a daily, basis. Families tell me their children are on the waiting list for an assessment or if they have had the assessment, they are waiting for services. I am from Cavan and the team there are not giving dates to parents for children to get services,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (28 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 441. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe for the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022, which was enacted in December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9669/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: I am being contacted regularly by people who worked in front-line jobs throughout the Covid pandemic but who have not been allocated, or told whether they will be allocated, the pandemic special recognition payment. Some are unsure whether their employer has applied for the payment. One person, who worked in a nursing home but no longer works there, suspects her former employer has received...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Offices (23 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to reports that the National Driver Licence Service office in Cavan town is to close; the actions he is taking to ensure that this office remains open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9317/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (23 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 6 December 2022, if those people already receiving a pension on a reduced rate due to extended caring responsibilities of over twenty years will have their pension reviewed and increased once the new enhanced State pension is implemented in 2024; and if she will make a statement...

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: The homeless figures released in December put the figure at 11,632, including 3,442 children. As my colleagues have said, the actual numbers are much higher because those figures did not take account of rough sleepers, those sofa surfing or those in the box rooms of their parents' homes. The temporary eviction ban was introduced to avoid people being evicted over the winter period. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: The Department does not have a breakdown of how many of those people are autistic, does it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank Mr. Hession for his presentation. I want to raise a number of issues. He referred to the disability allowance. The Disability Federation of Ireland produced figures roughly a year ago, which indicated that more applications were refused than were passed. The figures were 13,989 applications refused and 13,298 applications granted. Of those appealed, approximately half were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people awaiting a HAP review in Q1 of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8325/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (21 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used when deciding to cover the fees for teachers to upskill to maths, physics and Spanish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8321/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (21 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason home economics is not considered on the programme to upskill post-primary teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8322/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the current vacancies in home economic teaching posts in post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8323/23]