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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: Milltown National School, in Milltown, Belturbet, County Cavan, has had sanction for an extension to be built. It was sanctioned last year. Changes were made to the original plan. Extra rooms, including an autism classroom, were added, which is very welcome. The works are ready to proceed but are being held up by the Department of Education, which needs to produce an updated schedule....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister. A briefing that we received from the Minister and his Department indicated that the rapid-build homes would be in place by the end of last year. Initially the number for Cavan was 60. This was reduced to 28, but that is still 28 additional families. I am concerned that as many hotels that are housing refugees at the moment may not continue to do so past the end of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: Does the Minister consider that there is good cross-departmental co-operation on this issue? We need the Department of Education to assist and we need the Department of Health to ensure there are enough GPs to provide services. We have seen horrific protests outside accommodation centres, which should not be happening. If people want to protest, they should do so outside the gates of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 62. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the modular units for Ukrainian families fleeing the war in their country, including a timeframe for the completion and allocation of those units in County Cavan; if he will provide details of the additional resources and supports being put in place in Cavan in advance of, and in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: Will the Minister provide an update on the proposed modular units for Ukrainian families fleeing the war in their country, including the timeframe for the completion and allocation of those units in County Cavan? Will he provide details of the additional resources and supports being put in place in Cavan in advance of, and in conjunction with, the allocation of those units?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: The fact is that two weeks is too long. Two weeks for some payments might be sufficient but for this case, where it is for a deposit or rent, an immediate payment is needed. Otherwise, the tenancy will be gone because there is such a demand. I do not know why the system was changed because there is an old saying that goes, if it is not broken, do not fix it. Before this, somebody in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 8. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports she has put in place to deal with the consistent delays in processing applications for additional needs payments; the actions she has taken to ensure persons who require the payment to pay for a deposit or first month’s rent are not missing out on possible house rentals; and if she will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: What supports has the Minister for Social Protection put in place to deal with the consistent delays in processing applications for additional needs payments and what actions has she taken to ensure persons who require the payment to pay for a deposit or first month's rent are not missing out on possible house rentals?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: Additional needs payment applications for assistance with deposits and rents are now being dealt with in the centralised office in Dublin. I am hearing the applications are taking weeks, if not months, to be processed. I have been contacted by a tenancy sustainment and support officer who works with people who are homeless or in danger of becoming homeless. They are referred by the local...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Offices (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 6. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will detail the usage of the mobile unit to visit the homes of those who cannot attend the Intreo office, by county from 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; the action she has taken to make persons aware of the mobile unit and home service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5945/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Offices (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: Will the Minister detail the usage of the mobile unit to visit the homes of those who cannot attend the Intreo office? I was looking for the information by county from 2016 to date. I do not necessarily need the Minister to read it out. I can get it in writing. I am more interested in the action the Minister is taking to make people aware of the mobile unit and the home visit service.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Offices (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: I raise this because, prior to Christmas, I was contacted by a man whose wife was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2016. She is unable to leave the house and is barely able to speak. She had her disability payment being paid directly into her Ulster Bank account, but as Ulster Bank is closing, she was transferring it to the post office so that her husband could pick it up for her....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Offices (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: Most people do not need the home service. Maybe if it was made available, too many people would access it. Is it possible to get a PSC through the portal or does a person have to present to the Intreo office or somebody call to his or her home?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Offices (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: The office in Sligo said that it did not need the public services card but the post office said it did and would not give the payment to the woman's husband without her having a PSC. The Intreo office did give him a temporary card and, eventually, when he was able to get access to staff, someone visited her home afterwards, but it caused a lot of trouble. She also got a letter to say she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 275. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that healthcare assistants currently employed by a company (details supplied) have received the pandemic special recognition payment, while healthcare assistants previously employed by this company during all of the Covid-19 period have not yet received their payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6302/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Raising Awareness of the Lived Experience of Congregated Settings: Discussion (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: I apologise for being late. I read the witnesses' statements last night and I thank them for their presentations this morning, particularly Mr. Alford. It is the lived experience that brings home what is needed and that some people are restricted from living their lives. I am aware that a sizeable amount of the disability budget every year goes towards residential services. I presume...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economic and Social Benefits of the Belfast-Good Friday Agreement: IBEC (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank IBEC for its presentation. I note it said the investment we have seen in the country since the Good Friday Agreement and the relative peace is not yet delivering on its full potential. IBEC obviously sees more potential. What could the Government here do to expand on this potential? Has IBEC seen a huge increase in investment from the US or other global entities since Brexit, in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Payments (8 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: The Taoiseach stated that while the Government has a responsibility to do what is right, it also has a responsibility to protect the taxpayer. The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, when speaking on "Morning Ireland" stated that the need to protect State resources had obscured the need to protect the vulnerable. He is reported as saying,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Payments (8 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: We need full disclosure and openness from the Government and those who were in positions of power in regard to the Government’s heartless political strategy to withhold and deny disability payments to those in residential care who were entitled to it. This must involve the full co-operation of and transparency on the part of the Government, including the acceptance of any requests...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the completion and publication of the review of the Summer Programme 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6010/23]