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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]

Report on the Summer Programme 2023: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: No problem. I welcome the report of the committee and its recommendations in respect of the summer programme for 2023. I commend the Chair of the committee, as well as my fellow members. We met many groups and parents who have lived experience of the programme. They told us of the devastation they experienced when their child did not get access to summer provision. The July provision...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the completion of the full review of the school transport scheme; the timeframe for the publication of the review and its recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4556/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: What is the timeframe for the completion of a full review of the school transport scheme, and the publication of that review and its recommendations?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister. I presume changes to the scheme will be in place for September 2023. I will raise a situation that arises in the townland in which I live, where a cluster of students are attending their second-nearest school in Cavan town. There are four secondary schools in that town. Historically, students in the area where I live have gone to Cavan town rather than the nearest...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: My son is one of the students who is availing of a private transport arrangement that is costing €40 per student per week. That adds up to €1,300 per year, not including exam periods if students are in third or sixth year. Quite a number of students this year who would traditionally have been concessionary ticket holders lost out on their bus places. This was because the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: I would like to come in on this question. I am a member of the Joint Committee on Autism. Fiacre Ryan and his mother, Carmel, presented as witnesses at the committee and talked about and explained this method. I have been contacted by a number of parents and teachers about this method. The Minister of State said that schools are not prohibited from using the method. However, one school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will revise the ratio of clerical and administration staff to pupils in both primary and post-primary schools to ensure that they increase concurrently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4557/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority, in conjunction with Bus Éireann, will provide an additional bus service on the 182 bus route from Monaghan to Drogheda at the weekends, in both directions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance the current number of Revenue Commissioners staff, by grade, that answer the personal PAYE hotline number; if he has plans to increase the number of these staff, given that many older people are not able to use computers and or do not have access to the internet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5299/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the completion of the refurbishment works on Bailieborough Garda station; the estimated cost of these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5301/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 251. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish Embassies that are scheduled for refurbishment in 2023; the nature of these works; the timeframe for when these works will commence, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5289/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 258. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies by rank in the Defence Forces school of music as of 23 January 2023; the timeframe within which each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5288/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Engagements (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 259. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has plans to invite his French counterpart (details supplied) to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5290/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 359. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of evidential breath-testing machines allocated to each Garda division as of 20 January 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5295/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 360. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the age of each boat currently in the Garda water unit. [5296/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 361. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a fresh recruitment campaign for persons to apply to join An Garda Síochána will be launched before the end of Quarter 1 2023. [5297/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have successfully completed the competency-based driving level 3 course by rank in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5298/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 378. To ask the Minister for Health if the pathfinder alternative care pathway will be extended to cover counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5291/23]