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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2025)

Pauline Tully: I have just come from the launch of a report by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre on public perceptions of sexual violence. It is research that was carried out in recent months. Some of the indications are positive. People believe that sexual violence is extremely common and are very concerned about it. The report pointed out that 85% of men say they feel safe while only 48% of women do....

Seanad: Disability Services: Statements (8 Apr 2025)

Pauline Tully: I am sharing my time with Senators McCormack and Andrews.

Seanad: Disability Services: Statements (8 Apr 2025)

Pauline Tully: Statements on disabilities can focus on the negative experiences and the barriers faced by disabled people in their daily reality. I commend the many disabled people who are role models and ambassadors in our country. I pay particular tribute to our athletes who took part in the Paralympic Games last summer and the athletes who took part in the Special Olympics Winter Games last month. We...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)

Pauline Tully: Today is World Autism Awareness Day. I have just come from the launch of the Same Chance report 2025, prepared by AsIAm, and there are some startling statistics within the report. Of the people surveyed, 91% feel that being autistic is a barrier to being accepted in our society. More than 50% of them were diagnosed privately as there is still no public pathway to diagnosis for children or...

Seanad: Childcare: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Pauline Tully: We will take six minutes and four minutes.

Seanad: Childcare: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Pauline Tully: The Minister is welcome. Some of my points have already been raised but I will raise them again anyway. The first relates to capacity in the system, which is an ongoing problem, as we hear from parents and childcare providers. Many parents contact me because they cannot find somewhere to leave their newborn child when they need to go back to work. A childcare provider I talked to...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Pauline Tully: No problem. I thank the Acting Chair. I want to focus initially on low-income earners because they frequently fall between two stools, as it is. I will give an example of what I mean by this. Recently I was contacted by a constituent. She, her husband and their four children have been living in a rental property for the past 11 to 12 years and paying a reasonable rent. Now, however, the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

Pauline Tully: I join earlier speakers in extending good wishes to Jeremy Wilmshurst in his new role and thank him for how very helpful and pleasant he always was to deal with. I also wish George every success in his new role. Last week, when I raised the issue of the humanitarian assistance scheme, the Ceannaire indicated that the Minister for Social Protection would be invited to the Chamber to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I support what Senator Boyhan raised. I know all too well on the ground the number of people who have had home care hours approved but cannot get the carers to fulfil them. It is a significant problem in my county of Cavan and other counties around me. I wish to raise the continuing difficulties people face with the humanitarian assistance scheme following Storm Éowyn. People are...

Seanad: Special Education Provision: Motion (26 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I am sharing time with Senators McCormack and Ryan.

Seanad: Special Education Provision: Motion (26 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I move: That Seanad Éireann: recognises: - the fundamental right of every child to access education; - the growing current and projected demand for special education placements; - the current shortage of special classes and appropriate school places, leaving children, particularly those with additional needs, without access to suitable education; - the trauma and absolute...

Seanad: Special Education Provision: Motion (26 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister of State and all the Members who spoke on the motion. I acknowledge Sarah and Darragh in the Gallery and hope an appropriate school placement for their son Freddie is identified without delay. Our population is increasing quite quickly. With that, the percentage of individuals with disabilities is increasing. In particular, the prevalence of autism is anticipated to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Transport (25 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: The Minister of State, Deputy Moynihan, is welcome. Every autumn, when students are about to back to school, any of us who live in rural areas are inundated with contact from parents distressed over the fact that their child has not got a school bus ticket for the coming school year. They are only notified of this within maybe a week or two of returning to school. It mostly applies to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Transport (25 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: It makes sense, where possible, to integrate school bus services with public services. However, as the Minister of State said, that is not always possible. For example, where I live is very rural, as is where he lives. For environmental reasons, it is important to switch as many students as possible from using cars to using buses. It also gets young people into the habit of using bus...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I raise the issue of the condition of rural roads in County Cavan. The roads are basically disintegrating in front of our eyes. This is down to a lack of investment by Government in local authorities to provide increases in funding for local roads. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Cavan was known as the pothole capital of Ireland, so much so that four Cavan Road Action Group candidates...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (25 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. If we are to address road safety in a meaningful way, we need a multipronged approach. The number of road deaths might well be reduced from what it was 20 years ago, when there was a high of 458, but the number is still far too high. Enforcement is key. People will continue to flout the rules if there is not adequate enforcement of them....

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy National Plan: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the Minister. It goes without saying that Irish farmers produce top quality food to a very high standard but, unfortunately, farming without CAP would not be sustainable. To ensure long-term food security, we need to see a CAP that is fair to all farmers.Some farmers claim in excess of €100,000 per year in farm payments. In 2020, for example, 20 farmers claimed €3.6...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I echo the comments made by Senators O'Loughlin and Clonan about Conor McGregor. We have many wonderful ambassadors from the worlds of sport, theatre and music and from other fields who could have represented our values in the White House, and he is not one of them. I am loath to mention his name but he does not represent the vast majority of the people of Ireland and should never have got...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the Deputy Michael Moynihan and congratulate him on his appointment as Minister of State with responsibility for special education. I know from our time on the disability matters committee that he has an excellent understanding of the requirements in this area. The matter I am raising relates to an extension Milltown National School in Belturbet, County Cavan. Sanction was...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2025)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the fact that his reply acknowledges that the stage 1 report was received in August. He has given a commitment to follow up on this project to get to the next date as soon as possible. It is an important project. It is an inclusive school. The staff are extraordinarily committed and there are two special classes in the school. We know it has...