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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: I thank all the witnesses for being here with us. Mr. Friel stated that too often policy is made about apprentices rather than with them. We know the national apprenticeship office is looking at how a new integrated model can be developed. Is there a mechanism to consult with that office or for apprentices or the bodies that represent them to do so? The witnesses have identified some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: It was stated in the second document submitted that there is a reluctance on the part of the NAO to include union representatives in the mechanism. Is that the case? What is the thinking behind it? We need to hear from apprentices on the ground about everyday struggles, what needs to be addressed and how to improve the system. Who knows that better than the people involved?

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

Pauline Tully: I want to raise the issue of a pilot project run in Cavan-Monaghan and Sligo-Leitrim that recently came to an end, called Retrofit Ready. It was a programme under the Department of the environment's Climate Action Fund. Cavan County Local Development and Monaghan Integrated Development and the equivalent development groups in Sligo- Leitrim, employed a person in Cavan-Monaghan and a person...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: I want to raise the hunger strike being undertaken outside the Dáil by five people who are survivors of industrial schools. It has been going on since 21 September. I know many other Senators have raised their concerns in this House. I am very concerned about their health and the ongoing health issues they may endure later as a result of this hunger strike. I acknowledge there has...

Seanad: Budget 2026 (Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation): Statements (8 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: I want to raise a number of issues concerning yesterday's budget and the first issue concerns childcare. We know we have more then 40,000 children in need of a childcare place now. I regularly have parents on the phone to me or they come into my office crying because they cannot find a childcare place, particularly for young babies and children up to the age of two, which means they cannot...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: I raise a transport issue, which I have raised a number of times both here and in the Dáil. I have written to the NTA on the issue but it still has not been resolved. It relates to the 109X bus from Cavan to Dublin. It is an hourly bus service going through Kells and on to Dublin. I am hearing from passengers and bus drivers that there are regularly people left stranded because buses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: Good morning. I thank the witnesses for coming in. I was formerly a secondary school teacher and I was the special educational needs co-ordinator for some of that time, so I was the one who used to apply for the RACE accommodations and experience the frustration of the emphasis from the State Examinations Commission that if they grant something to a student, it would give them an unfair...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: It is a lot more than that. That echoes what I am hearing from parents as well. Ms O'Brien was diagnosed late in sixth class. That means she had almost eight years of education without getting any of the supports. What a difference getting those supports early in education would have made. That is unfair. Does Ms Bissett see any improvement in making an effort to diagnose children with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: I thank the witnesses for attending and for their presentation. Some of my questions follow on from Deputy Ní Raghallaigh. With regard to language, it seems there is a move away from concentration on the oral exams. Language is spoken. That is what we should be concentrating on, especially for children with dyslexia, who have difficulty with reading and grammar. As Sive said in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: There was a time gap from when it was announced to when it actually started. Is it really necessary to have a review? I know the commission has to look at the times for exams and so on. I have seen timetables change before for different reasons. For example, subjects were swapped to different days so children were not doing English and another heavy subject on the same day. There may be...

Seanad: Global Sumud Flotilla: Statements (2 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister of State for being here. It is important that we have these statements today to discuss what happened to the occupants of the Global Sumud Flotilla last night and this morning, and to call it out as a crime against international law. I want to start by commending all of those who were on the Global Sumud Flotilla. I send solidarity and greetings to them and hope they...

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

Pauline Tully: I want to raise the issue of how people with asthma are not properly cared for. Asthma is seen as an acute illness rather than a chronic condition. That needs to change. We have one of the highest rates of asthma in the world. Some 450,000 people in the country have asthma, and it is predicted that this could rise to 900,000 at some stage. Fifty per cent of those people do not have the...

Seanad: National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: The Trading for Impact policy recognises the huge contribution of social enterprises. These are businesses that put people and communities before profit. They create jobs, support the most marginalised and drive local development and climate action.The policy sets out welcome goals on awareness, sustainability, the green transition, engagement and impact measurement. The policy falls...

Seanad: National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: The Minister of State must visit Cavan too.

Seanad: Agricultural Sector: Motion (1 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: I second the amendment. Like my colleague, there is nothing in this motion I would oppose. I generally support it. I want to concentrate my remarks on the Mercosur deal. Trade deals between the EU and other countries continue to threaten Irish agriculture. That is particularly true of the Mercosur deal, which will see the importation of South American beef into the EU. That will have a...

Seanad: Agricultural Sector: Motion (1 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: They would probably be in a better place.

Seanad: Agricultural Sector: Motion (1 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: I move amendment No. 2: After the words “calls on the Government to:” to insert the following paragraph: “- implement the Bovine TB Action Plan while taking into consideration the concerns of farmers in relation to the Plan; - provide funding to increase the maximum valuation for TB reactor cattle to provide adequate compensation to farmers; - oppose the Mercosur...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Pauline Tully: Ms Costello stated that the most significant issue around the continued expansion of apprenticeships is adequate funding. Obviously, there is not adequate funding at the moment. What is being invested currently in the system and what level of funding would be adequate? What sort of increase would we need? Ms Costello referred to properly resourcing the system to prevent any further...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Pauline Tully: I start by being associated with the condolences to the family, friends and former colleagues of Dr. Martin Mansergh. I acknowledge his significant contribution to the peace process which led to the Good Friday Agreement. I also want to be associated with the condolences to Senator Clifford-Lee and her family on the untimely death of her mother. I raise the issue of the global summit...

Seanad: School Transport: Statements (30 Sep 2025)

Pauline Tully: The review of the school transport scheme that happened a few years ago was very welcome. It was badly needed. It did take a long time, but it was eventually published about 18 months ago. It made a number of recommendations about reducing the distance people had to live from their school to avail of school transport and that they had to attend their nearest school. I was expecting that...