Results 301-320 of 3,174 for speaker:Pauline Tully

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: I want to raise the issue of a constituent named Eve. She is two years old. She was born with a rare and complex condition which has a profound impact on her mobility. She has been under Children's Health Ireland Temple Street since birth. She was reviewed by a consultant orthopaedic surgeon last August and a plan was put in place for surgery. Since then, that surgeon has been suspended...

Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time this evening.

Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: Any one of the 153 states party to the Genocide Convention could have brought a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. South Africa is the only country to take this moral and principled stand and Ireland should join its genocide case against Israel. In the emergency hearing on Thursday, 11...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: I know from meeting with hospital management that they are very proactive and are trying at all times to alleviate pressures. Sometimes, constituents contact me to say they have an appointment in maybe six months for a hernia or something. When I talk to them further, it turns out the appointment is only an initial one to see the consultant. It does not take into account the time they will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 6. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to Cavan General Hospital for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2071/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: I ask the Minister to outline the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carry over and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, that has been allocated to Cavan General Hospital in 2024.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: It goes without saying that the staff in Cavan General Hospital are excellent but they are under pressure. The Minister has said that there has been an increase in the number of staff and I appreciate that but there has also been an increase in the number of people using the hospital. There are insufficient numbers of front-line staff, particularly therapists. I was talking to a therapist...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. PEACE funding is something that I am familiar with over the years because I come from the Border County of Cavan and have been involved with community groups in the past that have accessed such funding. As Deputy Smith referred to, Cavan County Council had quite a number of applications. Its biggest problem was it had too many applications. While...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: Does Ms McIntyre know the total allocation for the PEACEPLUS funding? Has a total amount been allocated? Is it only open for applications in the coming year, or will it be extended into 2025, 2026 and beyond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: Okay. That was my next question. Can they come back for-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: Okay. Ms McIntyre talked about the hard-to-reach groups and that it is important to reach out to them. I agree with her How does she envisage that will happen? If they are hard to reach, they are hard to reach. What mechanisms will be used to try to reach groups? We have heard in this committee about different groups that have not had their voices heard throughout the conflict and since.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 32. To ask the Minister for Health what actions he is taking to reverse the current trend in long-term residential care (LTRC) where there has been a consolidation of LTRC homes under larger operator groups in Dublin and the commuter belt at the expense of smaller independently owned and operated LTRC homes which are not part of operator groups in rural areas such as in Cavan (details...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken to develop more part-time curriculums across higher and further education; if he has increased funding for these courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2090/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken to increase funding and resources for disability supports including mental health supports in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2091/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (18 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider issuing a temporary travel document to Sudanese citizens here on a work permit who are currently unable to renew their passports due to the ongoing conflict in Sudan. [2104/24]

Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: The cost of purchasing a home has been pushed up further and further in recent years and has made it impossible for many workers and families, who have saved every euro they could, to buy their first home. A major contributor is the fact that investment funds have been allowed to come in and bulk-purchase homes from developers. Most recently, an investment fund bulk-purchased 85% of homes...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: I want to raise an issue that was highlighted in news reports last week resulting from a report by the Child Law Project and Dr. Niall Muldoon, who is Ombudsman for Children. It highlighted the case of a teenage girl with a disability who was held in a hospital room off the emergency department for two months in 2021 because Tusla - the Child and Family Agency and HSE disability services...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: It is good to have both agencies in the room because we regularly hear the local authority blaming the HSE and the HSE blaming the local authority for accessible housing and support packages not being in place and for not working in tandem. I acknowledge the situation has improved with the new steering committees and I hear of good working relationships on the ground between a local...