Results 361-380 of 3,174 for speaker:Pauline Tully

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 98 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied) if he has plans to review the application processes for social housing and other housing supports to ensure that they are accessible to autistic people and disabled people; and the estimated cost of implementing this proposal. [57337/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 99 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied), if he has plans to ensure that autism is regarded as a sensory disability by all local authorities for the purposes of accessing prioritised social housing provision. [57338/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 783. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 100 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied), if he has plans to provide adequate grants to allow for sensory rooms to be added to homes and the sensory proofing of homes for autistic people; and the estimated first and full year cost respectively of implementing this proposal....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 784. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 101 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied) if he has plans to ensure that local authorities engage with schools to assist in developing suitable sensory provision for autistic children; and the estimated first and full year cost respectively of implementing this proposal. [57340/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 785. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 102 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied) if he has plans to provide designated funding to local authorities to add sensory areas and communication boards to all playgrounds; and the estimated first and full year cost respectively of implementing this proposal. [57341/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 786. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 103 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied) if he has plans to provide autism training to staff in local authorities and ensure that autism is accepted as a condition which qualifies for housing support; and the estimated cost of implementing this proposal. [57342/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 787. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 104 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied) if he has plans to incentivise participation in continuing professional development courses in universal design and accessibility for architects and planners; and the estimated cost of implementing this proposal. [57343/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 788. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 105 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied) if he has plans to liaise with professional bodies within architecture and planning to promote education in universal design and the implementation of Universal Design practices. [57344/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 789. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 106 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied) if he has plans to engage with the Office of Public Works (OPW) to implement guidelines on making facilities and sites under their auspices more autism-friendly; and the estimated cost of implementing this proposal. [57345/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 790. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 107 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied) if he has plans to provide autism training to tour guides and other public-facing OPW staff at heritage sites and cultural institutions; and the estimated cost of implementing this proposal. [57346/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 791. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 108 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied) if he has plans to provide more opportunities for career development in public sector planning to retain planners; and the estimated cost of implementing this proposal. [57347/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 792. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 109 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied) if he has plans to recruit a designated Disability Officer in every local authority to advise autistic people and their families on accessing supports and assist them to complete the application process, where needed; and the estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 865. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 544 of 14 July 2022, the number of persons currently in receipt of a disability-related social protection payment, by the type of payment, in tabular form. [56599/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 874. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people on disability allowance and invalidity pension who to date in 2023 have lost their entitlement to these payments entirely or have had them reduced following a change in circumstance where they now reside with a partner initiating a review of their income, in tabular form. [56668/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 914. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in line with Action 80 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, if she has plans to establish a State-run public employment service that builds on the good practice in the field of disability employment and which links autistic people to employers and offers support, guidance and information as well as tailored...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 915. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in line with Action 81 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to engage with stakeholders including the autistic community and employers and review the wage subsidy scheme and reasonable accommodation fund with a view to promoting uptake of the schemes; and the estimated first- and full-year cost,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 916. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in line with Action 82 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to promote the availability and potential benefits of schemes such as the wage subsidy scheme and reasonable accommodation fund to employers; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57271/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 917. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in line with Action 83 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to amalgamate and streamline workplace support grants and the reasonable accommodation fund under one fund which employers may draw down for the purposes of accommodating an autistic or disabled employee or prospective employee; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 918. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in line with Action 84 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to initiate a review of the wage subsidy scheme through a rights-based, social lens and identify how best to update or replace the scheme; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57273/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 919. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in line with Action 85 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to remove the minimum work hours to access the wage subsidy scheme to allow for people with disabilities to access part-time employment; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57274/23]