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Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: I thank everybody for coming in to meet with us, and their support team as well, and thank them for their briefing notes in advance. I have a couple of updates that I can share. Maybe it is information that Cara and Mark Darmody may have had already. It by no means diminishes the urgency of and the impatience for what is required for children but in terms of the practicalities of the...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: My question was for Ms Quigley as well. I thank her for the briefing on the DPO Network. My question is about co-creation and the lived experience and the importance of that. I know we have gone through our work programme for the year and how we will possibly change it - I think we need to do so - in terms of the co-creation piece but I am possibly speaking out of turn.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: I was thinking that I would use my time to finish speaking and then allow the guests to respond.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: I will shut up then. I ask the witnesses to respond on the question on co-creation. I would absolutely be in favour of meeting the other DPOs, but I am one member of a team here.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: I thank everyone again. I will go in reverse order to take a shortcut. The witnesses' DPO comprises five groups. Are there others? Have the witnesses written to or corresponded with the other Oireachtas joint committees? Every day is a school day; I learned much this morning. Have the witnesses made contact with all the other committees as well? I know the IDS's human resources are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: 257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the Land Use Review; the direction is being given to local authorities for balanced, common-good and needs'-based planning in the areas of Renewable Energy production, social infrastructure and housing; the reason there a disproportionate concentration of renewable energy facilities in south east Meath over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: 668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the roll out of supportive therapies art, drama, equine therapies, wellbeing supports and nurture room grants to name some to mainstream primary and secondary schools, notwithstanding the prioritisation of special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30423/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: 847. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the direction being given to local authorities for balanced, common-good and needs-based planning in the areas of renewable energy production, social infrastructure and housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30421/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: 848. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the professional qualifications required by local authority planners, to adjudicate on renewable energy projects submitted for planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30422/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (10 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: 1051. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Thornton Hall prison site in north County Dublin, Fingal, in light of recent announcements on the increase in prison spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30428/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (10 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: 1052. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the exact process of site selection for International Protection Accommodation Service centres; are local authorities using commercial rates information and approaching owners; if owners are being introduced by public representatives; the community infrastructure audit requirements that are to be submitted with prospective...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (10 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: 1599. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of women affected directly by the misreading of their cervical smear tests to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (10 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: 1600. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of women who were directly affected by the misreading of their cervical smear tests who have passed away to date. [30425/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (10 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: 1601. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of women currently alive who have received a terminal diagnosis as a direct result of the misreading of cervical cancer tests. [30426/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Gillian Toole: 1602. To ask the Minister for Health if the guidelines for vaccination against SARS COV 2 of infants, children and adolescents, who do not have medical conditions that increase their risk of severe illness, will be amended in light of recent research findings in the Department of Health in Australia and the FDA in the USA whereby risk of side effects outweigh any benefit of vaccination. [30427/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (29 May 2025)

Gillian Toole: 162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the improvements being made in how Government Departments “report capital spending on an annual basis to ensure greater transparency and oversight of expenditure on a regional basis”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28806/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Functions (29 May 2025)

Gillian Toole: 314. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the support his Department provides to the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service, to provide critical economic and value for money analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29166/25]

Independent External Medical Audit for Children's Health Ireland and National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh: Statements (27 May 2025)

Gillian Toole: In this instance, I am not going to duplicate all of the statistics and summaries of the review to date that Members have discussed. I will approach this from the point of view of what may happen next and the human impact. There must be a compassionate approach to supporting the children and families through the review process without sterile communications and an impersonal review process....

Delivering a World-Class Education System: Statements (22 May 2025)

Gillian Toole: As the very proud daughter, niece, granddaughter and friend of primary, secondary and tertiary educators, I very much welcome this opportunity for statements today. I will not repeat what I have heard from other contributors. The book Poor by Dr. Kathriona O'Sullivan of Maynooth University points to the importance of education as a freedom, as a gateway and as being life changing. The...