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Disability Funding Report: Motion (18 Nov 2021)

Pauline Tully: ...during the Covid-19 pandemic and in providing a quality of life for disabled persons and their carers. The committee notes the confirmation from the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, that an additional €9 million will be provided in 2021 to further build the capacity of our respite services in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, for children and adults, as well as...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Policy (20 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: ...as low smoke has to be stopped. In addition, the 100,000 tonnes of coal coming in from the North every year cannot be permitted to continue. This coal has a retail value of approximately €56 million per annum. The main reason this is happening is that solid fuel in the North has a VAT rate of 5% compared with the 13.5% rate applied in the rest of Ireland. Also in the North,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Resourcing of Personal Assistance Services: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: ...of a house, which is often available, but the supports such as the personal assistant service. Some of the figures we have been given this morning are quite alarming. Mr. Cawley said that 1.5 million service hours are divided among 2,470 people has lead to an average of 42 minutes daily for 44% of users, which he rightly pointed out is not a personal assistant service. Can he explain...

Impact of Covid-19 on People with Disabilities within the Education and Health Sectors: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Pauline Tully: ...parents of children with autism. The key findings were that two thirds of parents and guardians surveyed have had to wait two years or more to receive an autism diagnosis for their child. Over 50% felt very dissatisfied with the HSE support services for their autistic children. Almost four in five said they were not in receipt of any support from either the early intervention or school...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Pauline Tully: ...united in our opinion that what was happening in Palestine, and Gaza in particular, had to stop. We all welcomed the ceasefire announced last week, but how many ceasefires have there been over the 54 years of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory? How long will this ceasefire last before Israel starts stealing Palestinian land again, while continuing to commit war crimes and...

Household Utility Bills Support: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2021)

Pauline Tully: ...party colleagues here: to double the fuel allowance for two weeks in February; to introduce the fuel allowance to those on the pandemic unemployment payment; to establish a discretionary fund of €5 million, as is done in other jurisdictions to meet the additional costs due to Covid restrictions; to make it easier to access the community welfare officers; and to ensure the...

Health (Amendment) (Professional Home Care) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Sep 2020)

Pauline Tully: ...difficult to secure a successful outcome. There is also a reference in the Bill to "suitably trained personnel". Home care assistants working for the HSE are required to have a FETAC level 5 qualification as a minimum. In the private sector, some of these workers are paid less than €10 per hour, which is less than the minimum wage. Many have to travel up to 40 minutes for...