Results 361-380 of 2,115 for speaker:Pauline Tully in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Functions (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 488. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has any plans to establish a dedicated cross-departmental unit in his Department to facilitate a whole-of-government approach to autism and to embed joined-up cross-departmental services; and the estimated cost of establishing a dedicated cross-departmental unit in his Department. [51941/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 489. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that the optional protocol of the UNCRPD has not yet been ratified; and the timeframe for the ratification of the optional protocol of the UNCRPD. [51942/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all Government Departments have a dedicated autism policy in place; and which Departments have developed a policy and which have not, in tabular form. [51943/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what actions he has taken to address the staffing issues in disability services, including the recruitment and retention of staff. [51944/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of establishing a one-stop-shop where autistic people and their families and carers can receive information and link in with services that they require. [51945/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay in offering a contract to an organisation (details supplied) for accommodation offered to his Department for Ukrainian people fleeing the war [51948/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 518. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to implement a 12.5% increase across the board for youth funding schemes. [52410/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 519. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received to date in 2023 for respite care in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and the number of persons on a waiting list to get respite care service in the counties, in tabular form. [52411/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 520. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received to date in 2023 for respite care; and the number of persons on a waiting list to get respite care service. [52412/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 522. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to establish a single-entry point to children’s disability services and child and adolescent mental health services for autistic and disabled children to ensure that children are no longer passed between services. [52423/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to liaise with third-level institutions to develop work placement schemes to attract staff to disability services. [52424/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 524. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to initiate a campaign in secondary schools targeting leaving certificate students to promote careers in disability services. [52425/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to engage with the relevant professional bodies representing speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists and nurses to inform a long-term strategy to address the staffing issues in disability services. [52426/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to rebalance the distribution of resources between staff working on assessments of need and staff implementing therapeutic supports. [52427/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Wage-setting Mechanisms (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 527. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to resolve pay parity issues for organisations that provide services under section 39 of the Health Act 2004; and the estimated cost of achieving pay parity issues for organisations that provide services under section 39 of the Health Act 2004. [52428/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to attract staff in disciplines relevant to disability services who have the right to work in Ireland to return by subsidising travel costs to return to Ireland; and the estimated cost of undertaking this measure. [52429/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to recognise the work of community groups that support autistic people by establishing a distinct funding stream to develop their work and to facilitate the establishment of new autism community groups across the country; and the estimated cost of undertaking this...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 530. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to develop opportunities for career progression within public disability services for professionals in areas such as occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy or psychology; and the estimated cost of undertaking this measure. [52431/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to incentivise working within the public health sector to ensure that fewer professionals leave Ireland and that staff do not feel compelled to supplement their income by working in the private sector; and the estimated cost of undertaking this measure. [52432/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (28 Nov 2023)

Pauline Tully: 532. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to ensure that public sector health workers are satisfied to work exclusively within the public health sector; and the estimated cost of undertaking this measure. [52433/23]