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Thu, 30 May 2024
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Housing Policy
Pauline Tully
98. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail his plans to deliver housing in counties Cavan and Monaghan at the scale indicated as needed in the report recently prepared by the Housing Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24411/24]
Thu, 30 May 2024
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Irish Language
Pauline Tully
119. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail his plans for the development of the Irish language through the bodies under his aegis such as the Heritage Council and local authorities; if he will consider introducing a dedicated funding stream for local authorities to encourage them to develop an Irish language section staffed by two full-time Irish language officers to assist in increasing the visibility and use of our native language, which is a stated objective of the Programme for Government 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24412/24]
Thu, 30 May 2024
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Parking Provision
Pauline Tully
155. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if there was a public call for submissions on the review of the disabled parking scheme; when this consultation closed to submissions; the number of submissions that were made; to detail the groups which were contacted and asked to make a submission; if disabled persons' organisations were contacted directly and asked to make a submission; and the stages that are left in this review process. [24484/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Pauline Tully
50. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the actions she is taking to allay the concerns expressed by organisations (details supplied) regarding the circular recently issued by her Department relating to the SET allocation for each school from the 2024-2025 school year until further notice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23871/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Pauline Tully
66. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the actions she is taking to ensure that all disabled students are provided with an appropriate school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23872/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Bus Services
Pauline Tully
141. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the details of the Local Link services currently available in counties Cavan and Monaghan, respectively; and if there are plans for an additional route to connect Smithboro with Monaghan town. [23682/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Legislative Process
Pauline Tully
310. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe within which the Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024, which was signed into law in March 2024, will be applied. [23603/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Social Welfare Schemes
Pauline Tully
314. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if exemptions are in place for pensioners, disabled people or other groups in relation to the recently announced changes to the supports to those fleeing the war in Ukraine. [23674/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pauline Tully
318. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports her Department has in place for people who are unable to work due to long-Covid. [23727/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pauline Tully
319. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if healthcare staff who are unable to work due to contracting long-Covid are eligible to the occupational injuries scheme; and if not, if she has plans to extend eligibility of the occupational injuries scheme to healthcare staff who have contracted long-Covid. [23729/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Dental Services
Pauline Tully
425. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the range of dental treatments available to medical card holders who are under active chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment or under medication prescribed by an oncologist; and if he plans to increase the number of dental treatments cancer patients are entitled to receive, as their teeth can often be detrimentally affected due to their cancer treatment. [23602/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Health Services
Pauline Tully
449. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the services available in each CHO to assess and treat ADHD, in tabular form; to detail which service is available to people living in Cavan-Monaghan; and to detail the process of getting referred to this service. [23730/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Health Service Executive
Pauline Tully
457. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason that inappropriate language in regard to disability is still contained on HSE application forms, such as the long-term illness scheme form, which refers to ‘mental handicap’; and if a review of HSE application forms will take place to ensure the use of appropriate language. [23782/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Pauline Tully
34. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has plans to increase the funding for apprenticeships that are offered by education and training boards and technological universities to meet future training requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23287/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Grant Payments
Pauline Tully
47. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider altering the residency rule for the student grant scheme to enable a person to qualify for the grant is they can show that they have been resident in the State for at least two years out of the five-year period ending on the day before their course starts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23286/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Business Supports
Pauline Tully
110. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider reopening and readvertising the increased cost of business scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23294/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Tax Credits
Pauline Tully
156. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing and simplifying the application procedure for SMEs to access and avail of the R&D tax credit for indigenous firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23295/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Departmental Reports
Pauline Tully
249. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the children's disability network team staff census and workforce review 2023 has been published; if not, the reason for the delay in publication; the timeframe for publication of this document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23359/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Primary Medical Certificates
Pauline Tully
81. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons currently on the waiting list for the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; the timeframe for this waiting list to be cleared; what actions are being taken to implement a new modern, fit-for-purpose vehicle adaptation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22780/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Primary Medical Certificates
Pauline Tully
107. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the actions being taken to implement the proposals for a modern, fit-for-purpose vehicle adaptation scheme in line with international best practice that would replace the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22779/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Departmental Meetings
Pauline Tully
143. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he met with the UK shadow foreign secretary during his recent visit to London (details supplied). [22946/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Airport Policy
Pauline Tully
199. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the total funds raised through the persons with reduced mobility charge in the past five years, broken down by year and, by Irish airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22656/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Airport Policy
Pauline Tully
200. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of how the monies raised through the persons with reduced mobility charge have been spent over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22657/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Airport Policy
Pauline Tully
201. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if all the monies raised through the persons with reduced mobility charge are spent on the provision of services and supports for people with reduced mobility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22658/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Bus Services
Pauline Tully
206. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons who have used each Local Link bus service within Cavan and Monaghan in both directions in the years 2023 and to date in 2024. [22945/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Primary Medical Certificates
Pauline Tully
219. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who appealed to the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal since it was re-established and were successful in overturning the rejection of their initial application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22722/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Legislative Process
Pauline Tully
273. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the companies (corporate governance, enforcement and regulatory provisions) Bill; and when the Bill will move to the next Stage. [22953/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Pauline Tully
371. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the diet supplement was discontinued; if she will detail the supports that currently exist to help people who have been prescribed a particular diet which frequently costs more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22388/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Community Welfare Services
Pauline Tully
414. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE community welfare officers based in counties Cavan and Monaghan in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22949/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Pauline Tully
467. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the roads policing unit within Cavan-Monaghan division as of 30 April 2024; and if she will provide same figures as of 30 April 2021, in tabular form. [22950/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Legislative Process
Pauline Tully
468. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the current status of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill; and when the Bill will move to the next stage. [22951/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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International Protection
Pauline Tully
495. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current use of a facility (details supplied); if he has plans to use this facility for applicants in the International Protection Accommodation Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22335/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
532. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE child psychologists working as part of Cavan children's disability network team in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [22947/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
533. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE child psychologists working as part of Monaghan children's disability network team in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [22948/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Pauline Tully
637. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior house officers in orthopaedics based at Monaghan General Hospital in the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22940/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Ambulance Service
Pauline Tully
638. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing three additional critical care ambulances on a 24-7 basis in each HSE region. [22941/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Emergency Departments
Pauline Tully
639. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children who presented at the accident and emergency department of Cavan General Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22942/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Hospital Procedures
Pauline Tully
640. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to identify the specialist vascular surgery treatments that are not provided within the State and for which patients are sent to the UK or elsewhere abroad; and the actions being taken to provide these surgeries within the State. [22943/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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General Practitioner Services
Pauline Tully
641. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the percentage of the number of GPs within Cavan-Monaghan who are registered with the type 2 diabetes cycle of care. [22944/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Departmental Funding
Pauline Tully
667. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that has been allocated to men’s and women's sheds, respectively, in each of the past three years, in tabular form. [22731/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Defence Forces
Pauline Tully
32. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the progress to date in ensuring the provisions of the working time directive are applied, where appropriate, to members of the Defence Forces; if he will detail those activities that are deemed outside the scope of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22127/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Road Safety
Pauline Tully
76. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the actions he is taking to ensure floating bus islands are safe for disabled pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22126/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Bus Services
Pauline Tully
91. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport to detail the consultation his Department engaged in with disabled persons organisations prior to the introduction of floating island bus stops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22125/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Road Projects
Pauline Tully
136. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding allocated to Cavan County Council in each year from 2004 to 2024 for the maintenance and upkeep of regional and local roads, in tabular form; if he will consider allocating additional funding to Cavan County Council this year; and if he will consider transitioning to a multi-year funding model to give companies undertaking local authorities road contracts the confidence to expand their capacity to undertake these contracts. [22302/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
240. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding is available for a community nurse to cover care that may fall outside of regular business hours to enable a disabled person to live independently. [22225/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
241. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if community nurses are available to cover care that may fall outside of regular business hours to enable a disabled person to live independently. [22226/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Rural Schemes
Pauline Tully
16. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has finalised its report on rural proofing; when this report will be made public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20899/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Departmental Policies
Pauline Tully
31. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeframe within which she plans to introduce a rural proofing model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20900/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Middle East
Pauline Tully
68. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the progress that has been made to date to intervene in the case initiated by South Africa against Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice; to detail the work that needs to be undertaken before a declaration is filed; the timeframe within which a declaration will be filed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20902/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Middle East
Pauline Tully
91. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the discussions taking place with other European countries on a joint declaration of recognition of the State of Palestine; the timeframe within which Ireland will give formal recognition to the State of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20901/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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General Practitioner Services
Pauline Tully
312. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received for a GP vacancy in Cavan (details supplied); the number of these applications that are to be progressed to interview stage; the timeframe for the interview process to take place; the timeframe for a GP to be appointed to this role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21115/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
451. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe within which a decision will be made in relation to the business case currently with the HSE to fund an increase in respite provision in a facility (details supplied) from 840 nights per year to 1500 nights per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20434/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Pauline Tully
36. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the specific health supports that are available to people with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19867/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Mental Health Services
Pauline Tully
62. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to decrease waiting times for children and adolescents to access CAMHS in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19868/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
83. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Question No. 97 of 29 February 2024, for an update on the recruitment drive for the children's disability network teams, CDNTs, as referenced in the reply; to specifically outline how many staff have been recruited into the CDNTs in Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19208/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Departmental Strategies
Pauline Tully
101. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what progress has been made on compiling a register of DPOs in Ireland; when he envisages that this process will be completed; what measures will be taken to ensure all Government Departments and public bodies engage DPOs in consultation prior to the commencement of projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19214/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
125. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the community-based supports that are available to people who have acquired a disability due to stroke, heart attack or accident; the measures he is taking to increase these community-based supports for people with an acquired disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19215/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Legal Aid
Pauline Tully
496. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider increasing both the income and disposable assets threshold limits for access to free legal aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19033/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Pauline Tully
6. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering the consolidation of all disability payments together into one single payment system; if so, her plans to consult and co-design this scheme in conjunction with the disability community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18411/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Pauline Tully
39. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider altering the Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 to apply the reduced rate of social welfare payments to Ukrainian people who arrive after a particular date instead of the current approach of connecting the reduced payment to new designated centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18412/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Animal Slaughtering
Pauline Tully
70. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is taking over responsibility for the inspection of small abattoirs from the local authorities who currently undertake this on behalf of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland; the timeframe within which this will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18421/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Agriculture Industry
Pauline Tully
79. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce specific measures to support farmers affected by extremely difficult weather conditions which have resulted in a much-delayed turnout of livestock and planting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18420/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Family Law Cases
Pauline Tully
36. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider reviewing the penalties that can be issued by a judge for non-compliance with a court order (details supplied) in family law cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17814/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Departmental Budgets
Pauline Tully
86. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has made an application to his Department for increased funding in budget 2025 for the repair and maintenance of local and regional roads; if he will increase the funding for allocation to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in budget 2025 for the repair and maintenance of local and regional roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17850/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
512. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the proportion of disabled people in residential care in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 who were categorised as having low to medium support needs; and the proportion of disabled people in residential care in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 who were categorised as having high to intensive support needs, in tabular form. [17451/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
513. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital costs of providing a four-bedroom residential centre for disabled people; the first-year current costs of providing a four-bedroom residential centre for disabled people; and the full year current cost of providing a four-bedroom residential centre for disabled people, in tabular form. [17452/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
514. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital costs of providing a four-bedroom respite centre for disabled people; the first-year current costs of providing a four-bedroom respite centre for disabled people; and the full-year current cost of providing a four-bedroom respite centre for disabled people, in tabular form. [17453/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
515. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the Department's target for the provision of respite places for disabled people over the next three, six and nine years, in tabular form. [17454/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
516. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding allocated for the provision of home respite support packages that is within the Department's pre-committed current expenditure baseline. [17455/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
517. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the current allocation for delivering existing levels of home respite supports for emergency cases, including funding for the 420 packages put in place in 2022 and maintained in 2023, as well as the additional 27 packages delivered in 2023, is within the Department's pre-committed current expenditure baseline. [17456/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
518. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the first-year costs of providing 100,000, 200,000 and 500,000 additional personal assistance hours; and the full-year costs of providing 100,000, 200,000 and 500,000 additional personal assistance hours, in tabular form. [17457/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
519. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the first-year costs of providing 100, 200 and 500 additional intensive home supports; and the full-year costs of providing 100, 200 and 500 additional intensive home supports, in tabular form. [17458/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
520. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital costs of providing one additional adult day service centre; the average number of places provided in an adult day service centre; the first-year current costs of providing 500, 1,000 and 1,500 additional adult day service places; and the full-year current costs of providing 500, 1,000 and 1,500 additional adult day service places, in tabular form. [17459/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
521. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost bands associated with providing additional adult day services places in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the average cost of providing additional day service places in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; in tabular form. [17460/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
522. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated number of new day service places for disabled adults that will be needed in 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, taking into account vacancies arising and demographic change. [17461/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
523. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people leaving rehabilitative training and school who were profiled for an adult day service in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and the number of adult day service places that were provided in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form [17462/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
524. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current costs of filling all vacant posts in children's disability network teams; the number of vacant posts in children's disability network teams where funding is already committed; the number of vacant posts in children's disability network teams where funding has not already been committed; and the current costs of filling the vacant posts where funding has not already been committed. [17463/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
525. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding provided to the DPO network in each of the past three years, in tabular form. [17464/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
536. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail, with regard to the findings of the Disability Capacity Review to 2032, the number of residential disability respite centres his Department is targeting to deliver by 2032. [17572/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
537. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail, with regard to the key objectives and actions of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026, the number of residential disability respite centres his Department is targeting to deliver over the lifetime of the plan. [17573/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
538. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of residential respite centres that were delivered up to December 2020; the overnight respite capacity of these centres; and the day-only respite capacity of these centres. [17574/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
539. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of new residential respite centres that have been delivered from 2021 to date; the additional overnight respite capacity that these new centres have delivered; and the additional day-only respite capacity that these new centres have delivered. [17575/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Care of the Elderly
Pauline Tully
683. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 29 November 2022, to provide an update regarding the boarding out scheme; and if his Department has considered this model of care in the context of its overall commitment to enhancing opportunities for older people to stay in their homes and communities for longer. [18005/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Foras na Gaeilge
Pauline Tully
53. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the actions she is taking to overhaul Foras na Gaeilge as a funding mechanism for the Irish language sector, funding for which over the last number of years has stalled in comparison with funding in other areas in her portfolio, such as arts and heritage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17021/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Employment Rights
Pauline Tully
87. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of a campaign (details supplied) being run by organisations; if he will meet with the four unions in relation to the campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17019/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Trade Agreements
Pauline Tully
163. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on reported recent talks between the EU and the Mercosur group on a trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8380/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Grant Payments
Pauline Tully
317. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider changing the eligibility criteria for the student grant scheme to enable students whose family was granted legal residency in Ireland through the regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants scheme to apply using the total number of years they lived in Ireland, including when they were undocumented. [17239/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Departmental Reports
Pauline Tully
114. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe for the publication of the report on the Demonstration Project on Personalised Budgets; if the accompanying evaluation process will be completed in quarter 2, 2024, as reported in July 2022; the numbers currently involved in the project; and if he will give an update on the brokerage models frameworks proposed. [16779/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
123. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of residential disability respite centres in use by December 2018, December 2019, December 2020, December 2021, December 2022 and December 2023; the total number of overnight residential respite places available at each of these dates; and the total number of day-only residential respite places available at each of these dates, in tabular form. [16947/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Pauline Tully
97. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the number of autism unit places in mainstream primary schools in County Cavan; the number of autism unit places in mainstream post-primary schools in County Cavan; her plans to expand the number of autism unit places for children in mainstream primary and post-primary schools in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16465/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Pauline Tully
108. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the actions she is taking to resolve the issue of the delays in school capital projects in County Cavan which has led to a number of secondary schools becoming oversubscribed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16466/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
603. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential places for disabled people that were delivered as of December 2023. [16567/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
606. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled adults with a residential placement in CHO7 that are attending a day service; the number that are attending a day service in the same catchment area they reside in; and the number that attend a day service in a different catchment area to the one they reside in. [16705/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Staff
Pauline Tully
726. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of endocrinologists employed in Cavan General Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [16504/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Disease Management
Pauline Tully
727. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children from counties Cavan and Monaghan with type 1 diabetes that are currently being referred to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and Temple Street Hospital for the provision of insulin pump therapy; the reason these children require onward referral to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda or Temple Street Hospital as insulin pump therapy is available in Cavan General Hospital since Q4 2023. [16505/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
36. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the progress his Department has made regarding Action 9.2 of the Action Plan for Disability Services to establish along with the HSE a dedicated project implementation team to work with residents, CHOs, service providers, local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies to accelerate decongregation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15720/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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Housing Schemes
Pauline Tully
61. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider amending the vacant property refurbishment grant to allow applicants who are facing homelessness to move into the property prior to applying to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15721/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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Health Strategies
Pauline Tully
180. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in respect to the HSE National Service Plan 2023 which places the projected outturn 2022 for the number of people with a disability in receipt of respite services ID/autism and physical and sensory disability at 5,170 if this figure accounts for both adults and children (details supplied). [15815/24]
Wed, 10 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Pauline Tully
92. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of payments (details supplied) as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [15535/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Official Engagements
Pauline Tully
43. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite a person (details supplied) to Ireland in the first half of 2024. [15099/24]