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Wed, 8 Nov 2023
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Water Services
Pauline Tully
71. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason people who are building a one-off house this year and receive their water from a group water scheme will not have their fee waived under the temporary development contribution waiver arrangement; if he has plans to include people on group water schemes in the temporary development contribution waiver arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49081/23]
Wed, 8 Nov 2023
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Departmental Funding
Pauline Tully
94. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an organisation (details supplied) was unsuccessful in its funding application to the 2023 LGBTI+ community services funding call scheme A; and if he will reconsider this decision. [48879/23]
Wed, 8 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
95. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total funding allocated for existing levels of service (ELS) in disability services in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by the areas it was allocated to each year, in tabular form. [48886/23]
Wed, 8 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
109. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the home support authorisation scheme covers homecare for disabled people; the funding that providers are paid under this scheme for disability packages; and the funding that providers are paid under this scheme for older persons packages. [48869/23]
Wed, 8 Nov 2023
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Home Care Packages
Pauline Tully
111. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to address the current homecare situation; for an update on the progress of the statutory homecare scheme; and if the statutory homecare scheme will cater for disabled people. [48875/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
35. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the effect the HSE recruitment freeze will have on delivering disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48528/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
54. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he is taking to establish a national DPRO register to ensure all consultations on matters regarding disability are carried out in accordance with general comment 7 of the UNCRPD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48529/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Pauline Tully
142. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what additional funding was allocated to the warmer homes scheme in Budget 2024; and the estimated time this additional funding will shorten the current waiting list for the scheme. [47371/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Work Permits
Pauline Tully
412. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the person appointed by his Department to conduct the strategic review of the labour needs of the meat processing industry; the timeframe for the completion of this review; if work permits will be made available to the meat processing industry while this review is underway; and the timeframe within which these work permits will be made available. [48123/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Pauline Tully
701. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people currently in receipt of a disability payment, by disability category in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47283/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Equal Opportunities Employment
Pauline Tully
702. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has undertaken research on the barriers people on disability payments face with finding and entering employment and the supports they need to overcome these barriers. [47284/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Pauline Tully
703. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection how much weight is given to the person's own account of the impact of their condition on their capacity to work in the medical assessment for disability payments. [47285/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Equal Opportunities Employment
Pauline Tully
704. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures she and her Department are taking to improve the employment supports available to people with disabilities. [47286/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Primary Medical Certificates
Pauline Tully
746. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection in regard to the announced expansion of the free travel pass to support people medically certified as unable to drive, if only people in receipt of a primary medical certificate will qualify as medically certified as unable to drive. [48156/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
984. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No.1346 of 11 September 2023, if the HSE have procured diagnostic ASD assessments from the private sector; and if not, the timeframe within which this will be in place. [47465/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
1050. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the current HSE recruitment pause in regard to management and administration staff, as well as agency staff, will apply to children’s disability network teams. [48231/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Nursing Homes
Pauline Tully
1087. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled people under the age of 65 years that have been placed in a nursing home in each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and the average length of stay for a disabled person under the age of 65 years that has been placed in a nursing home. [48815/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
1088. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what more appropriate alternative options are considered before a disabled person under the age of 65 years is placed in a nursing home. [48816/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Pauline Tully
1089. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled people under the age of 65 years that have been inappropriately placed in a nursing home in each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [48817/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Hospital Staff
Pauline Tully
1112. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of sonographers working in Cavan General Hospital; the number of sonographers that work at the weekend, Saturday and Sunday in CGH; the days each week that patients can access an ultrasound scan in CGH.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47370/23]