Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Local Authorities

Pauline Tully

399. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities have a job placement scheme for disabled people; and if not, if he has plans to introduce a job placement scheme in local authorities for disabled people. [53014/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

460. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the adequacy of his Department’s consultation in relation to the national disability strategy. [52945/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

465. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 7 November 2023, if the derogation from the HSE recruitment freeze for organisations delivering disability services extends to the recruitment of administrative staff. [53015/23]

Medicinal Products

Pauline Tully

479. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason for the shortage of the medicine tyvense; and the actions he is taking to ensure an adequate supply of tyvense. [52966/23]

Medicinal Products

Pauline Tully

485. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason for the shortage of the medicine tyvense; and the steps he is taking to ensure an adequate supply of tyvense. [53016/23]

Passport Services

Pauline Tully

106. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount collected in passport fees during the months of October and September 2023; if he will provide figures for the same period in 2022 and 2021, in tabular form. [52409/23]

Wind Energy Generation

Pauline Tully

110. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a wind farm (details supplied) operates a community benefit fund. [51864/23]

EU Funding

Pauline Tully

178. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the capital works projects under the remit of his Department that have received EU funding in 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the EU funding received per project in each of the years in question, in tabular form. [52401/23]

Departmental Meetings

Pauline Tully

204. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to have a bilateral meeting with a person (details supplied). [52402/23]

Departmental Staff

Pauline Tully

225. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the actions he will take to resolve the situation where 30 staff members in the Cavan Social Protection office are to lose the use of car parking facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52388/23]

School Facilities

Pauline Tully

275. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) has been approved funding under the summer works scheme to erect a boundary fence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52243/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

288. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the actions she has taken or if he has plans to provide additional funding to organisations that provide equine therapy and assistance dogs to scale-up service provision across the country; and the estimated cost of undertaking this measure. [52441/23]

School Funding

Pauline Tully

294. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the capital funding her Department has provided to each national school in County Cavan in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [52539/23]

Departmental Reports

Pauline Tully

388. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of external consultant reports commissioned by her Department in 2022 and to-date in 2023; the companies involved; and the title and publication date by report, in tabular form. [52403/23]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

421. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of family liaison officer courses held for gardaí within Cavan-Monaghan division in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form; and the duration of this course. [52404/23]

Childcare Services

Pauline Tully

468. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any capital funding available to private childcare facilities who need to relocate due to expansion of their service. [51814/23]

Ukraine War

Pauline Tully

474. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay in offering a contract for accommodation offered to his Department for Ukrainian people fleeing the war (details supplied). [51922/23]

Nursing Homes

Pauline Tully

475. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in view of the Ombudsman report Wasted Lives, the number of disabled people under the age of 65 years that remain in a nursing home and who are deemed not appropriately placed. [51928/23]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

476. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated number of residential places for disabled people that will be needed over the next 5, 10, 15 and 20 years, in tabular form. [51929/23]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

477. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the residential places for disabled people that were delivered in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the residential places for disabled people that were allocated in Budget 2024. [51930/23]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

478. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth : the current unmet need in residential places for disabled people. [51931/23]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

479. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated number of respite places for disabled people that will be needed over the next 5, 10, 15 and 20 years, in tabular form. [51932/23]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

480. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current unmet need in respite for disabled people. [51933/23]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

481. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the respite places that were delivered in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the respite places that were allocated in Budget 2024. [51934/23]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

482. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people currently working as homecare assistants in both the public and private sector, in tabular form; and the estimated number of people needed to fully staff the homecare sector in both the public and private sector, in tabular form. [51935/23]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

483. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people currently assessed as in need of homecare who have not been allocated hours due to a shortage of staff. [51936/23]

Departmental Strategies

Pauline Tully

484. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the Autism Innovation Strategy; the timeframe for the publication of the Autism Innovation Strategy; and if he has plans to establish a committee or monitoring group featuring autistic people to participate in monitoring the Autism Innovation Strategy. [51937/23]

Departmental Strategies

Pauline Tully

485. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated final cost of publishing the Autism Innovation Strategy. [51938/23]

Departmental Strategies

Pauline Tully

486. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has plans to initiate a national autism acceptance campaign to promote the participation of autistic people in all areas of social and cultural life; and the estimated cost of initiating a national autism acceptance campaign. [51939/23]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

487. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has plans to collect disaggregated data for the purposes of forward-planning for the autistic community; if so, if his Department will consult with the autistic community and their families to establish how best to implement this plan; and the estimated cost of collecting this data. [51940/23]

Departmental Functions

Pauline Tully

488. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Pauline Tully

489. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Departmental Policies

Pauline Tully

490. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

491. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

492. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Ukraine War

Pauline Tully

493. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Departmental Budgets

Pauline Tully

518. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Care Services

Pauline Tully

519. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Care Services

Pauline Tully

520. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

522. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

523. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

524. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

525. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Disabilities Assessments

Pauline Tully

526. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Wage-setting Mechanisms

Pauline Tully

527. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

528. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Departmental Funding

Pauline Tully

529. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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 measure. [52430/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

530. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Health Services Staff

Pauline Tully

531. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]

Health Services Staff

Pauline Tully

532. Deputy Pauline Tully asked 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]