Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Healthcare Policy

Pauline Tully

1712. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to support persons with long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1401/22]

Northern Ireland

Pauline Tully

345. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the recommendations presented by a person (details supplied) to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement in June 2019 were implemented. [61196/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pauline Tully

538. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a consultation with a paediatric urologist at Temple Street Hospital; the number waiting up to 6, 6 to 12, 12 and 24 and more than 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61146/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pauline Tully

539. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a consultation with a paediatric urologist at Temple Street Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the plans he has to reduce the waiting time for a consultation with a paediatric urologist at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61147/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pauline Tully

540. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a paediatric urology procedure at Temple Street Hospital; the number waiting up to 6, 6 to 12, 12 and 24 and more than 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61148/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pauline Tully

541. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a paediatric urology procedure at Temple Street Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the plans he has to reduce the waiting time for procedures at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61149/21]

Hospital Staff

Pauline Tully

542. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric urologists at Temple Street Hospital in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61150/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Pauline Tully

21. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new measures contained within his CAP Strategic Plan to provide for women farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60633/21]

Agriculture Industry

Pauline Tully

55. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the use of low-emission slurry spreading technology as per the Climate Action Plan if TAMS grant aid is no longer permissible arising from the draft Nitrates Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60632/21]

Enterprise Support Services

Pauline Tully

106. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider introducing supports specifically for entrepreneurs with disabilities who want to establish their own business that acknowledges the additional cost of setting up and maintaining a business that disabled persons face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60817/21]

Industrial Development

Pauline Tully

130. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the lack of IDA investment in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60816/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Pauline Tully

97. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if information on a convent (details supplied) is contained in the archives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60774/21]

Hospital Services

Pauline Tully

505. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he plans to provide funding to alleviate the pressure on Temple Street and Crumlin Hospitals as per the request submitted by Children’s Health Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59896/21]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

584. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability in each CHO; the number of therapists working as part of a children’s disability network team in each CHO and by therapy speciality provided, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60282/21]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

585. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of therapists working with the children’s disability service in each CHO in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 by therapy speciality provided, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60283/21]

Assisted Decision-Making

Pauline Tully

48. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the timeframe for full commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and the commencement of operations of the Decision Support Service is June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59378/21]

Assisted Decision-Making

Pauline Tully

80. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans he has to cope with the anticipated large volume of applications once the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 has been fully commenced and the Decision Support Service is operating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59379/21]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

95. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the slow pace of implementing progressing disability services and children's disability networks; his plans to address the challenges this has presented for parents of children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59113/21]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

146. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the achievements to date in relation to the decongregation of large residential institutions for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59472/21]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

197. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the achievements to date in relation to the transfer of persons with disabilities under the age of 65 years who have been inappropriately placed in nursing homes back into the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59473/21]

Social Welfare Code

Pauline Tully

102. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider changing the name of the invalidity pension given that many persons with a long-term illness or disability find this name derogatory and inappropriate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59599/21]

Departmental Strategies

Pauline Tully

114. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the Autism Innovation Strategy Working Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59529/21]

Wards of Court

Pauline Tully

127. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that have been made a ward of court since the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 was passed in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59563/21]

Assisted Decision-Making

Pauline Tully

128. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the roles that have been filled within the Decision Support Service since the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 was passed in 2015; if there are unfilled roles within the Decision Support Service that will be required to be filled before it becomes operational; the roles in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59564/21]

Assisted Decision-Making

Pauline Tully

129. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a code of practice in place for the Decision Support Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59565/21]

Assisted Decision-Making

Pauline Tully

130. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of fees agreed for persons accessing the services of the Decision Support Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59566/21]

Assisted Decision-Making

Pauline Tully

131. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budget allocation to the Decision Support Service in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59567/21]

Assisted Decision-Making

Pauline Tully

132. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if regulations have been finalised for the Decision Support Service to provide for multiple procedural and documentary matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59568/21]

Assisted Decision-Making

Pauline Tully

133. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the terms and conditions for Decision Support Service panel members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59569/21]

Assisted Decision-Making

Pauline Tully

134. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if education and training has been provided for stakeholders (details supplied) in advance of the full commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and the Decision Support Service becoming operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59571/21]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

161. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of fines that were issued by An Garda Síochána in each county for persons parking illegally in disability parking bays in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of fines that were issued by An Garda Síochána in each county in each of these years that were paid and not paid, respectively; the number of court proceedings that were commenced in each county in each of these years against persons who did not pay the fines that they were issued with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59601/21]

Assisted Decision-Making

Pauline Tully

167. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a mandated single point of contact within the Department was appointed to coordinate preparations with the Decision Support Service for the aspects of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 that the Department is responsible for delivering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59570/21]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

213. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional therapy posts that are needed to fully resource children’s disability network teams to an adequate level that will ensure timely access to both an assessment of need report and the subsequent access to the interventions identified in the assessment of needs report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59631/21]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

214. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to develop a workforce plan for psychology and a National Psychology Placement Office in line with the recommendations of the National Health and Social Care Professions Office in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59632/21]

Employment Support Services

Pauline Tully

78. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision to terminate the contract of her Department with the local employment service in favour of introducing a private service; if she will halt the tendering process of this service until a proper engagement with the relevant stakeholders can develop a more suitable model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58039/21]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

46. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the number of fines that were issued for persons parking illegally in disability parking bays in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of fines that were issued in each of these years that were paid; the number of fines that were issued in each of these years that were not paid; the number of court proceedings that were commenced in each of these years against persons who did not pay the fines that they were issued with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57773/21]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

195. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of respite services in each CHO which are currently closed; the county within each CHO in which the services that are closed operate; the length of time each of these services have been closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57774/21]

Special Educational Needs

Pauline Tully

65. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the reason a response was never received to an expression of interest made in March 2020 by a school (details supplied) to assist with planning in respect of the requirement for special class provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57284/21]

School Staff

Pauline Tully

142. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the reason education staff who were involved in delivering the summer provision are still waiting for their payments; when the payments will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57283/21]

Departmental Bodies

Pauline Tully

266. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of meetings conducted by the Disability Consultative Committee since its inception; the actions taken by the Committee since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56828/21]

Civil Defence

Pauline Tully

326. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Defence the reason the transportation service to hospital appointments for persons with no transportation options which was being provided by voluntary organisations such as the Civil Defence was recently discontinued given the high and rising Covid-19 incidence rate and that fact that the majority of the persons using this service were elderly and therefore at high risk from Covid-19; his plans to reintroduce this service now that it has been felt necessary to reintroduce some restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57423/21]

Nursing Homes

Pauline Tully

637. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of new residential places that will be provided in 2022 excluding those who have a residential service already and are transferring to a better living situation; his plans to deal with the urgent needs of the 800 persons who are currently waiting for new residential places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57361/21]

Nursing Homes

Pauline Tully

638. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons under 65 years of age inappropriately placed in nursing homes who will be supported to leave nursing homes using the €5.5 million funding allocated in budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57362/21]

Foreign Policy

Pauline Tully

16. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will call in the Israeli Ambassador to raise with them the detention of six Palestinian men who are currently on hunger strike under administrative detention which allows these men to be held indefinitely without charge, without trial and without evidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56503/21]

United Nations

Pauline Tully

42. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he has taken to ensure that the United Nations Security Council brings pressure to bear on the leaders of the coup in Sudan to make way for the civilian government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and also use their influence with regional allies of the Sudanese junta to withdraw their financial support for the military regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56504/21]

Fire Service

Pauline Tully

276. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a memorandum of understanding exists between the fire services in Northern Ireland and Ireland; the status of the implementation of this memorandum of understanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55594/21]

Home Care Packages

Pauline Tully

646. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for homecare support in each CHO; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in each CHO; the average length of time that persons have been waiting; the single longest period of time that a person has been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56100/21]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

317. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the target month and year she is working to for the publication of the cost of disability research; the reason the report has not yet been published; the actions she has taken on foot of the report since she received it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55256/21]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

347. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the status of progress on meeting the commitment in the HSE service plan 2021 to provide for services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55254/21]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

348. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the way in which the 120,000 additional personal assistance hours announced in Budget 2022 will be distributed to address the requirements outlined in the disability capacity review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55255/21]