Parliamentary questions

Home Care Packages

Pauline Tully

686. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will agree to meet with an organisation (details supplied) to agree funding for a new rate on Tender 2023 that reflects the increased costs of care and that allows homecare providers to offer their homecare staff a living wage, travel time and mileage costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22951/23]

Trade Unions

Pauline Tully

110. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to hold a meeting with a union (details supplied) to discuss the unacceptable treatment of employees of an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22171/23]

Care Services

Pauline Tully

129. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 868 of 18 April 2023, if she will provide the specific developmental milestones which a deciding officer uses to compare and contrast an applicant for domiciliary care allowance against a child of the same age without their disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21937/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

155. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on HSE funding for adult transition supports for young adolescents transitioning from post-primary or special schools into disability day services; the funding allocated for this to each CHO area in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; the number of young adolescents in each CHO area to transition from post-primary or special schools into disability day services in the corresponding timeframe, in tabular form; if he will provide more information on the way this funding is allocated between different CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21977/23]

School Staff

Pauline Tully

265. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if she has introduced flexibility to the teacher allocation process to enable schools to deliver the full curriculum without lowering the standard of teaching, given the large number of Ukrainian children seeking refuge in the State who are entering the school system at different dates throughout the school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21075/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

521. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of people receiving Specialist Community-Based Disability Services from organisations funded under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004 and as a percentage of the total number of people receiving Specialist Community-Based Disability Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21048/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

522. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of whole-time equivalent staff working in Specialist Community-Based Disability Services funded under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004 and as a percentage of the total number of whole-time equivalent staff working in Specialist Community-Based Disability Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21049/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pauline Tully

712. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a person who was employed throughout the period of the Covid-19 pandemic in the cleaning of ambulances is entitled to the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21846/23]

Bus Services

Pauline Tully

47. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport his plans to increase funding to the National Transport Authority and Bus Éireann to enable them to increase the capacity of overprescribed bus routes such as the 109x Dublin to Cavan bus route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20808/23]

Diplomatic Representation

Pauline Tully

36. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to detail the refurbishment works carried out at Irish Embassies based in Washington DC and London in 2022 and to date in 2023; the further refurbishment works scheduled to commence at either embassy later in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20458/23]

Legislative Programme

Pauline Tully

90. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the current status of Road Safety Authority (Amendment) Bill 2021; the timeframe for when theBill will move to the next Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20450/23]

Transport Policy

Pauline Tully

91. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the number of schools in counties Cavan and Monaghan that are enrolled in the Safe Routes to School programme in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20451/23]

Departmental Contracts

Pauline Tully

126. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of framework contracts currently in place to provide roofing services, window fitters and gas engineers to carry out works on behalf of the OPW in the north-east region where the value of works does not exceed €1million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20460/23]

Trade Promotion

Pauline Tully

139. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he met the Chief Commissioner of the Victoria Police (details supplied) during his recent visit to Australia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20452/23]

Education Welfare Service

Pauline Tully

166. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the number of educational welfare officer posts allocated to counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2021,2022 and to-date in 2023; the number of vacancies; the timeframe for these vacancies to be filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20464/23]

State Bodies

Pauline Tully

290. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of times the Criminal Assets Bureau has hired out external quantity surveyors to carry out works on its behalf in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the amount paid for such works, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20461/23]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

291. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of incidents of suspected needle spiking reported to An Garda Síochána in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20462/23]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

292. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of full-time civilian grooms persons working in the Garda mounted unit in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20463/23]

Trade Missions

Pauline Tully

315. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a food-related trade mission to Vietnam will occur during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20459/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Pauline Tully

377. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people who applied for, but were not granted, a primary medical certificate in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20756/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pauline Tully

422. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for hip replacement surgery at Cavan General Hospital as of 24 April 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20453/23]

Health Services Staff

Pauline Tully

423. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant optometry and ophthalmology roles in primary care services in CHO 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20454/23]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

424. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his views on establishing midwife-led clinics for community-based maternity services in areas of the country more than 45 minutes from a maternity hospital unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20455/23]

Primary Care Centres

Pauline Tully

425. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe within which we will see the opening of the new primary care centres in both Clones and Monaghan town; the services that will be provided in each of these primary care centres, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20456/23]

Hospital Procedures

Pauline Tully

426. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of theatre slots for dermatology surgeries that were allocated each week in 2022 and to date in 2023 in Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20457/23]

Northern Ireland

Pauline Tully

69. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he would consider reissuing a copy of the Good Friday Agreement to all households on its 25th anniversary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19893/23]

Climate Change Policy

Pauline Tully

117. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how the rights of disabled people are respected, protected, and fulfilled in the design, development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of all climate policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19897/23]

Climate Change Policy

Pauline Tully

138. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department engaged disabled people in meaningful, informed and effective consultation with regard to climate policy-making; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19896/23]

Sports Organisations

Pauline Tully

277. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media how sporting bodies will be held accountable for not reaching the 40% quota for female representation on their boards by the end of 2023; the person or body responsible for examining whether the quota has been reached; how penalties for not reaching the quota will be discharged; if penalties will include restrictions on funding and by how much; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19968/23]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Pauline Tully

55. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the use of the National Treatment Purchase Fund to alleviate the waiting list for assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18614/23]

Housing Provision

Pauline Tully

265. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project tosaigh in County Cavan and County Monaghan respectively for each of the years 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18720/23]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

42. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the action he is taking to increase the number of gardaí in the Cavan-Monaghan division, currently at 380, which is 26 fewer gardaí than in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18120/23]

National Transport Authority

Pauline Tully

257. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that the National Transport Authority have fulfilled their obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons (UNCRPD) to prioritise disabled persons organisations in any consultations they are holding; if he is further satisfied that the NTA consulted in a meaningful way with DPOs in relation to the rollout of Active Travel and BusConnects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16676/23]

Rights of the Child

Pauline Tully

511. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if her Department plans to publish rights-based guidance on restraint and the elimination of seclusion that will protect children and young people from harm and comply with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the UN Convention on the Rights of People with disabilities (UNCRPD); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16864/23]

State Examinations

Pauline Tully

549. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the date the Leaving Certificate results for 2023 will be issued to students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17390/23]

Special Educational Needs

Pauline Tully

553. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education to detail the data that was collected in regard to the recently introduced approach to completing the report on educational needs in schools which was conducted with a number of schools around the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17445/23]

Special Educational Needs

Pauline Tully

554. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the avenues that are open to a parent whose child has undergone a report on educational needs but is unsatisfied with the report findings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17446/23]

Special Educational Needs

Pauline Tully

555. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education how the NCSE define 'appropriately qualified' in relation to a person nominated to carry out a report on the educational needs of a child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17447/23]

Special Educational Needs

Pauline Tully

556. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if additional administrative resources have been made available to schools to undertake reports on educational needs or if this task will be added to the work of teachers, special educational teachers or special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17448/23]

Schools Refurbishment

Pauline Tully

625. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the progress of development works including an ASA scheme and a SWS 2020 scheme at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16329/23]

Departmental Strategies

Pauline Tully

765. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 – 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16898/23]

Homeless Persons Supports

Pauline Tully

775. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding that was made available to each local authority for the homeless HAP place finder service; when funding was made available to local authorities for the homeless HAP place finder service; if all local authority areas have a homeless HAP place finder service available; if a local authority does not currently have a homeless HAP place finder service in place, if funding is available to the local authority to help with any deposit or advance rental payments needed to get accommodation under the HAP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17027/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Pauline Tully

868. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail her Department's eligibility criteria for assessing a child with a neurodivergent condition whose parents have applied for domiciliary care allowance; her Department's eligibility criteria for assessing a person with a neurodivergent condition who has applied for disability allowance; her Department's eligibility criteria for the carer’s allowance if applying to be a carer for a person with a neurodivergent condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16482/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Pauline Tully

869. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail her Department's eligibility criteria for assessing a child with a psychosocial condition whose parents have applied for domiciliary care allowance; her Department's eligibility criteria for assessing a person with a psychosocial condition who has applied for disability allowance; her Department's eligibility criteria for the carer’s allowance if applying to be a carer for a person with a psychosocial condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16483/23]

School Meals Programme

Pauline Tully

891. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the recent RSM Ireland review of the free school meals programme with the rapid rise in the cost of electricity, fuel and food; her plans to increase the maximum rate of payment per child per day for the free school meals programme from the current rates of breakfast/snack €0.60, lunch €1.40, dinner €1.90 and hot meal €2.90 to enable schools to source suppliers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16863/23]

Legislative Process

Pauline Tully

1179. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth considering that the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 is now enacted and the Decision Support Service is to become operational on 26 April 2023, the timeframe for the ratification of the Optional Protocol of the UNCRPD; if there are any further issues that are holding up ratification of the Optional Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16330/23]

International Protection

Pauline Tully

1206. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 7 March 2023, if an informal offer or discussions have taken place in relation to the use of the property (details supplied) to provide accommodation for migrants, asylum seekers or refugees from any country outside of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16861/23]

Direct Provision System

Pauline Tully

1252. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the progress his Department has made on ending direct provision and establishing a new international protection support service; if he will share with this Deputy the findings of the review conducted by his Department of a White Paper to end direct provision and to establish a new international protection support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17443/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

1270. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average time it takes to advertise a post (details supplied) that has been left vacant in children's disability network teams, from the time that the staff member hands in his or her notice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17685/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

1275. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on HSE funding for transitions to adult supports for autistic people; if he can provide more information on the way funding is allocated between different CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17737/23]