Results 21-40 of 3,260 for speaker:Pauline Tully

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and 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]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports her Department has in place for people who are unable to work due to long-Covid. [23727/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (28 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 425. To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 449. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (28 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 457. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 110. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 156. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reports (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 249. To ask 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]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: I found the discussion really interesting and informative. It has brought home the need to plan for the future. There have been important discussions in this committee about looking at an all Ireland health or social protection system. The shared island unit does important work but it has only been tinkering around the edges. There was a suggestion of a Department and a Green Paper to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: In its submission, the ESRI stated that productivity in both economies, North and South, is on a par in 2000. Over the past 20 years or so, it increased here and decreased there. As a result, the gap got wider. Dr. Bergin said some things could be done immediately like low-hanging fruit to address that. She said it is to do with educational attainment and a lack of investment. Both need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: It is a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation. Many graduates in the North go to other jurisdictions to take up work or for education and do not return. To get investment in the North, you need graduates and people with high educational attainment. Which comes first to attract graduates back?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: I am extremely concerned about the future for children with additional needs in this country. In the past week, I have been informed of children who have been referred to primary care for speech and language therapy or for occupational therapy, OT. They have been told the waiting time to be seen is anything from 12 months to four years. One parent whose six-year-old son was referred by his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: Having read the opening statement, where did the idea to reconfigure what was there before PDS come from? I have heard it was because the early intervention and child development teams were working well in some areas and not so well in others and that the idea was to provide an equitable service across the board to everybody. Families have told me that it did provide equity but only in that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: Neither is fully staffed and neither is providing a wonderful service. That is not a reflection on the staff. It is a reflection on the whole system. Ms Moran talked about working in a special school. I was in a special school yesterday and the principal said that, some years ago, the board of management hired an occupational therapist to come to the school for three days a week. That OT...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (21 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 81. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (21 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 107. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (21 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: 143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he met with the UK shadow foreign secretary during his recent visit to London (details supplied). [22946/24]