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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: Are the different houses dispersed in the community?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: St. Michael’s House does not have any congregated settings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The housing situation is obviously a huge factor in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I thank the witnesses for attending and for their contributions. I also thank the members. The next meeting of the joint committee will be held on Tuesday, 25 June at 7 p.m.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I want to raise the issue of school transport. There are a number of schools in my area, in Cavan, including a DEIS school in Cavan town, St. Clare's, with no school transport system in place. Yet some students live quite a distance from the school and require transport. They are being told they are not eligible because they live too close to the school or are not attending the nearest...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of areas in Cavan-Monaghan covered by the school transport for children with special needs; the areas in Cavan-Monaghan not covered by the school transport for children with special needs. [26334/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools taking part in the summer programme special school pilot scheme; and the number of special schools not taking part. [26335/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any disability-proofing took place in regard to the Planning and Development Bill 2023, as required under article 4 (3) of the UNCRPD, to ensure that the built environment is fit for all residents for the foreseeable future. [26368/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 110. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the successful applicants to the children's disability services grant scheme; the funding each of these groups were awarded, in tabular form. [26336/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: School Funding (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail all capital funding that is available for afterschool only facilities for this coming academic school year. [26416/24]

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I wish to thank everyone who contributed to this debate. It is obvious, from right across the floor, that carers are really valued for the work they do, but they are a cohort who need support. We need to trust carers more. The 18.5-hour limit was raised consistently. It is too restrictive regarding study or work outside of the home. As Deputy Canney said, they cannot even undertake a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: 31. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the CDNT recruitment campaign, ‘Be part of our team, be part of their lives’; the number of people who have been recruited to the CDNTs through this recruitment campaign; the current number of staff vacancies nationally in CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I wish to ask for an update on the children's disability network team, CDNT, recruitment campaign, Be part of our team, Be part of our lives. How many people have been recruited to the CDNTs through this campaign? What is the current number of staff vacancies nationally in CDNTs? Will the Minister of State will make a statement on this matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The Minister of State mentioned the staff census of 2022. The 2023 staff census has yet to be published. Does the Minister of State have a date for when it will be published? I know it was delayed because of the industrial action but I wonder is there a date for that in order to be able to compare across the board. I wish to focus on my constituency of Cavan-Monaghan. The HSE-run team...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The Minister of State mentioned graduates. Have the numbers entering these professions in college increased and have they increased dramatically? Are we seeing an increase in the number of people graduating and staying in Ireland to work? The Minister of State mentioned the apprenticeship model, which is an excellent model as well. Are we seeing a lot more people taking up these courses...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that Family Carers Ireland's report entitled "The State of Caring 2024" found: — almost three quarters of carers have never received respite; — half of carers have to pay privately for services that should be publicly provided to support their caring role; and — the vast majority of carers are finding it difficult to make...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I have a few questions on the presentation given by the Minister of State. This might seem like a strange question. What is the primary reason for assessment? Is it for access to supports and services within the CDNT or the primary care service or is it for placement in an appropriate school setting? She stated that people can be referred by their GP or parents can refer children to the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I know the Minister of State is saying she has additional funding going to CDNTs outsourcing assessments. Is there capacity in the private sector to actually carry out the assessments? I am hearing that there is not and that parents who can afford the assessment cannot actually get one because there are not enough psychologists and so on. I think it is going the wrong way. It is one...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: CDNTs are not functioning at the moment because of the staffing levels. The last census was carried out in 2022. What about the 2023 one? We were promised that would be published a few months ago. I know it was held up with the dispute. What are the figures like? Is the Minister of State aware?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The recruitment in CDNTs is very slow. It is a number of months since the Minister of State informed me of that recruitment drive and people still do not seem to be in situ and there are still significant vacancies. I talked to parents in one session who said that people are applying for these positions, being offered them and not taking them, because all they want to do is show on their CV...