Results 21-40 of 2,295 for speaker:Patricia Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider putting a cap on the timeframe local authorities are given to carry out approved works for those who need housing adaptations; and, if so, the timeframe he considers appropriate. [22015/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: General Practitioner Services (15 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 133. To ask the Minister for Health if being put on a waiting list for a GP practice would qualify as a refusal (details supplied); and, if not, the reason for same, as the applicant is still without a GP until the practice accepts them from the waiting list, which could take considerable time. [22018/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mental Health Services (15 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding has been cut to the Kildare mental health day hospital in Kildare primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22020/24]

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this the 50th anniversary of the awful bombings in Dublin and Monaghan. I also welcome to the Gallery some members of the families of the 27 Dublin victims and the seven who lost their lives in Monaghan along with representatives of Justice for the Forgotten. The impact of the tragic events in Dublin and Monaghan still reverberates through every one of...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: As Sinn Féin's spokesperson for older people, Sinn Féin and I give cautious support to this Bill that seeks to reform HIQA's enforcement powers. Yes, it provides for compliance notices and better collection of nursing home data but it does not go anywhere close to addressing the huge concerns around safeguarding and regulations. The issues with HIQA have been ongoing since at...

Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: As the Sinn Féin spokesperson on older people, I am delighted to speak in broad support of this motion, and I thank the Independent Group for bringing it before the House. According to the 2022 report by Age Action, “Reframing Ageing - The State of Ageing in Ireland 2022”, one in four adults in Ireland is aged 60 or older. When expressed in numbers, that is more than 1...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (9 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 24 April 2024, when exactly the monies under the ICT grant will be paid to schools that are now short on funds due to expenditure on ICT and special needs equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20995/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address the urgent case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20996/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the position around any special conditions and planning requirements for log cabins in County Kildare. [20997/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to investigate the reason a person (details supplied) has had their carer’s allowance cut. [21000/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 292. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the waiting times for appointments for the dermatology clinic in Peamount Hospital in Dublin. [20999/24]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for tabling this motion. A few short weeks ago amid the celebrations for the new Taoiseach, the Minister's Government colleague, Eamon Ryan, stated that the Minister had turned around the housing crisis. If by that he meant the Minister had turned it into a complete shambles, he was right. The figures do not lie. House prices are skyrocketing, with the price of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 24 April 2024, what steps she will take to speed up the late payment of the ancillary services grant and ICT digital strategy grant to schools that are out of pocket due to having bought such equipment, her response merely set out the details of the grants, and did not provide a date or commitment to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the length of time it is taking to complete new social housing applications in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19853/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the extraordinarily long time that it is taking to complete and award HAP applications, following approval for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19854/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (1 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 229. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) is still waiting on an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19846/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (1 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 230. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify if he is aware that the owner of a property (details supplied), currently being used to house people seeking temporary international protection, is being paid the sum of €75 per person per night; to clarify if that is not the sum, if he will clarify the correct sum; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (1 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 320. To ask the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, the current waiting times for home support in County Kildare; and the numbers of people waiting. [19847/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (1 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of shoulder surgeries carried out in St. James's Hospital in 2023. [19848/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 322. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently waiting on gastric surgery in CHO7, in tabular form. [19849/24]