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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (9 Apr 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils the new primary school soon to be opened in Monasterevin, County Kildare will accommodate. [14306/24]

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

Patricia Ryan: 639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff working at processing HAP applications in the HAP offices in Limerick, in tabular form. [14301/24]

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

Patricia Ryan: 640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will investigate the reason for HAP applications taking from 12 to 18 weeks to be completed, leaving applicants in very difficult situations, causing huge financial distress and even in some cases causing applicants to lose the home due to the delay in completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14302/24]

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

Patricia Ryan: 641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when current HAP limits for County Kildare are due to be reviewed, in light of continually rising rent levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14303/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 1110. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with regard to the 90-day limit on people seeking temporary international protection staying in specified accommodation centres such as that at Floods Cross, Newhall, the measures that have been put in place to deal with the resulting pressure this limit will put on already scarce housing and accommodation...

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank my colleague, Deputy Cullinane, for introducing this important motion and giving me an opportunity to raise the issue of serious pressures on GPs in my constituency. After more than a decade of chronic underfunding by successive Fine Gael- and Fianna Fáil-led Governments, local GP and healthcare services are creaking at the seams. We have staff shortages, increased workload,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank our guests. I will ask two brief questions. With regard to the ECB interest rates and any reductions, what measures will the Central Bank consider to force vulture funds to pass on the reductions to those who have mortgages?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: That is correct.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: Okay. It is just we have so many people who are put to the pin of their collar currently with vulture funds and many of those people are getting older and their mortgages are quite lengthy. I am concerned for their needs because a lot of people, as they age, are going to have to sell their homes and perhaps not be able to stay in them.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank Dr. Kelly. Does the other gentleman want to come in on that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: Okay. I want to ask Dr. Kelly about Ireland's ageing population and how things are becoming increasingly more age-related. We are looking at directly increased State pension costs and further pressure on age-related services, including health. What measures could the Central Bank of Ireland envision to mitigate the increased costs? Would a higher taxation of so-called vulture funds be a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank Dr. Kelly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the provision of a new special school in Monasterevin, County Kildare; the type of special school it is or will be; which locations are being considered for the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13162/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (20 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, with regard to the placement of people seeking temporary international protection in locations in south Kildare, she will outline the provisions she is considering putting in place to cater for primary and secondary school places for those children, in circumstances where south Kildare schools at both primary and secondary level are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (20 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 788. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time it is taking her Department to process and complete applications for each payment (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13160/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 1196. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, with regard to the accommodation for people seeking temporary international protection in south Kildare, he can set out clearly what plans are in place for the provision of GP services to these people in circumstances where there is already a huge shortage of GPs in Kildare; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (20 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 1563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, with regard to the advanced healthcare assistant, QQI level 6 (details supplied), if any plans are being considered to have the same course rolled out across the TU campuses and covered by the SUSI system, considering the benefits to be gained from it by both healthcare providers and their employees; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of the number of Garda officers, by rank, attached to all south Kildare Garda stations for the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form ; the number of Garda officers who retired from Kildare south Garda stations in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 224. To ask the Minister for Health if a Kdoc service could be located in the primary care centre in Athy, County Kildare, to serve the people of Athy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11096/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the reason people in Athy, County Kildare cannot avail of the services of the Caredoc services in County Carlow, with an average round trip of approximately 36km, but can only avail of the Kdoc services in Naas, which involves an average round trip of over 80km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11097/24]