Results 1-20 of 28 for going forward speaker:Patricia Ryan

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I also want to sympathise with Deputy Collins. Dia is Muire dhaoibh, agus míle buíochas to the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. I welcome the opportunity to speak on it. Yet again, the fact that the Government is failing when it comes to the health service has been laid bare. Rural health services are struggling to cope - not because of the dedicated...

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: ..., and health services being chronically underfunded and overwhelmed. The need to approach these challenges together, in a unified way, has never been stronger. The Irish Government must move forward with the newly restored Executive, in unity, to work together strategically to ensure funding for essential infrastructure, improved funding for health and other essential public services,...

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Sep 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I am eager to start this Dáil term by speaking to Sinn Féin's urgent and necessary motion on mortgage interest relief, and I thank my colleague, Deputy Doherty, for bringing it forward. We find ourselves at a critical juncture, where the cost-of-living crisis has reached new heights, leaving families struggling in a web of escalating costs. Families are burdened with soaring...

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I too thank People Before Profit-Solidarity for bringing forward this Bill, the principles of which Sinn Féin supports and which it will not oppose. As the Government will be all too aware, soaring rents have caused great hardship to families, young people and those on low incomes. They are causing people immense stress and having an impact on their mental health. The housing...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Patricia Ryan: ...we must discuss the fact that people who may have had the surgery are being left and have not been dealt with since Covid. Maybe we need to be re-educating them. In some cases, many of them are going back to their old ways and one will see that the weight is creeping on after surgery. Maybe we need to target people like that who have had surgeries. I do not know how we would deal with...

Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Patricia Ryan: ...makes for harrowing and distressing reading. As Sinn Féin spokesperson for older people I am privileged to speak up for those who have no voice and who are locked out and downtrodden. It should go without saying that abuse and harassment of any kind are totally unacceptable in any workplace and we as a society must show zero tolerance towards it. Sexual abuse and harassment in the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Mar 2023)

Patricia Ryan: ...landlord and his actions. Some have even reported being followed by enforcers working on his behalf. Is the Tánaiste aware of this? Does he condemn these actions? Where are the people involved to go? Will the Government bring forward new legislation to clamp down on rogue landlords and illegal evictions?

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Patricia Ryan: ...right. The bottom line is that we are not giving people the right to information unless they seek it, and that is very unfair. We should have the right to automatically get this information. The Government is forgetting that patients are at the heart of this. We must protect the viability of the screening services; we understand that. Approximately 250,000 CervicalCheck screenings...

Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Dec 2022)

Patricia Ryan: ..., a subgroup was convened to examine the issue further. I commend the work of this group, which comprises six female councillors, five of whom were nominated by each of the main parties in local government as well as an independent councillor. Councillor Joanna Byrne from Louth County Council participated in this work on behalf of Sinn Féin. The group met on a number of occasions...

Abuse at Certain Educational Institutions: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Patricia Ryan: ...allegations of sexual abuse in schools run by religious orders, including Castleknock College, have emerged in recent days. I commend the survivors on their courage and bravery in coming forward. Of course, others have not yet come forward. I urge anyone directly or indirectly affected by this abuse to come forward. In the past, they may have felt their experience should be hidden...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Patricia Ryan: ...will provide low-cost working capital to small and medium enterprises. The scheme will be similar to the Covid credit guarantee scheme. Businesses are often wary of taking on more debt through loans. The Government must ensure that the terms and conditions of the scheme are favourable to struggling businesses. I have spoken to business owners in the past who have been critical of...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion and I welcome the opportunity to speak on it, especially coming as it does on the back of Sinn Féin's motion on retrofitting last night. I fully agree that Ireland, as a direct consequence of poor Government policies, is the worst prepared country in Europe for an energy crisis. We are now one of the most energy...

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Regional Group for bringing forward this motion. It comes on the back of Sinn Féin's motion last night, in which we proposed a number of solutions. They included a reduction in household electricity prices, capping them at 2021 levels, and cost-of-living cash payments targeted at low- and middle-income households to support them with their rising energy bills. We in Sinn...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: The Bill exempts children under 16 years old from hospital inpatient charges. Sinn Féin welcomes this, but the Bill does not go far enough. The Government should abolish hospital inpatient charges for all patients. This should start with abolishing inpatient charges for all children and dependants, not just those aged under 16 years. The Minister is looking for a quick win to mask...

Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: ...is due to a lack of resources. Much more must be done to ensure there are enough students in training, enough staff in place and enough money to provide facilities. It very much looks like the Government is firefighting and keeping its head down until there is a crisis, then throwing inadequate solutions at the problem in the hope it will go away. It simply will not. Nobody is looking...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: .... This Bill will also enable the payment of €400 per month to families who welcome refugees from Ukraine into their homes and it is right that these payments will not affect means-tested payments. The Government needs to go further and remove the means test for the likes of carers. Carers are saving the State millions of euro every day and they deserve to be treated with respect....

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: ...September. There is no doubt that the real figure is much higher. The Department of Education knows the true number of children who require a place and has not taken the necessary action. We need forward planning, not a snail-paced reaction to a crisis that already exists. The recent proposal that children with special educational needs be segregated and isolated from the school...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: ...been wage growth in some sectors. The Minister will be aware this wage growth has mostly been in the multinational sectors. For many other sectors wage growth has been stagnant for some time. We are going back to like it was in the 1970s. We cannot go back 50 years and use the same model currently. It is not possible. By giving public sector workers a proper pay rise, I believe this...

Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 May 2022)

Patricia Ryan: I thank my colleague, an Teachta Ó Broin, for bringing forward this Bill. There is a crisis in the private rental sector, with rents continuing to spiral out of control. I listened to Newstalk yesterday and heard how the residents of an estate in Tubbercurry, County Sligo, received a knock on their doors in recent days to tell them their rent is going up by 70%. Imagine being told you...

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Apr 2022)

Patricia Ryan: ...what we need. The local authorities in County Kildare have been doing the very best they can to help me in my constituency. Unfortunately, they are not given the funds or the resources. I know I am going off topic but Deputy Ó Broin spoke about the housing assistance payment, HAP, and referred to waiting lists of maybe 15 weeks. It is 16 weeks in Kildare. I meet people...