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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Can I answer the question?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy asked me about the nature of its secular values or its-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I will try to answer if I can.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy asked me how we can be sure that the ethos of St. Vincent's is secular. That is one of the questions she asked. One of the analysis documents I read today looked at its objectives or mission statement. Whether they is religious or secular, the values referred to in that document are ones we would all agree on. They are not two separate or completely different worlds. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It is secular, but that does not mean it is completely divorced from the past because it has often done a lot of that. I have seen first hand the incredible care that it provides to the patients. We need to make sure that the skills it has are also available to the women in the national maternity hospital not an ambulance ride away but in a corridor beside it. That is why this approach is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I do not agree with the Deputy that the shortage of zoned land is the cornerstone of the housing problem. I also do not agree with him about cutting the likes of tax, VAT and so on. That would just go to the developers rather than the householders. The Housing for All strategy the Government is delivering is the right approach to tackling this. Central to it has to be the national...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: That is not against Dublin but Dublin is under such pressure at the moment because so much of the development is happening on the east coast. We need better-balanced regional development. That will not happen in Cork, Limerick, Galway or Waterford just by zoning ever-outwards which has been the characteristic of development. It will happen by the measures the Minister, Deputy O'Brien,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Housing for All strategy is the right approach and it is starting to deliver results. In the first quarter of this year, my understanding is that some 6,000 houses were completed, built and delivered. In the year to February of the previous year, there were 35,000 commencements. It is not enough and we need to get better-balanced regional development to get more housing in other parts...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I am looking forward to going to Kerry in June. I will look forward to calling to Kilgarvan or any place in the county.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: We might go out-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I accept what the Deputy said. What he described is intolerable and the details provided in response to the question from Deputy Cullinane raise serious concerns. I cannot let this pass without noting that if overcrowding is the real issue, then I can think of one hospital that is affected more than any other, and that is Holles Street hospital. It is the most overcrowded hospital and that...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The parties to that correspondence are probably following our debate here. It is up to them to decide whether they make public what is private correspondence. We must be careful regarding basic fundamental rights. There are rules around freedom of information and provisions governing which information by statute can be directed to be made publicly available. Private correspondence,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the point the Deputy is making. Our maternity system is not sufficiently midwife-led. I think it should be. That is why I want to bring back to this debate something I raised earlier concerning how we implement the national midwifery strategy. It points in the direction not of a consultant-led, active management type of system, but, as the Deputy said, to a much more...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: This is a real issue. I am told there has been a significant increase in demand for HRT products, which has outstripped supply, as the Deputy said. A successful awareness campaign has seen demand for some products increase 4.5 to 7.5 times compared to 2019 levels. Suppliers have confirmed they have increased the planned supply of HRT patches to Ireland this year, while continuing to work...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Regarding the specific issues, I do not have details about the specific hospital, but I will pass this information to the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. I will also pass on Deputy Tóibín’s request for reassurance regarding Navan hospital. To make a general point, though, for all the failings of our system, recent analysis - and I do not have the exact...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Deputy Pearse Doherty asked a similar question last week and I was able to give some of the details on the specifics of what has been happening in Killybegs. I do not have those details in front of me now. My understanding from the Minister for Foreign Affairs is that it is a port designation issue. I might ask him to comment briefly.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: There is a real need across the country for increased therapy for children and young adults with special needs. It is a real shortage. The shortage is also exacerbated by the difficulty in hiring new people. My understanding is that our assessment processes are so long that many of the therapists who should be engaged in therapy provision are actually in the assessment process. We need to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The NTA is correct in what it said at the committee yesterday. Going back to what I said earlier about visits around the country, I visited Clare County Council and Limerick County Council and was very open and public in giving the reasons I believe the strategic development of Limerick is in the centre, in the existing county and the centre of the city. There is real risk to Limerick if it...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: "Yes" is the answer. I also believe it is important for the likes of Ennis and Clare to develop, not as an adjunct sprawl out from Limerick but to see strong towns in Clare and a strong city in Limerick developing. That is why I believe the northern distributor road is not the right way to go. Public transport in Limerick is the way to go.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy raises a serious issue. The Government this week brought the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022 to the Oireachtas environment committee on Committee Stage. That provides a lot of the answers and reassurances to the company. In the development of the likes of the deposit refund scheme, where plastic and PET bottles are...