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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: Earlier this year, the Taoiseach said the survivors of thalidomide and their parents deserved an apology but he stopped short of giving that apology on behalf of the State. As he will be aware, the Australian Prime Minister apologised unreservedly last week. There are approximately 40 survivors of the drug, thalidomide, in Ireland. The Irish Thalidomide Association, ITA, said that 62 years...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Minister and his guests. Does the Minister have any concerns that his Department's approach to existing levels of service, ELS, quotas are greater or have greater reliance on the Supplementary Estimates and that this is not good budget practice?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: Following on from that, before or after the Minister's announcement of the health budget for 2023, did any senior official flag to him that the budgets were insufficient to meet demand and execute policy decisions? We all know there are issues with the health budget and we are all aware of how bad things are, but I wonder what the Minister has to say in that regard.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I take that on board, but is it not particularly bad this year? Were there not more demands made or was it not worse this year than in other years for previous Ministers?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: Could the Minister confirm whether, to the best of his knowledge, a substantive Supplementary Estimate for health will not be needed next year?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Minister. I definitely agree with him that matters are very challenging in the area of health. It is even more challenging for those working in the health sector when they are trying to do it with a very little budget. I mean that very respectfully. Does the Minister agree that, in line with the IMF guidelines on public expenditure management, we should never knowingly rely on...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: When the Minister refers to non-core funding, is there anything he is specifically talking about?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I will finish on this point. Does the Minister feel we have enough money now for migration without the core funding? How do matters stand in that regard?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I just want to be clear that I have picked that up right. Is the Minister saying that there is a lack of accommodation rather than a lack of funding?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Inquiries (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 32. To ask the Taoiseach with regard to the promised public inquiry into Covid-19, if he will clarify when he anticipates the terms of reference for that promised inquiry will be cleared with Government; and if he will commit to engaging fully with all concerned relevant stakeholders, advocacy groups, care workers, families and relatives of those affected. [54011/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify if there are any plans for Monasterevin, County Kildare to be designated a commuter town; if so, when would he envision this happening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54010/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of taxi licences issued to non-national drivers in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [54013/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail the criteria required to qualify for a taxi licence; if any different criteria apply to national and non-national applicants; and if so, what those differences are and the reasons behind them. [54014/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many additional driving test examiners have been put in place in County Kildare. [54017/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans to increase the number of train services to Monasterevin Train Station, County Kildare to make it a more commuter-friendly town. [54020/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to Kildare County Council’s housing aid grants for older people, if he can investigate a grant application for persons (details supplied). [54016/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 172. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 230 of 22 November 2023, if he will provide further details of the process by which the decision will be made to discharge/transfer elderly patients who no longer need of hospital treatment to clinically appropriate nursing homes, and what if any, input the patient concerned and their loved ones/families may have into the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details and application criteria of the €10 million fund, as announced by him recently in Dáil Éireann, to enable small not-for-profits to be HIQA compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54015/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the circumstance where an urgent MRI scan in St. James’s Hospital, Dublin is now taking a minimum of six to eight weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54018/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the fact that a person (details supplied) who was referred in August 2023 for an urgent appointment for a thyroid/ENT consultation to the Mater Hospital Dublin, has received an appointment for 21 March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54019/23]