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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I appreciate that and I take on board the points made by the Minister. I get what was said but we are talking about homeless people. This is an ageing population as well. We have a lot of homeless people who are older too. While the Minister mentioned homelessness and health, we have many people who cannot get into hospitals as well. We need to do better in this regard too. It was...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: That will come at a massive cost and major lessons must be learned from the experience.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Ministers and the Chair.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I am asking the Minister that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where exactly the new special school in County Kildare is to be located; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30082/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline, with regard to carer’s allowance, the timeframe she considers to be long-term when caring for an ill/disabled relative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30079/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to include carer’s benefit and carer’s allowance as credited contributions for the purposes of pension entitlement calculation, as those caring are effectively doing a 35-hour week to the detriment of their being able to work outside the home; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Environmental Investigations (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of District Court enforcement proceedings for environmental and pollution breaches/offences brought by Kildare County Council in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [30081/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 271. To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind the ‘late discharges’ which have been ongoing in University Hospital Limerick, where elderly dementia/Alzheimer’s patients are being discharged/removed outside of normal discharge hours; where they are being removed to; and if their next of kin has been informed beforehand. [30083/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 272. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the recent rapid rise in new strain Covid-19 cases, he has any plans in place to reinstate the PCR testing, which was discontinued in March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30085/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 273. To ask the Minister for Health the level of engagement between his Department and the HSE and the residents of a nursing home (details supplied) to prevent its closure and the subsequent loss of the residents’ home. [30086/24]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Chair and our guests. I will be brief because I am aware it has been a long session. Unfortunately, I do not talk to constituents at 12.45 at night. They are usually in bed because they have to be up early the next morning for haulage, farming or whatever it is. Moving swiftly on from that, Deputies Canney and Boyd Barrett both spoke about infrastructure, as did the witnesses....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: It is shocking. I thank our guests.

Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank Deputies Kerrane and Funchion for bringing this motion forward. Irish parents now pay some of the highest childcare fees in the OECD. Some pay the equivalent of a second mortgage, at nearly €1,400 per month, with my own constituency of South Kildare ranking among the most expensive counties for crèches in Ireland. This is an intolerable strain on parents who are already...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: This Bill is a short one, brought forward in response to a recent High Court decision. It is not right or proper to discuss the circumstances of the case but, for clarity, the case revolves around a conflict between the mandatory sentence for murder applied to adults of 18 years and over. Section 156 of the 2001 Act states a child cannot be sentenced or committed to prison. This conflict...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (23 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 193.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to Kildare County Council for traffic calming measures for 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the amount of that funding actually applied to traffic calming measures by Kildare County Council, in tabular form. [31447/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (23 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 194.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons for the delay in the roll-out of the of the short-hop commuter zone/Dublin commuter zone to stations in Kildare south; and the confirmed date for the roll-out to commence. [31450/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (23 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 1048.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all polling stations will be fully disability-accessible; and if not, if he will ensure that persons affected are given an alternative way to cast their votes until such time as the polling stations have addressed the accessibility issues. [31444/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 1049.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provision that has been extended by statutory instrument to permit the construction of designated accommodation centres to March 2025, given no planning permission was required previously; if that provision is likely to be extended further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31449/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 1175.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to home adaptation grants, if there are plans to include MS sufferers amongst those eligible for adaptation grants, which would greatly benefit them in being able to live independently for longer in their own homes. [33309/24]