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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (9 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to the family court system, the plans for reform of the system, for applicants seeking relief in domestic abuse and domestic violence cases, where the burden of proof falls inequitably on the victim, and where the in-camera nature of the proceedings entrenches and perpetuates the disadvantage of those using the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (9 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to intervene to assist to resolve a person's situation (details supplied). [40365/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (9 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of habeas corpus applications made in circumstances in which Tusla was a respondent, in tabular form, for the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40361/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a 90-year-old woman (details supplied) has been left in excruciating pain and virtually housebound from an obliterated hip and has been told they must wait months for a hip replacement operation due to long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40362/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (9 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 2 October 2024, the level of engagement, if any, which has been had between the head of older persons' services in CHO4, the owners/receivers of a nursing home (details supplied) and any prospective purchasers. [40366/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (9 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 192. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to a nursing home (details supplied), to confirm that the HSE has/is completing the necessary fire safety repairs/remediations there, in line with its obligations under the Health Act 2007; and if not, when the HSE intends to commence such repairs. [40367/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (9 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 193. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40368/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (9 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 194. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of the community nursing units for Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Louth, Tipperary and Westmeath as announced in December 2022, to include the current spend, probable delivery date and estimated opening date if available. [40369/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (9 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 199. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the public private partnership deal signed off by the Minister and his Department in 2022 for the provision of 530 public nursing home beds by a company (details supplied), the details of the tendering process for that deal, to include the projected costings and timeframe involved for delivery, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (9 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of firms who tendered for the contract to provide 530 public nursing home beds, as signed off by the Minister in December 2022, and the oversight, if any, the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform had over the entire process. [40395/24]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland's Medium-Term Fiscal and Structural Plan: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (23 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank our guests. I apologise about the voting; it just makes everything very awkward. Anyway, we will move on swiftly. Would our guests recommend that the Government disregard or disapply the net spending rule when allocating funding for the likes of State old age pensions, especially considering that the recent increase of €12 granted in budget 2025 has caused a real decrease...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland's Medium-Term Fiscal and Structural Plan: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (23 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: What are Mr. Coffey's thoughts on benchmarking?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland's Medium-Term Fiscal and Structural Plan: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (23 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: That is fine. I asked Mr. Coffey for that reason. I thank him. To minimise the risk caused by the current overreliance on the tax take from just three corporations, would the council recommend the Government remove vulture funds’ charity status, making their rental and other income subject to tax? The funds have a considerable presence in the housing, rental and mortgage markets....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland's Medium-Term Fiscal and Structural Plan: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (23 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: Is there anything extra we could be doing to alleviate some of the problems caused for people by vulture funds?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland's Medium-Term Fiscal and Structural Plan: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (23 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: That is fair enough. That is all I wanted to ask. I thank all the guests very much. I appreciate the chance I have been given.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (23 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding Dublin City Council’s pilot programme to bring bin collection services back under public control, if he will provide the number of local authorities intending to run the same pilot scheme, the parameters of the scheme, and the length of time it is intended to run for, in tabular form. [43495/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Grazing Rights (23 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide the acreage of the Curragh, County Kildare. [43496/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Grazing Rights (23 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide the number of sheep grazing on the Curragh, County Kildare, for the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [43497/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Grazing Rights (23 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will clarify the system, if any, in place for identifying who owns any particular sheep or flock of sheep currently grazing on the Curragh, County Kildare. [43499/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will clarify the working practices of the Curragh Rangers. [43500/24]