Results 321-340 of 2,486 for speaker:Patricia Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection Commissioner (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of planned works at the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, Portarlington, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36373/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a scheme to incentivise businesses to provide an accessible toilet for use by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36368/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Sporting Rights (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the pheasant shooting season in view of the delay caused by the introduction of level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36369/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private rent inspections that took place in County Kildare in 2019 and to date in 2020; if the same data as a percentage of overall private rental units will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36372/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will bring forward notification from his Department to county councils regarding the amount of grants payable to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36377/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 430. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding being allocated for the upgrade of facilities for personnel in the Curragh Camp, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36374/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the promised redevelopment of a school (details supplied); the investment committed for same to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36375/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if pandemic unemployment payment recipients will still receive the Christmas bonus on 7 December 2020 if they return to work when the level 5 restrictions are lifted on 2 December 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36366/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 598. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to abolish direct provision; when this will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36364/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 599. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to implement the Workplace Relations Commission recommendation regarding the pay claim of the county childcare committee coordinators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36365/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 733. To ask the Minister for Health if he will incorporate the FreeStyle Libre glucose-monitoring unit into the long-term illness scheme for those over 21 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36362/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 734. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the exodus of dentists from the dental treatment services scheme; his plans to deal with the long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36363/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 735. To ask the Minister for Health if every person diagnosed with a terminal illness will be given a medical card regardless of his or her means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36371/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 736. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances in service in County Kildare; the number ordinarily based at each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36376/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 916. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to extend the LEADER programme from its current end date of 31 December 2020 to ensure continuity of funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36361/20]

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: As a former shop steward, I, too, thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this Bill. It is a Pauline conversion by the party that facilitated the imposition of austerity on ordinary workers and their families, but it is a welcome conversion nonetheless. Last week, my colleague, the Sinn Féin spokesperson on enterprise, trade, employment and workers' rights, Deputy Louise...

Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I commend the members of An Garda Síochána on the work they have done in the trying circumstances caused by Covid-19. Unfortunately, they are being let down by underinvestment, neglect and a system that needs root-and-branch reform. The report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland was launched with great fanfare in September 2018. It was promptly left to gather...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: Page 51 of the programme for Government sets out an objective: "Task local authorities to work with ... [various stakeholders] and Age Friendly Ireland on the development/redevelopment of older-person housing." Every effort must be made to ensure that older people live in their communities for as long as possible. I am thinking of my 90-year-old uncle and his wife, who live independently in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response Final Report: Motion (19 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I too would like to thank the Chairman and members of the committee for all of their work and allowing me to speak at some of the meetings. It was important for me to do this, particularly at a time Kildare was the only county in lockdown so that I could share the experience of my constituents. Covid-19 has turned our world upside down. We watched as strange situations like not being able...

Covid-19: Statements (24 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I commend the small business owners throughout the country who are struggling during this pandemic. Small business owners are the backbone of rural Ireland in particular. They provide badly needed employment where larger companies believe it is not feasible to do so. They need to be supported and we need to ensure they survive this crisis. It is a matter of survival at this stage because...