Results 381-400 of 2,486 for speaker:Patricia Ryan

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Analysis: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (8 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: What are the implications of lowering the pension age to 65? Where would the opportunity be to fund this? I mean that question generally and do not mean to put our guests on the spot.

Mental Health Policy: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I also thank the Deputies of the Regional Group for tabling the motion. I have spoken in this House on a number of occasions about the need to balance mental and physical health as we deal with this pandemic. I recently spoke in the debate of a Bill tabled by my colleague, Teachta Ward, regarding parity of esteem for mental health. It called for mental ill health to be given equal status...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on the annual Social Welfare Bill, which gives effect to proposals announced in budget 2021. The Bill allows self-employed people in receipt of the PUP to earn up to €480 over a four-week period while retaining the payment. We in Sinn Féin would like to see an increase in the amount that can be earned to €960 over a rolling...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (9 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: The Bill concerns an issue dealt with every year in similar Bills to provide risk equalisation. Risk equalisation is a mechanism designed to support the objective of a community-rated health insurance market whereby customers pay the same net premium for the same health insurance product irrespective of age, gender or health status. The Health Insurance Acts have provided for a risk...

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. The credit union movement has been a huge force for good across the Thirty-two Counties, in almost every small town in addition to the bigger cities. I commend the staff and volunteers of credit unions, who have been instrumental in helping individuals and small business owners to keep the show on the road throughout the pandemic. I...

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I also thank my colleague, Teachta Ó Broin, for bringing this Bill to the House. It provides a legal definition of "persons at risk of homelessness" and gives the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the local authorities the power to provide them with supports to prevent them becoming homeless. Prevention is better than cure. Last week,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Farm Waste Management (15 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will establish a scheme for farm waste tyre disposal to alleviate the expense to farmers wishing to move away from pit silage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43347/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (15 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 299. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he will take to assist a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43348/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (15 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 310. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the Defence Forces built infrastructure plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43344/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 576. To ask the Minister for Health if the State will pay the registration fees for nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43345/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 577. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take to ensure older persons will get their full visit entitlement under the Health Protection Surveillance Centre guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43349/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 667. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appraisal has been carried out of the outworking of the mandatory reduction obligation contained within the BEAM scheme; if he will amend the criteria in view of the challenges created by Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43339/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 668. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the PGI application for grass-fed beef; if the PGI will operate on an all-Ireland basis; if he will proceed with a separate proposal for a suckler beef PGI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43341/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (15 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 669. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be ensured that agriculture students attending Teagasc colleges will be eligible for the same financial supports as other third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43342/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Industry (15 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 670. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if compensation will be provided to poultry farmers affected by avian influenza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43343/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (15 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 671. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed measures to be enacted under the tuberculosis eradication programme in 2021; the estimated costs of the measures; the level of funding that will be provided from the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43338/20]

Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (16 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: The pandemic has had a detrimental effect on our economy and, more importantly, on our society. I spoke to a lady who brought her elderly father to an accident and emergency department last weekend. After waiting in a chair for eight hours wearing a mask, he was seen after midnight, was kept in and is still in hospital. He has not had any visitors, he has received bad news and his family...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Liquidations (17 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 224. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will engage with the workers of a group (details supplied) and their trade union to ensure that the company will honour the workers collective agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44570/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 225. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date on implementing the recommendations of the Duffy-Cahill Report; his future plans in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44571/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Aer Lingus (17 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 226. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will assist workers in an airline (details supplied) who are experiencing difficulties in engaging with the human resources department of the airline regarding payments and entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44572/20]