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Finance Act 2004 (section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2020: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome this opportunity to speak on this motion. In other years, attempts were made to dispose of this matter without debate and I am pleased the Government has not tried to go down that road this time around. I also accept that there will be occasions when money will remain unspent. However, some of the areas where spending has not occurred are inexcusable. I have many concerns about...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (3 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which is it open to local authorities to remunicipalise domestic waste collection services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5459/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (3 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is open to local authorities to use franchising to remunicipalise domestic waste collection services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5460/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the affordable housing Bill 2020 will be brought before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (3 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless persons in counties Kildare and Laois; his plans to provide homes for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5448/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review on household income limits in order to apply for social housing will be completed; the stage at which this review is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5457/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council (3 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the commitment of Ireland to recognise the state of Palestine will be honoured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5451/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when recruitment for leaving certificate oral and practical examiners, which usually closes in December, will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5449/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (3 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and projected capacity of schools in an area (details supplied) including the Portarlington area of County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5458/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for a PPS number in 2020; the number approved and processed; the number refused; the number currently being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5456/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (3 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 984. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided on a trial basis to the library service in County Kildare to fund delivery of a library lending service via the postal service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5452/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Remote Working (3 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 985. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has considered establishing co-working spaces in rural areas of counties Kildare and Laois to facilitate persons working remotely within their communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5453/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Remote Working (3 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 986. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the interdepartmental group set up within her Department to examine the remote working hubs and co-working spaces; when the group is due to report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5454/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: My first question is for the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe. I am concerned about the Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS, which the Minister discussed with my colleague, Deputy Doherty, earlier. Will the Minister be including businesses such as taxi-drivers, manufacturers under licence and those without fixed premises in that scheme?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: The last time the Minister was before this committee I raised the issue of community employment supervisors. I asked that the Minister would prioritise reaching a solution for these very deserving people. These are people who keep initiatives like meals on wheels and Tidy Towns alive, and in the midst of a pandemic their work is even more valuable. Is there any solution on offer for these...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I have two brief questions. Reference was made earlier to the fact that in the 2021 Estimates, there is a reduction in current spending on housing and that while there is a small increase in capital spending, it is not a corresponding increase. What is meant by that phrase?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I would appreciate additional details on that. Finally, I am concerned about the Estimates for spending on justice. We have seen a 1.2% increase in current spending for An Garda Síochána, but on the capital side there has been a 10% reduction. There has also been a 24% decrease in spending on the Courts Service and a 21% decrease in spending on the Prison Service. We should be...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I am concerned because in some areas of rural Ireland, there are many issues around crime and criminality and the reduction in spend concerns me, particularly as party spokesperson for older people. There are many issues around elderly people in my area, which is why I am asking the question. I thank both Ministers for their answers.