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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (24 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will inform a school (details supplied) of a location, given that it is outgrowing its current location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11657/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Land Reclassification (24 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Cabinet will make a decision on the Irish Glass Bottle site in Ringsend in Dublin 2; if the project will proceed under a strategic development zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11658/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Threshold (24 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I thank Mr. Jordan for his presentation but also for his more substantial document which will be very useful to us in our considerations. Under the section on reforming the rent supplement scheme, Mr. Jordan has come up with a number of recommendations on administration which seem to be no-brainers in terms of implementing change. They are essential and clear in the main with the exception...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of Social Protection (24 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I thank Ms Faughnan and her team for their assistance with our work. Representatives of Threshold, who appeared before the committee just prior to the Department officials, came up with a range of administrative reform measures, which they said would not cost much but would increase the confidence of landlords in the rent supplement scheme. Ms Faughnan might briefly consider them now and...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: In regard to the 12 recommendations put to us by the IPOA, particularly those seeking an incentive for IPOA members to become involved in this area, has the organisation any figures in respect of the number of units that would be delivered over the next year or so if these proposals were implemented? Such figures would be useful as we consider solutions to deal with the immediate crisis....

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: Mr. O'Brien believes it is more a question of the burden on the State rather than a problem for his members.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I have a quick question in a slight deviation from the witnesses' core submission. In the past in my part of the world in north County Dublin, small, local co-operatives successfully built between 20 and 25 houses for local groups. Is this something that the Housing Finance Agency could facilitate by lending directly or indirectly?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (25 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary health centre in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11930/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (25 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 342. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will state his commitment to the new Metro north project, as proposed by the previous Government; the actions he will take in the next two months to meet Transport Infrastructure Ireland to discuss moving this project forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11907/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the representatives from the Peter McVerry Trust for appearing before the committee. Their contribution is very helpful to our work. The trust's recommendations are clear and concise and do not prompt too many questions from me. However, one area of interest to me is that relating to institutional discharges and the trust's recommendation that discharging departments should take...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I have a brief point in relation to Fr. Peter McVerry's-----

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I have a brief point in relation to Fr. McVerry's comment about the-----

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I have a brief point in relation to Fr. McVerry's comments about the rent supplement and about it driving people into homelessness. My own experience is a bit different. I have found that where rents are going up and people have gone to the community welfare officer, flexibility is granted inside or outside the threshold protocol. That is generally the case. Representatives of the...

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: Workers' rights are at the core of what the Labour Party stands for and what the labour movement is all about. Only this morning I met workers at Oberstown detention centre who staged a four-hour stoppage to highlight safety concerns on the campus. The fight for workers' rights goes on. While the Government is the tool by which to implement real change, we have an opportunity in this...

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: We want to make a difference, and I believe we did so when in government. The Cahill-Duffy review, which Senator Ged Nash spearheaded following the overnight shock closure of the iconic Clerys department store, is a substantial report which recommends legislative changes to ensure such callous treatment of workers cannot happen again. These laws need to be changed, and I implore this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (31 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 222. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps required for a person (details supplied) to regularise their status here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13474/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (31 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for a secondary school (details supplied) in County Dublin as the school is currently located in Kilternan Rugby Club, which is not conducive to the school's long-term accommodation needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13123/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (31 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 361. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to create a vacant homes register in the short term to help tackle the housing crisis, given that the report form the Housing Agency indicated that there are almost 250,000 vacant properties here, excluding holiday homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12505/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (31 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 470. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the decision not to award invalidity pension to a person (details required); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12900/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 729. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a knee replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13454/16]