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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 763. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of general practitioners here with particular reference to the lack of same in the Fingal area of County Dublin; and the strategies in place to ensure an adequate number of general practitioners is available in Fingal and throughout the State. [15468/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 764. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner practices in the Fingal area of County Dublin; the number of these practices that are not accepting new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15470/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 1421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the removal of a household benefits package for a person (details supplied) can be re-examined with a view to reinstating this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15407/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Controls (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 1491. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the protections he will introduce for students reliant on affordable accommodation making specific reference to a case (details supplied). [15694/18]

Priority Questions: Roads Maintenance (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to fund the restoration of over 12,000 km of secondary roads deemed to be in severe structural distress by the National Oversight and Audit Commission, NOAC, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17769/18]

Priority Questions: Roads Maintenance (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: I am very interested in hearing the Minister's plans to fund the restoration of over 12,000 km of secondary roads throughout the country deemed to be in severe structural distress by the NOAC. I raise this as a Deputy who represents Dublin Fingal, which, on the face of it, is close to Dublin but which has a massive network of primary and secondary roads, some of which are in atrocious...

Priority Questions: Roads Maintenance (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: The report from the NOAC indicates nothing short of a crisis when it comes to potholes. I know people will say - the Minister has said it - that potholes are a matter for councils and councillors. That is true to some extent. However, when the problem is so wide-spread on a national scale and councils are so starved of money that they cannot afford to fix these problems, it is most...

Priority Questions: Roads Maintenance (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: Fingal County Council can only self-fund so much. Freak weather events have a disproportionate effect on damaged roads. Frost and ice permeate existing cracks and holes and make them bigger, deeper and even more dangerous. I see evidence of this as I drive around. We need a fund for these repairs and for a new priority to be placed on making these roads safe. We are talking about road...

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reconsider the appointment of Fingal County Council as the noise regulator for Dublin Airport in view of the response from local residents and the reliance the council has on rate-based income and the perception that the regulator needs to be seen as an independent stakeholder; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: There have been variations on this question today and on previous occasions, but I make no apology for raising it again. I want the Minister to reconsider this issue. It is my intention to remind him of the relationship that exists between Fingal and Dublin Airport. It is a commercial relationship and the decision should be reconsidered.

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: The issue at hand is that a commercial relationship exists between Fingal County Council and the Dublin Airport Authority. The Minister knows that. If he was on this side of the House, he would be doing exactly what we are doing. In fact, the Dublin Airport Authority is the single biggest ratepayer to Fingal County Council. I am not questioning the ability of Fingal County Council or,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if elements of the MetroLink project such as the provision of park and ride areas in Swords will be fast tracked separately from the railway order in order to help ease the immediate crisis of traffic into Dublin city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17766/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the setting up of a forum for public transport as committed to in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17767/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe from when a site is identified and purchased for a new school or an existing school to be transferred to a new site, built and opened; the main stages in the process after land acquisition to school opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17727/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 628. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if both the interim report and the final report of the State-wide derogations review will be published; if public statements that explain and justify all aspects of each derogation granted will be issued by her Department; if derogations are not State-wide, if the zoning approach used will be explained (details supplied); and if...

Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Brendan Ryan: On the final comment made by Deputy Mattie McGrath, my response to the telephone call about today's business was that the Labour Party view was that ten minutes would be insufficient for the Minister and that he should be allowed one hour to respond if he so wished, to which the response was that the Minister thought ten minutes would be enough.

Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Brendan Ryan: Yes.

Mental Health Parity Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2018)

Brendan Ryan: I commend Deputy James Browne for his work on this Bill and express the support of the Labour Party for it. Ireland, and indeed the world, has come a long way in respect of mental health but a lot remains to be done. It is poignant that we are discussing Second Stage of the Bill at this point, given that the Darkness Into Light event run by Pieta House takes place on 12 May, a little over a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 May 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 116. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a general practitioner practice (details supplied) which has closed; his views on the impact such a closure has on patient files; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19147/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (8 May 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the Syria Donor Conference; the measures Ireland is undertaking to press EU and UN member states to pursue a full diplomatic resolution to the Syrian conflict and increase humanitarian assistance to displaced Syrians who require better solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20160/18]