Results 841-860 of 2,486 for speaker:Patricia Ryan

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I too want to thank Deputy Harkin. As a long-time member of a credit union and an advocate for credit unions, I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this Bill. Credit unions are a model of community banking that we need to support in every way we can. The commercial banks are turning their backs on rural Ireland. We must equip credit unions to bridge that gap. The Credit Union...

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: On unveiling the budget, the Minister said the Government was conscious of the cost-of-living pressures on the public and businesses. Anyone who even skims the text of the budget documentation will know it is not the case. The Government lacks a vision of any sort for solving the crises in housing and healthcare. Never has so much been spent to achieve so little. Energy prices are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (2 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will incentivise the provision of public access electric vehicle chargers by private individuals and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52790/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (2 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funds he has provided or intends to provide to incentivise the provision of public access electric vehicle chargers by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52791/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (2 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 275. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of acres owned by the National Asset Management Agency at each location in County Kildare in tabular form; if any of this land can be made available for public housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52801/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (2 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 322. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to Decade of Commemorations committees in each county in 2021; if the funding will continue into 2022; if funding will be made available specifically to provide memorials to the former residents of county homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52792/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (2 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide for information on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and a review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if he will provide information on the stated need to consider...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (2 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the proposed wind energy development guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52800/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (2 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 465. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount being paid to a company (details supplied) to second maintenance technicians to the Air Corps; the amount each technician is being paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52799/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the nearest school rule relating to will be scrapped and be replaced with a nearest and next nearest rule; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52793/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (2 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 990. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the National Positive Ageing Strategy; the reason it has not been updated in over eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52794/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (2 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 991. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Positive Ageing Strategy does not include reference to the importance of good nutritional care for the elderly; if his attention has been drawn to the strong correlation between age and malnutrition risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52795/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (2 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 992. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52796/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (2 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 993. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to each local first responder group in counties Laois, Offaly and Kildare in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52797/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 994. To ask the Minister for Health when the premises of a centre (details supplied) which is currently being refurbished will reopen; if funding has been secured to complete the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52798/21]

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: Like my colleagues, I welcome the Bill. It is timely we are having this debate today. During the summer, there was the first ever conviction under the existing anti-people smuggling legislation and we must consider why it took so long. We must consult An Garda Síochána and other agencies to seek their opinions on necessary reforms in this area of law. The purpose of the Bill...

Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: The programme for Government includes a commitment to bring forward legislation that prohibits fur farming in the State and this Bill is a welcome development. While fur farming was once legal and socially acceptable in most countries there is now a broad consensus that certain animals should not be farmed for their fur because of serious animal welfare concerns that cannot be addressed....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I am on another meeting so I am juggling this evening. I thank Professor Moloney and her team for everything they have been doing. We are very aware that the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2030. Will the commission consider other ways of replacing the inevitable loss of revenue? What are Professor Moloney's early thoughts on how we would best do this?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I apologise if somebody has asked this question and for juggling meetings. Will our current inflation rate have a bearing on the work the commission does? If it does, how will it impact on that work?