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Rent Reduction Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: This Bill amends the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 by limiting rents to a maximum to a quarter of monthly household incomes. Sinn Féin supports the objective of this Bill and has proposed a number of different ways to achieve it. Over the last decade, average rents have more than doubled. In the last year alone, rents in Kildare have increased by almost 8%, and by a whopping 112%...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: Last week, the local mental health charity, Hope(D), which is based in Newbridge, announced it will be winding down its service and closing at the end of the summer. It needs just €40,000 to secure a service for the rest of the year. People leaving HSE mental health service facilities at Naas hospital are given a leaflet along with some tablets, if they are lucky, yet the HSE refers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Climate Change Policy (13 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the report on the potential for a domestic woollen industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38479/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (13 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that is being made on the commitment in the Programme for Government to double ex-gratia grants to animal welfare organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38480/22]

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: The summer economic statement is a key component of the annual budget cycle providing an economic context and setting outside of the parameters of the budget. Unfortunately, this year's statement has not provided any certainty to households struggling with the immediate effect of the cost-of-living crisis and serious questions surround the credibility of some of the figures published. It...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (14 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of wind turbines per county in tabular form. [38914/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (14 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to encourage offshore wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38915/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (14 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will remove or greatly increase the €200 tax exemption on payments received by domestic micro-generators from their suppliers under the clean export guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38923/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to facilitate park-and-ride facilities along the M7, M9 and elsewhere in counties Kildare and Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38913/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (14 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend section 15 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 in view of the recent census data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38922/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (14 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 426. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress being made with the mid-life extension programme for the LÉ Niamh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38921/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Pathology Service (14 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 650. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide improved facilities available to the State Pathologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38918/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (14 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 677. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a review group to investigate reducing the red tape in funding applications for section 38, 39 and other organisations and individual benefit applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39527/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (14 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 697. To ask the Minister for Health if he will award a discretionary medical card to each amputee who applies for one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38919/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (14 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 698. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used to decide an award of a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38920/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (14 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 859. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering the committed to home support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39528/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic Quarterly Report - Summer 2020: Economic and Social Research Institute (6 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: I apologise for coming in and out and possibly doubling up on questions. In his opening statement, Dr. McQuinn referred to the prospect of further escalation in prices. The forecast regarding fuel and energy is frightening with figures of up to 179% mentioned. What impact will the additional spending measures announced in the summer economic statement have on inflation?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic Quarterly Report - Summer 2020: Economic and Social Research Institute (6 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: There was a report on energy deprivation. I attended a meeting this morning around energy poverty. Regarding the lack of availability of data, obviously we need data to help make decisions but is it as simple as hiring more people to collect and analyse the data in the CSO or is something extra needed?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic Quarterly Report - Summer 2020: Economic and Social Research Institute (6 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: Obviously we take it that there has been a delay because everything has slowed down due to Covid but we would expect that we would be up to date at some point and would not always be a year or two behind, which seems to be the case, so I would like to think that this would be resolved at some point. How concerned is the ESRI about the €1 in €8 we take in corporation tax and the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic Quarterly Report - Summer 2020: Economic and Social Research Institute (6 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: We have a forecast of an unemployment rate of 4% next year. How can we address the labour shortage, particularly in key sectors? I would be very interested in hearing the witnesses' views, particularly around health because I work with older people in the health sector.