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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reasons an applicant was not approved for funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39508/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 105. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the maximum possible grant to an applicant (details supplied) was limited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39543/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a final decision has issued in respect of an application from a person in County Mayo (details supplied), or if this application is at the appeal stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39488/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital (details supplied), following the lifting of the recruitment ban, advertised vacancies for psychiatric nurses in the adult mental health unit of that hospital; if so, when these positions were advertised; the number of positions that were advertised; when the competition closed; the number recruited; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 171. To ask the Minister for Health why a hospital (details supplied), following the lifting of the recruitment ban, did not advertise vacancies for psychiatric nurses in the adult mental health unit of that hospital; when a recruitment drive will commence for these positions; how many vacancies there will be; what steps are being taken to actively recruit psychiatric nurses; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: I welcome the officials from the Department. I will start at the back before moving forward. What supports has the Department given the shellfish market over the past year? It is being put through the mill, particularly with Brexit. How much of the adjustment fund was drawn down by Ireland and how much was sent back? That money was sent to Ireland to try to support fishers. Why have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: Most people in the shellfish market had to export through England into Europe, but Brexit has created a problem, given the barriers. What supports have been provided to help the market? The industry is in great difficulty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: I do not wish to be disrespectful, as Ms McSherry is answering the questions she is asked, but why has there been such resistance within the Department to hook-and-line fishers in recent years? Why will it not give a bit more quota to small fishers, particularly on the west coast, who are depending on it for their livelihoods? Ms McSherry and I know it is a difficult life and anything those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: That is fair enough. Ms McSherry is not the Minister, to be fair, and I cannot say any more about that. Nevertheless, she might get the Department to consider other species that fishers could fish but are not allowed to. These people have gone through a very difficult time over recent years. This keeps a lot of jobs and people working and a lot of money in the economy, especially in rural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: My final question relates to the industry itself. I have noticed over the years that there are a lot of fishing organisations. Have they come together and are they singing from the same hymn sheet, or is there still the same level of competition between their representatives? The Minister will go to the EU between now and Christmas to negotiate again, and we all want to be on the same hymn...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person who receives the State pension (contributory) is not entitled to the treatment benefit and dental benefit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39824/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (8 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress being made regarding a pay agreement and expenditure requirements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40196/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (8 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people that have approved a primary medical certificate, in each of the past five years, per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39755/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (8 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that were made under the hardship scheme for pharmacies in each county, by month, over the past three years; the number of applications that were successful in each county, by month, over the corresponding period; the total amount paid out under this scheme in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (8 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 571. To ask the Minister for Health when the restoration of pharmacy fees will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39927/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 595. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will be appointed permanently to a post (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40001/24]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: I have a few questions for information really, more than anything else. Who would these archives be available to and would they pay for these archives? What are the views of RTÉ on not letting the archives out? To be fair to RTÉ over the years, we have all those fantastic programmes like "Reeling in the Years" and the like. We forget what Ireland was like ten, 20, 30 years ago....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: To be fair to Deputy Costello, his heart is in the right place, but I am worried about what I see going on. If you put what he proposes into legislation, people would think they have rights and that RTÉ must jump based on them every time a request is made. It would be like the freedom of information arrangements. That power is totally abused. Recently, a guy contacted my office who...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: It does not stop RTÉ from replaying if it wants to do so.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: It cannot give it to anybody else. My other question is on staffing. How many staff are in place to produce material for and maintain and look after the archives? If the legislation comes in, will an increasing number of organisations be seeking access to the archives? Would RTÉ be able to cope?