Results 1-20 of 112 for long speaker:Patricia Ryan

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: My colleague Deputy Mairéad Farrell has raised the issue of long Covid with the Minister on a number of occasions. When she did so, he informed us that flexibility was to be provided to public service workers. That is good. The scheme provides for certain payments to staff during periods of absence from work due to illness from long Covid. This is despite long Covid not being...

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Patricia Ryan: I too thank an Teachta Naughten and the Regional Group. I also thank the advocacy groups which have stood up for people with long Covid and made the world listen when many people were being told to cheer up and get over it. Those groups have organised an email campaign. I am sure many of the Teachtaí here have heard the harrowing stories of their local constituents. I wish to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2020: Discussion (20 May 2021)

Patricia Ryan: This will probably apply similarly to other areas. The health service has taken an awful battering in the past year. There are already long waiting lists and they are probably going to get much longer. I am concerned about the long-term effects. We need radical action to address it. Are there any plans to recover lost ground and what funding will be available?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: I appreciate what the Minister is saying. The Government has taken some measures in response to long Covid, but those who are still suffering feel it is not enough. The pandemic emergency may have been declared over but they are still suffering. For these people, long Covid is with them every day. It manifests in shortness of breath, chronic fatigue, brain fog, an inability to concentrate...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: ...Prime Minister apologised unreservedly last week. There are approximately 40 survivors of the drug, thalidomide, in Ireland. The Irish Thalidomide Association, ITA, said that 62 years is too long for full redress. Finola Cassidy of the ITA, a spokesperson and survivor, said: “We dare to dream Ireland will follow suit and allow us long overdue closure”. Are they going to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: A constituent of mine, a man who was finally allocated a property in October last year after 18 years on the Kildare County Council list only to be told he cannot move in to his long-awaited home because there is no street lighting installed, may, worse still, be forced into emergency accommodation. The Tánaiste promised Housing for All and yet people waiting years on housing lists are...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: What a long-awaited and momentous day to finally have the State of Palestine formally recognised by Ireland. Iontach ar fad. Finally, the voices of those who marched, protested and petitioned in their thousands for international law to be upheld and shouted loud and long for Palestine and her people to be recognised have been heard. Ireland and the Irish fought our own struggles with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 733. To ask the Minister for Health if he will incorporate the FreeStyle Libre glucose-monitoring unit into the long-term illness scheme for those over 21 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36362/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 734. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the exodus of dentists from the dental treatment services scheme; his plans to deal with the long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36363/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address long waiting lists for school places in Monasterevin and Kildare town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40138/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Medical Cards (8 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce an automatic entitlement to a medical card for persons on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41078/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Investigations (27 Jan 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 699. To ask the Minister for Health if he supports an inquiry into the children born to long-term residents of St. Brendan's psychiatric hospital, Grangegorman. [3758/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (1 Jun 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to phase out of long-term leasing of entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29448/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Jul 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 2028. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include Crohn's disease and inflammatory bowel disease on the list of illnesses covered under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36260/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1727. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will recognise Lyme’s disease and co-infections as part of the long-term illness scheme and other State schemes and supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20768/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (23 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to long delays for the national car test; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33395/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures Review: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: Given the fact that it has not been started, how long does Mr McGann anticipate it will take to complete?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Dec 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 338. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the exodus of dentists from the dental treatment services scheme; his plans to deal with the long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59947/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 Nov 2022)

Patricia Ryan: What is the best way to mitigate against the depletion of the rainy day fund due to inflation? Would it make more sense to spend it on more long-term projects?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (14 Dec 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that community employment supervisors' long-standing pay claims are addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62591/22]