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Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank Deputies Kerrane and Funchion for bringing this motion forward. Irish parents now pay some of the highest childcare fees in the OECD. Some pay the equivalent of a second mortgage, at nearly €1,400 per month, with my own constituency of South Kildare ranking among the most expensive counties for crèches in Ireland. This is an intolerable strain on parents who are already...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Chair and our guests. I will be brief because I am aware it has been a long session. Unfortunately, I do not talk to constituents at 12.45 at night. They are usually in bed because they have to be up early the next morning for haulage, farming or whatever it is. Moving swiftly on from that, Deputies Canney and Boyd Barrett both spoke about infrastructure, as did the witnesses....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: It is shocking. I thank our guests.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I congratulate the Minister for Finance, Deputy Chambers. I wish the Minister the best. I thank the Ministers and their officials for being here today. The percentage of people aged 65 and over living in rented accommodation has increased by 83% according to the 2022 census. In view of that, has the Government put any provisions in place to protect those over 65 and living in rental...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: Yes, please.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: Does the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, have enough money to build homes specifically for our ageing people, such as one-bedroom units for single men or older widowed women and so on? We need to have some provision for older people rather than expecting them trying to rent all the time.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: At an affordable price, obviously, as well. With regard to the increase in the ageing cohort, and again I am speaking up on this because of my brief, our age bracket is going to be very high by 2051. What provisions have been put in place for the State pension fund? What is envisioned to ensure funds are available and properly ring-fenced to cover this?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: So will funds be ring-fenced.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: Will the Minister, Deputy Chambers, elaborate on that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I appreciate that and I take on board the points made by the Minister. I get what was said but we are talking about homeless people. This is an ageing population as well. We have a lot of homeless people who are older too. While the Minister mentioned homelessness and health, we have many people who cannot get into hospitals as well. We need to do better in this regard too. It was...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: That will come at a massive cost and major lessons must be learned from the experience.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Ministers and the Chair.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I am asking the Minister that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where exactly the new special school in County Kildare is to be located; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30082/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline, with regard to carer’s allowance, the timeframe she considers to be long-term when caring for an ill/disabled relative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30079/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to include carer’s benefit and carer’s allowance as credited contributions for the purposes of pension entitlement calculation, as those caring are effectively doing a 35-hour week to the detriment of their being able to work outside the home; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Environmental Investigations (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of District Court enforcement proceedings for environmental and pollution breaches/offences brought by Kildare County Council in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [30081/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 271. To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind the ‘late discharges’ which have been ongoing in University Hospital Limerick, where elderly dementia/Alzheimer’s patients are being discharged/removed outside of normal discharge hours; where they are being removed to; and if their next of kin has been informed beforehand. [30083/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 272. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the recent rapid rise in new strain Covid-19 cases, he has any plans in place to reinstate the PCR testing, which was discontinued in March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30085/24]