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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (10 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the large number of pension applicants and awardees who have difficulty reconciling their employment records with their social welfare records due to insufficient revenue records before 1981; her plans to address the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35205/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 739. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend free general practitioner care to children under eight years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35202/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (10 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 740. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that agency home carers are experiencing in being tested for Covid-19 as a preventative measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35210/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I am aware that there is much conversation about broadband, which makes me think that there is a serious problem. Included on page 61 of the programme for Government is a commitment to invest in infrastructure, including broadband, to support the development of rural towns and villages. Recently I spoke to a blind man who uses Alexa to set timers while he is cooking, but the Wi-Fi often...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I have been inundated with individuals and groups over the last few weeks telling me how this budget has affected them. The general consensus is that it is a bad budget for rural people and certainly for older people. Older people have been left behind. In an €18 billion budget, the Government could not find any money, even a small amount, for pensions and for those who are most...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: On page 46 of the programme for Government, it states there will be an increased focus on rare diseases. In response to a parliamentary question in June relating to the licensing of the drug patisiran for the treatment of amyloidosis, the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, stated that once negotiations between the HSE and the manufacturer are complete, the drug will be formally considered...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (3 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 1274. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund gene-silencing treatment for amyloidosis such as patisiran and equivalent drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32884/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Expenditure (3 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 184. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated amount of money spent on media training for Ministers and Ministers of State from 27 June 2020 to date. [32887/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (3 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address the delays in the provision of post codes for new builds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32885/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (3 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 482. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the groups of public servants earning under €70,000 who have still to have their pay reductions reversed under the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, provisions; the number of staff per group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33834/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Projects (3 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 501. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress of the proposed national velodrome at Abbotstown, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32891/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Control (3 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider including deer management as an essential service under the updated Covid-19 guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32889/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Control (3 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the review of the legislative and administrative arrangements in relation to deer licensing with a view to securing improvements for customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32890/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the working group established to review Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines for Planning Authorities 2005 in view of the Flemish Decree; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32888/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (3 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish a dedicated wildlife crime unit; the location the unit will be based; the number of staff that will be allocated to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33831/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (3 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 652. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to set a date for a referendum on extending presidential voting rights to persons living outside the State. [33821/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Inquiries (3 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 653. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ask the British Government to establish a public enquiry into the death of a person (details supplied). [33824/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 690. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider permitting the Permanent Defence Force and Reserve Defence Force to play a wider role in contact tracing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33822/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (3 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 691. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he expects the investigation into the filling in of the hollow next to Donnelly's Hollow to conclude; the progress of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33829/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (3 Nov 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 692. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to bring the old Curragh post office building back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33830/20]