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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Taxation of Assets and Wealth: Discussion with Oxfam (14 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: That is okay. I apologise. I was late because I was in another meeting. I have been reading statements. I thank everyone for their time and indulgence. If I ask a question that has already been asked, I apologise for that as well. When defining which wealth and assets would fall under the umbrella for higher or equitable taxation, what cost factors to the economy and to the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Taxation of Assets and Wealth: Discussion with Oxfam (14 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I thought we had ten minutes for questions. I was just about to ask a second question when the Cathaoirleach moved on to another speaker. I apologise if I picked that up wrong. May I ask one more question?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Taxation of Assets and Wealth: Discussion with Oxfam (14 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. In Oxfam's briefing paper, Survival of the Richest, recommendations 2 and 3 talk about imposing the highest possible tax on the 1%, that is, the richest of the richest. How does Oxfam envisage stopping those obscenely rich folk from merely avoiding taxes? It is one thing to tax wealth that is measurable in the form of assets and goods in the State. Is it...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Taxation of Assets and Wealth: Discussion with Oxfam (14 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (14 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures or reliefs he could consider or put in place to prevent pensioners and others on low fixed incomes being further energy-impoverished by "standing charges" imposed on them by gas providers, even when there is no gas being used, as a €20 standing charge per month is a significant sum out of a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a school (details supplied) is to lose a teacher for the coming school year, resulting in the two largest classes having to be divided up, despite enrolment numbers in excess of 25 for the past two years; if anything can be done to prevent this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28786/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (14 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of additional funding that has been given to Kildare County Council to purchase homes under the 'tenant in situ' scheme since the lifting of the 'no fault' eviction ban on 1 April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28788/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (14 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider intervening in the very serious case of a young mother (details supplied); the measures he can take to help this woman and her family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28789/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists and physiotherapy services available to MS sufferers, and those with other neurological conditions in CHO7 for the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and the cost of funding same. [28790/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (14 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 166. To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to the revoking of the ban on nursing homes transferring their business and converting to providing accommodation for people under temporary protection, he has considered the consequences of that revocation on the number of available places in nursing homes for people who really need them, given that families are already struggling to find...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 167. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Solpadine and its generic equivalents can only be dispensed in capsule form, usually in 60 capsule packs, and not in soluble form to medical card holders to whom it has been prescribed, which is causing problems among those for whom swallowing capsules/tablets would be difficult, if not impossible, and that pharmacists, having informed...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Pollution (1 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Environmental Protection Agency tests all rivers for the quality of the water to establish their suitability for swimming and water activities. [26763/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 May 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I raise an issue about which I have been contacted by countless families, as Sinn Féin's spokesperson for older people. These families carry the anguish and distress of the tragic loss of their loved ones due to Covid in nursing homes. They cry out for a comprehensive inquiry, as promised by the Taoiseach in January. This is not merely a policy matter; it goes to the heart of their...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I thank Mr. Gjedrem for being here. I appreciate his time. In what condition was Norway's infrastructure, healthcare and pension pot when the fund came into being? Regarding this State, would Mr. Gjedrem suggest starting another fund if our infrastructure or healthcare system is lagging?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Patricia Ryan: Do I have time to ask another question?

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I wish to speak on behalf of approximately 500,000 family carers who tirelessly provide indispensable at-home care across the State. These unpaid and unsung heroes save the State billions annually through the care they provide for their loved ones without receiving the support they not only need but deserve. HSE essential respite services, which are a vital lifeline for our family carers,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (30 May 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Government has any plans for the development and installation of motion sensor street lighting on Irish streets and roads. [26356/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (30 May 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cars currently awaiting NCT tests in Kildare; the availability of timely appointments; the earliest appointment available at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26358/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (30 May 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures and-or plans that he or the Government have in place, or intend to introduce, to assist the many struggling mortgage holders who find themselves again facing uncertainty following the sale of their mortgage to a vulture fund by the original lender; the options available to these mortgage holders if the vulture fund fails or refuses to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (30 May 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of family home mortgages, by county, that are now in the hands of vulture funds in 2023, in tabular form; the number of those mortgages that are or were the subject of alternative payment arrangements or split or shelved portion mortgages prior to their being sold to vulture funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26362/23]