Results 61-80 of 2,486 for speaker:Patricia Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (2 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 230. To ask the Minister for Health the measures HIQA will take to ensure the safety and well-being of vulnerable residents in a nursing home (details supplied). [39271/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Apple Escrow Account (26 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the €13 billion company tax bill (details supplied), if there are plans to re-instate the National Pension Reserve Fund, which was decimated in 2010 to bail out the banks; and if not, the reason why, given our rapidly increasing older age demographic. [38222/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Apple Escrow Account (26 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the €13 billion tax funds (details supplied), the reasoning process behind this Government's decision to appeal the European Court decision; how this decision was deemed to be in the interest of the public good, where €10 million of taxpayers money was expended which could have been used to greater effect and greater public...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 283. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced nurse practitioners currently operating in CHO7; and the areas to which they are assigned. [38224/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist gerontology nurses currently operating in CHO7; and the areas to which they are assigned. [38225/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 285. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO7 currently awaiting assessment for mental health services, in tabular form. [38226/24]

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: This Bill is a short one, brought forward in response to a recent High Court decision. It is not right or proper to discuss the circumstances of the case but, for clarity, the case revolves around a conflict between the mandatory sentence for murder applied to adults of 18 years and over. Section 156 of the 2001 Act states a child cannot be sentenced or committed to prison. This conflict...

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.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Turbary Rights (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of sheep allowed on The Curragh; and how much acreage is allowed for the sheep. [36021/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Turbary Rights (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 96. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the turbary rights for the grazing of sheep on The Curragh, County Kildare, are reassigned each year. [36022/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarrying Sector (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the development of a quarry at a site (details supplied), the measures being taken to ameliorate the deterioration of side roads caused by heavy quarry traffic; and when repairs will be conducted. [36025/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provisions available for MS sufferers to avail of housing adaptation grants, such as bathroom conversions, etc. to enable them to continue to live independently for as long as possible. [36035/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason behind the inordinately long delays in processing carers allowance applications and appeals (details supplied). [36027/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Addiction Treatment Services (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the levels of recidivism for drug offenders; and the supports that are in place to prevent re-offending on release, especially regarding help finding housing. [36020/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 632. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hours of disability home support delivered to date in 2024, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form; and how that compares to disability home support targets. [36983/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 633. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify if there are separate waiting lists in operation for those children awaiting assessments of needs; those awaiting initial contact; those awaiting therapy following an assessment of need; and those awaiting follow-on therapy after a block of fixed term appointments. [36987/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 634. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the numbers of children on the service waiting lists for occupational therapy intervention, occupational therapy assessment, speech and language therapy intervention, speech and language therapy assessment, multidisciplinary assessments, assessment of needs, cognitive and/or clinical psychological assessments,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (18 Sep 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 635. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the numbers of children on the service waiting list for assessment of needs, and the time spent on that list, for each CHO and county, in tabular form. [36989/24]