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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (14 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have left the dental treatment services scheme in the past year in County Kildare; the number that are left; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29948/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (14 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1679. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have left the dental treatment services scheme in the past year in County Laois; the number that are left; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29949/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1680. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for the children’s disability network teams in County Kildare by waiting time in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29950/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1681. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for the children’s disability network teams in County Laois broken down by waiting time in tabular form. [29951/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of family forums that have been established under each children’s disability network team in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29952/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1683. To ask the Minister for Health the number of family forums that have been established under each children’s disability network team in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29953/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1684. To ask the Minister for Health the options that are open to medical card holders who are unable to find a general practitioner who is taking on new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29958/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1685. To ask the Minister for Health the options that are open to non-medical card holders who are unable to find a general practitioner who is taking on new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29959/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (14 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1686. To ask the Minister for Health the options that are open to medical card holders who are unable to find a dentist who is taking on new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29960/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (14 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1687. To ask the Minister for Health the options that are open to non-medical card holders who are unable to find a dentist who is taking on new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29961/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (14 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1688. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has had repeated surgeries cancelled; when the person's surgery will be performed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29963/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (14 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1689. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reform the tendering model for home care when the current model expires at the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29967/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (14 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1690. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce statutory homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29968/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (14 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1691. To ask the Minister for Health if he will place the competition and consumer protection commission guidelines for contracts of care in nursing homes on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29971/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (14 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 1692. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a requirement for nursing homes to publish a schedule of fees showing all costs associated with being a resident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29972/22]

Higher Education Investment and Costs: Statements (2 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: Higher education has been in austerity mode since Fine Gael and the Labour Party came into power in 2011. This was continued by the Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil Government that followed. We now have a situation where public funding per student is 37% lower than it was in 2018, which is a lot. Over a decade of underfunding has led to a very high academic staff to student ratio by...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill and I sincerely hope that it fares better than the 2015 Act, where significant sections were left uncommenced. This Bill repeals the Marriage of Lunatics Act 1811 and the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871. These Victorian Acts and their phrases have no place in our health service. The reforms in this Bill are long overdue. The current...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: I thank Mr. Barnes and his colleagues for being here. We may be one of the richest countries but we have an awful lot of poor people in it. The council's report references the Pensions Commission projecting a €13 billion shortfall in funding for pensions in 2050. What is the best way to address this in the absence of raising the retirement age?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: Is there any method to the madness of the Government's waiting until October to address the cost of living? Deputy Doherty may have asked something similar around this, but we are in a massive cost-of-living crisis. Should the action be taken more seriously? Will the council outline how best to approach mitigating the impact of inflation on households while avoiding additional inflationary...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: I am a spokesperson for older people and I have concerns around pension-age people in terms of food or fuel at this point. It is getting out of hand. We have many people coming through the doors of our office with those problems. The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council mentions the rainy day quite a bit in its report. What does the council feel is the best approach to a rainy-day fund in terms...