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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Brendan Ryan: There are variations around the place, but I am seeing flexibility now where I did not see it a year ago.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (9 Jun 2015)

Brendan Ryan: 369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the proposed date for Ireland to enshrine the new European Union public procurement directives, that will require all public bodies to apply more socially and economically just criteria to all public tenders, will be in advance of the required deadline of April 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21421/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Brendan Ryan: 924. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places currently in Autism Spectrum Disorder classes in Dublin North, by school; the number of places due to come on stream in the next two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21260/15]

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Brendan Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the motion. When the initial offer from IAG was made in January, it was deemed unacceptable to the Government. Acting with my Labour Party colleagues, I played a key role in ensuring the initial offer which was bad was not accepted. From the very beginning, we have been criticised from all sides, including right-wing media commentators for being parish...

Topical Issue Debate: Property Tax Exemptions (27 May 2015)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Minister for his reply. I have nothing seriously to add to what I have said, but I will summarise the position. Will the Minister accept that a solution to this could be along the lines of the way I have advised, in which case the change to the statutory instrument would have the effect of delivering what people are entitled to? The exemption for pyrite-affected homes is...

Topical Issue Debate: Property Tax Exemptions (27 May 2015)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Minister for taking this Topical Issue today regarding the exemption from local property tax for those people afflicted by pyrite in their homes. It is Government policy, as announced by the Minister for Finance, that homeowners who have pyrite-affected homes should be exempt from local property tax. The regulations regarding the exemption from the local property tax are set out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)

Brendan Ryan: In terms of the take-up of family income supplement, has the Department any estimate of the number who might be entitled to receive it but have not taken it up? What strategies is it using to inform them of their entitlement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)

Brendan Ryan: Perhaps he was thinking of his dinner.

Order of Business (13 May 2015)

Brendan Ryan: We are sick of it.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (6 May 2015)

Brendan Ryan: 250. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Spent Convictions Bill 2012 will be brought through to completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17398/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (30 Apr 2015)

Brendan Ryan: 196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide e-fibre broadband to the Ballyboughal/Oldtown area in County Dublin, as works have been carried out on all surrounding areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17059/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)

Brendan Ryan: I would also like to thank the Carers Association, the Disability Federation of Ireland and the Department for coming before the committee to discuss this topic today. As a practitioner in the area and like other colleagues, each of us who have been asked to comment could have raised the same issues as the delegations. We know what is happening on the ground. There are real concerns. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)

Brendan Ryan: That is a note to the doctor but what about the applicant? The applicant should be reminded of that fact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)

Brendan Ryan: I wish to follow up on my earlier contribution and to propose that the review process, as requested by the Carers Association, would be recommended to the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)

Brendan Ryan: Yes, a review of the issues raised by the Carers Association in its request today, similar to that carried out on the domiciliary care allowance, if there is agreement to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)

Brendan Ryan: Can the committee recommend that it do so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)

Brendan Ryan: Could the committee make a recommendation that this would happen?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Ryan: 280. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if she will request, in view of the severity of the illness, that a district nurse visit this person with a view to beginning the provision of home help hours to the person as soon as possible. [16456/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centre Provision (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Ryan: 288. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in Swords, north County Dublin; the stage the project is at; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16545/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centre Provision (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Ryan: 289. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in Balbriggan, north County Dublin; the stage the project is at; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16546/15]