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Education Funding: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion. It is always good to have an opportunity to comment on yet another road sign on Fianna Fáil's road back to outright populism. There is no doubt that the creation of SUSI has caused undue hardship for students. There was a lack of sufficient planning and apportioning of adequate human resources to cope with the volume of applications....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: I am not a member of the committee either but I welcome the opportunity to contribute to it. The Minister reported he has made significant progress in resolving this matter. We owe it to him to give him some space to allow him to bring it to a conclusion. However, I would urge that he not let it drag on because there are people waiting. I am pleased the pyrite resolution board will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: Instead of wasting time, the Deputy should ask the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: Does Ms Stewart accept that SUSI got it badly wrong?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: I thank Ms Stewart for her presentation. The delays in the grant application process are not new. However, SUSI was put in place to sort out these delays. In a short period of its existence, the agency is already in crisis management mode which is totally unacceptable. I am not going to focus on what is being done to sort out the problems. I believe Ms Stewart will sort them out as she...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (13 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Finance in the Budget 2013, if he plans any changes to the Universal Social Charge for Deeds of Covenant as it relates to permanently incapacitated minors, in order to remove them from liability to pay the charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50075/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (13 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that was collected from the Universal Social Charge from Deeds of Covenant in respect of permanently incapacitated minors in 2011 and to date 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50076/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (13 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will itemise the way the money collected from the Universal Social Charge is used; if it entitles person's to specific benefits and entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50077/12]

Topical Issue Debate: Coastal Erosion (8 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. Unfortunately, however, she has no responsibility in relation to this matter. Also, the latter part of the Minister of State's reply relates to Baldoyle rather than Portrane or Rush. I would ask that it be revised. The Minister of State also indicated in her reply that primary responsibility for this matter rests with Fingal County Council,...

Topical Issue Debate: Coastal Erosion (8 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: We cannot allow this situation to develop to a point of a catastrophic emergency. This is a very serious matter which needs urgent attention. While I acknowledge that the Minister of State is not in a position to give the following commitment, I ask that the Minister, as part of the process of finding a solution, agree to his officials, in conjunction with officials from Fingal County...

Topical Issue Debate: Coastal Erosion (8 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to speak on this most important matter in the House today. I have been pushing strongly to get this matter discussed and I welcome the opportunity given to me today. The issue of coastal erosion in the Burrow, Portrane, in north Country Dublin, is not something new. The sea has threatened and eroded the area for decades, but it is the increased...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Health the reason no replacement for a specialist surgeon in a hospital (details supplied) has been hired in over 18 months; the impact this has had on waiting list for specialist surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49216/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise the hiring of a new specialist surgeon (details supplied) in order to tackle waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49217/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pre-Budget Audits: Discussion with Social Justice Ireland and TASC (7 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: I want to add one brief point to my contribution. Regarding the two-party Government approach, having to agree a programme for Government at the outset of the term of the Government may put the entire budgetary process in a straitjacket for the remaining four or five years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pre-Budget Audits: Discussion with Social Justice Ireland and TASC (7 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: I like the idea promoted by both groups of pre-budget audits and equality-proofing of budgets. The question is how we get to that point and how difficult it would be to introduce such a system. Reference was made to kite flying. One wonders whether with a year-long process one would increase the amount of kite flying. One could also ask who would carry out the process. How do the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Education: Discussion with Special Needs Parents Association (7 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: On the two elements of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs, EPSEN, Act the witnesses highlighted in terms of identifying a need for the early introduction of measures, one of those is an independent appeals office, and the principle that it would be an independent appeal process is something anyone would advocate. Does the association's promotion of this come down to...

Order of Business (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: Following the report by the pyrite panel and the extensive debate held in this House on the subject three weeks ago, have proposals yet come before the Cabinet on how to deal with this important and urgent matter?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the decision to discontinue the adult refugee programme, if the services provided by the programme will be replaced by new schemes or if existing schemes will be enhanced to cover the gap in service; if staff employed under the adult refugee programme whose contracts are not now to be renewed will be retained under these schemes; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be allocated and works carried out by the Office of Public Works and or other relevant bodies, as a matter of urgency towards emergency coastal protection measures at the Burrow, Portrane, County Dublin in view of the rapid dune erosion in recent days and the imminent risk not only to family homes and business' but to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many applicants for positions through jobbridge are having their applications unacknowledged by host organisations; if there is any mechanisms in place to ensure that all applicants receive an acknowledgement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48244/12]