Results 181-200 of 2,263 for speaker:Patricia Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (15 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 361. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to protect the Northern Ireland protocol in the Brexit withdrawal agreement. [23518/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (15 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 382. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will engage with an association (details supplied) to ensure the implementation of the high-level implementation plan as part of the Public Service Pay Commission recommendations from 2020, as promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23516/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the distinction between concessionary and eligible students regarding school transport will be removed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23511/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Bereavement Grant (15 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the bereavement grant of €850 that was abolished in 2014 will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23512/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (15 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid to each direct provision service provider in 2019; the number of residents at each direct provision centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23513/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (15 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in County Kildare; the areas covered by the nurses; the number of nurses per district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23515/20]

Expenditure Response to Covid-19 Crisis: Statements (Resumed) (17 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I wish to express my dissatisfaction and the dissatisfaction of the people I represent with the Government's spending in response to Covid-19. For example, almost €9 million has been spent on advertising since the start of the pandemic. That figure does not include the recent hiring of a public relations firm following criticisms of the mixed messaging around Covid restrictions. A...

Climate Action: Statements (17 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: Dare I say it, but I had some hope when the Green Party became involved with this Government that we might see some movement on a just transition regarding climate change. Instead, we got the blunt instrument of carbon taxes. Like many others, I have been disappointed by the Green Party and how it has been absorbed into the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael way of thinking. The easiest,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 269. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will be reinstated at the full rate per week for workers in the live performance and events sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25587/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Provision (22 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the suspension period from the housing list will be reduced from one year to six months to those that refuse an offer of a council house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25585/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Provision (22 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a list of reasonable grounds will be published for a person can refuse a council house to prevent them from being suspended from the housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25586/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (22 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will be reinstated at the full rate per week for workers in the live performance and events sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25587/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (22 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 863. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to address the low price of wool; if the use of wool as an insulation will be incentivised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25582/20]

Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the introduction of this Bill and hope that the Government and those who support it will get behind it. I ask all voters to pay particular attention to those who vote against this Bill. Those Deputies who claim to be champions of workers' rights will be exposed as frauds in the way they vote on this Bill, in the same way that they were exposed by their response to the recent...

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: The Irish Government is co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement. The full implementation and effective operation of the Good Friday Agreement and all subsequent agreements should be the utmost priority of this Government. We have all benefited from the peaceful solution offered by the Good Friday Agreement. This needs to be protected. Customs infrastructure on the island of Ireland...

Health (Amendment) (Professional Home Care) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the Bill introduced by Deputy Colm Burke. It is unfortunate that it is coming nine years after legislative provision in this area was recommended by the Law Reform Commission. Strong regulation in respect of professional home care services is long overdue. The number of people aged over 65 in this country is expected to increase to more than 1 million by 2040. Moreover, the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (29 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a new general obligation on every organ of the State will be implemented to perform functions compatible with the objective of the UNFCCC and the aims of the Paris Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26975/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (29 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans in view of the Supreme Court decision to quash the Climate Mitigation Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26976/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Data (29 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 351. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of establishing an ombudsman for older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27333/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: DEIS Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 359. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the scheme to allow more students from DEIS schools to gain a scholarship to attend the Gaeltacht will be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27335/20]