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Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: As Sinn Féin’s spokesperson for older people, I am proud to commend the motion to the House. Unfortunately, due to the Government’s inaction, the motion is urgently needed to address an issue that poses a threat to the dignity and well-being of our elderly, namely the alarming surge in nursing home closures across the State. Since 2020 we have seen the closure of 34...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can explain the reason that, despite his Department having an underspend of €97 million on transport and infrastructure, this Deputy has been informed by Kildare County Council that there "are no funds" to repair and resurface dangerously deteriorated sections of road in Kildare South; when, if ever, he intends to allocate...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Minister of State for his response but I am concerned that the local authority in Kildare is telling me it cannot fix basic things on roads. I am not talking about pot holes. I am talking about subsidence on the sides of roads and so on. Is it possible something can be done about this? Putting a cone on the side of a road and telling people to drive around it is not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I apologise for being late but I was in another meeting. I thank our guests. I will ask my questions concurrently to save time. If they have already been asked, I apologise. Given the challenges we will be facing with an ageing population, what measures would our guests recommend in addition to the Government's proposed auto-enrolment scheme, mandatory workplace pension schemes and a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: What actions would Professor McMahon prioritise?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I am sorry to come back in again. The opening statement warns of overheating the economy and the risk of inflation. Maybe this question has been asked, and I apologise if it has. It seems as though most of the recent commentary is on how inflation is slowing. What are the representatives' views on the inflation outlook?

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: As Sinn Féin spokesperson for older people, I see at first hand the effects of the failure of this Government and previous governments to properly plan for home care and home help for the elderly. There are people in hospital now who could be at home, but because there are no staff for their fully approved home care packages they remain in hospital, putting further pressure on...

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: It is an absolute disgrace. These are people who need to be in hospital and need to be brought home to get proper care. We cannot, and should never, use the term, but that is what is happening. These people need dignity and need to be approved further care. When will we see the implementation plan to enact the cross-departmental strategic workforce report? Can we see some urgency on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (21 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to allocate funding from his Department’s €97 million surplus for road maintenance; how much of that will be allocated to Kildare County Council, which, in response to representations made by this Deputy, has stated that it has nothing in the budget to fix a very badly deteriorated and pot-holed section of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (21 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide, in tabular form, the numbers of social housing units allocated to approved housing bodies in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the methodology used for such allocation; and what measures could be taken to ensure smaller approved housing bodies with specific remits, such as (details supplied) and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (21 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders granted in the State in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; of those orders, how many have been fully executed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30212/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 225. To ask the Minister for Health if he can clarify the reasons employees of a company (details supplied) have been deemed ineligible to receive the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30214/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (21 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 226. To ask the Minister for Health how many private nursing homes have closed in County Kildare in the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [30216/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 227. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the locations of the 47 community specialist teams, 60 in total, currently operating in each CHN or CHO, in tabular form; and the locations and projected dates of coming into operation of the remaining 13 teams. [30217/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been informed there is a minimum waiting time of eight weeks at the Mater Hospital in Dublin to receive an urgent ultrasound to their throat; if he will explain how urgent something has to be when a two-month wait is required before such urgent treatment can be accessed; and if he will make a statement on the...

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I too thank the Deputies for bringing forward this Bill. I welcome the opportunity to speak on legislation that seeks to abolish the age-based discriminatory practice of underpaying workers under the age of 20. Sinn Féin has long advocated for the removal of these discriminatory pay rates. We brought a motion before the Seanad last term but it was voted down by Fianna Fáil and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Taxation of Assets and Wealth: Discussion with Oxfam (14 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: That is okay. I apologise. I was late because I was in another meeting. I have been reading statements. I thank everyone for their time and indulgence. If I ask a question that has already been asked, I apologise for that as well. When defining which wealth and assets would fall under the umbrella for higher or equitable taxation, what cost factors to the economy and to the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Taxation of Assets and Wealth: Discussion with Oxfam (14 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I thought we had ten minutes for questions. I was just about to ask a second question when the Cathaoirleach moved on to another speaker. I apologise if I picked that up wrong. May I ask one more question?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Taxation of Assets and Wealth: Discussion with Oxfam (14 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. In Oxfam's briefing paper, Survival of the Richest, recommendations 2 and 3 talk about imposing the highest possible tax on the 1%, that is, the richest of the richest. How does Oxfam envisage stopping those obscenely rich folk from merely avoiding taxes? It is one thing to tax wealth that is measurable in the form of assets and goods in the State. Is it...