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International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: Tá bród orm a bheith ag labhairt faoi Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan. Irish women are famous the world over for many things. We have world champions like Katie Taylor and Sonia O'Sullivan making us proud. On the international political and humanitarian stages Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese are shining examples of womanhood. Let us not forget our historical heroines -...

Child and Youth Mental Health: Statements (29 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank Deputy Ward and his team for all the work they have done on this issue. Children's mental health services are in crisis. Instead of addressing the problem head on, the Government has allowed a crisis to become an emergency. In my constituency of Kildare South, 417 people are waiting to access CAMHS, with 27 of them waiting more than a year. This is totally unacceptable. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (29 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 59. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he and his Department have in place to address the severe shortage of GPs in the south Kildare area, to address the fact that there is an almost two week wait to obtain a GP appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9740/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 98. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for his failure to respond to multiple emails from this Deputy requesting details on all sites to accommodate people seeking temporary international protection in south Kildare, to include those currently in process, or being considered for such sites, and the number planned to be accommodated at...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (29 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for his failure to respond properly and fully to multiple emails and phone calls regarding the installation of facilities to house people seeking temporary international protection at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9738/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she has taken to resolve the serious situation with school bus places which resulted in children being left at the side of the road, for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9741/24]

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I also want to sympathise with Deputy Collins. Dia is Muire dhaoibh, agus míle buíochas to the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. I welcome the opportunity to speak on it. Yet again, the fact that the Government is failing when it comes to the health service has been laid bare. Rural health services are struggling to cope - not because of the dedicated...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the dates and duration of all road closures in the vicinity and surrounds of the Curragh Camp and firing range for January to December 2023, and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8395/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of compensation paid out to local residents of the Curragh due to road closures for military purposes in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8396/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will clarify why planning permission was not applied for regarding the erection of two sentry posts on land designated as green lands at the Curragh, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8399/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will clarify whether he will reconstitute the Curragh forum, to include local residents, to discuss their concerns in relation to the Curragh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8400/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (21 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify when or if the budget will be provided to Kildare County Council to address the rapidly deteriorating condition of the road between Bolton Hill and Sheriff Hill, County Kildare (details supplied). [8403/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (21 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on the discrimination present in travel insurance policies vis-à-vis those under 65 years of age and those over 65 years of age where the cover period - 60 days and 31 days, respectively - is dramatically different, and whether such differences are permissible under legislation and constitutionally. [8401/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (21 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will look into enrolment challenges currently being experienced by a school (details supplied) where, even though it has the physical space for the children applying to enrol, departmental regulations mean it cannot employ the necessary extra teacher required until 2025, which means it is having to turn away children who have already...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify if there are any plans for the possible construction of a secondary school in the area around Prosperous-Clane-Derrinturn and south Kildare; and, if so, if her Department has identified any possible site and what stage the process is now at. [8397/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (21 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of arrests effected in the vicinity of the Curragh Camp and firing range, specifically arising from road closures associated with the Curragh Camp and firing range, for January to December 2024 and to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8398/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: A constituent of mine, a man who was finally allocated a property in October last year after 18 years on the Kildare County Council list only to be told he cannot move in to his long-awaited home because there is no street lighting installed, may, worse still, be forced into emergency accommodation. The Tánaiste promised Housing for All and yet people waiting years on housing lists are...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: They are not getting into them.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: One cannot put people into emergency accommodation who have been allocated a house.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Feb 2024)

Patricia Ryan: They should not get emergency accommodation either.