Results 141-160 of 2,265 for speaker:Patricia Ryan

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: Hopefully, we will look at it again and target them better, if we need to. On possible benchmarking of State benefits and poverty prevention benefits this would bring to older people, could windfall capital funds be used to fund for this?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: Yes.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I might add that I am very disappointed that the Minister has left the Chamber again. I thank Deputy Ó Broin for all the work he does in respect of housing. We find ourselves here asking the Minister of State and the Government to act urgently to prevent more families and children becoming homeless this Christmas. We are calling for the temporary reinstatement of the ban on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí redeployed from Kildare to Dublin to support gardaí during the tragic events of Thursday, 23 November 2023; if, on days subsequent to that, the redeployments were voluntary in nature; and what the payment structure was for same redeployment. [54883/23]

Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: The level and quality of care available and provided to our elderly vulnerable people and those with disabilities is a vital issue. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter today, for which I thank the Women's Parliamentary Caucus. As Sinn Féin spokesperson for older people, I am aware of the difficulties our older, more vulnerable citizens experience in accessing health and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: Earlier this year, the Taoiseach said the survivors of thalidomide and their parents deserved an apology but he stopped short of giving that apology on behalf of the State. As he will be aware, the Australian Prime Minister apologised unreservedly last week. There are approximately 40 survivors of the drug, thalidomide, in Ireland. The Irish Thalidomide Association, ITA, said that 62 years...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Minister and his guests. Does the Minister have any concerns that his Department's approach to existing levels of service, ELS, quotas are greater or have greater reliance on the Supplementary Estimates and that this is not good budget practice?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: Following on from that, before or after the Minister's announcement of the health budget for 2023, did any senior official flag to him that the budgets were insufficient to meet demand and execute policy decisions? We all know there are issues with the health budget and we are all aware of how bad things are, but I wonder what the Minister has to say in that regard.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I take that on board, but is it not particularly bad this year? Were there not more demands made or was it not worse this year than in other years for previous Ministers?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: Could the Minister confirm whether, to the best of his knowledge, a substantive Supplementary Estimate for health will not be needed next year?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Minister. I definitely agree with him that matters are very challenging in the area of health. It is even more challenging for those working in the health sector when they are trying to do it with a very little budget. I mean that very respectfully. Does the Minister agree that, in line with the IMF guidelines on public expenditure management, we should never knowingly rely on...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: When the Minister refers to non-core funding, is there anything he is specifically talking about?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I will finish on this point. Does the Minister feel we have enough money now for migration without the core funding? How do matters stand in that regard?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I just want to be clear that I have picked that up right. Is the Minister saying that there is a lack of accommodation rather than a lack of funding?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Inquiries (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 32. To ask the Taoiseach with regard to the promised public inquiry into Covid-19, if he will clarify when he anticipates the terms of reference for that promised inquiry will be cleared with Government; and if he will commit to engaging fully with all concerned relevant stakeholders, advocacy groups, care workers, families and relatives of those affected. [54011/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify if there are any plans for Monasterevin, County Kildare to be designated a commuter town; if so, when would he envision this happening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54010/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of taxi licences issued to non-national drivers in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [54013/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail the criteria required to qualify for a taxi licence; if any different criteria apply to national and non-national applicants; and if so, what those differences are and the reasons behind them. [54014/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many additional driving test examiners have been put in place in County Kildare. [54017/23]