Results 1-20 of 2,058 for and speaker:Patricia Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (29 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 170. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can step in to take over/purchase two nursing homes (details supplied) following HIQA concerns, to prevent their closure and protect the 117 residents living in these facilities and prevent them from losing what is effectively their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24174/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (29 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: ...nursing home (details supplied) are being relocated, acquired/arranged on a per-resident basis at the time of that resident’s removal/relocation; if not, if the beds were block-booked in numbers and in advance of any removal/relocation of the residents concerned; if so, the cost associated with this action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24175/24]

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: What a long-awaited and momentous day to finally have the State of Palestine formally recognised by Ireland. Iontach ar fad. Finally, the voices of those who marched, protested and petitioned in their thousands for international law to be upheld and shouted loud and long for Palestine and her people to be recognised have been heard. Ireland and the Irish fought our own struggles with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (28 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take steps to ensure a place in primary school for a child (details supplied). [24022/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (28 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 410. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a child awaiting an assessment of need (details supplied) will be examined urgently. [24023/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (28 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 411. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the lack of adequate reliable transport facilities available to an organisation (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24025/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 487. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for determining the level of accessibility and usability of any doctor's offices for disabled persons, who have attended for appointments having ticked the ‘special assistance needed’ box only to find that essential equipment, hoists and so on are not available at the doctor's offices, resulting in lost time and cost to the person...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: ...of their practices onto waiting lists rather than giving an outright refusal, thereby preventing these medical card holders from getting the three refusals required to ask the HSE to step in and appoint a doctor for them? Is this issue specific to GPs in Kildare? Applicants are without an assigned GP while on the waiting list. What legislative measures can the Minister for Health take...

Dentistry Services: Motion (22 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: .... The numbers include children who missed essential milestone screenings that would identify early signs of disease or more serious orthodontic problems. When these issues are missed, they get worse and require more serious intervention, all for the lack of an ounce of prevention. Services cannot be offered if there are no staff to provide them. The Government’s recruitment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied) was refused; the reason this has taken nine months for the person to be notified of the refusal. [23155/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (22 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: ...Question No. 169 of 10 April 2024, how private nursing homes are expected to fund access to private occupational therapy services for residents where the National Treatment Purchase Fund and fair deal scheme funding does not cover such expenses, leaving residents of very limited means and their families struggling to cover costs often thousands of euro of occupational therapy, special...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (22 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: ...protocol in place for paying approved home care providers when home care visits are cancelled by the client; if consideration has been made to pay providers if a call is cancelled at short notice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23159/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: ...made in advancing recommendation ten of the Cross-Departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group, to develop a competency framework that recognises home care workers with additional training and specialist qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23160/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (22 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time in CHO7 for those approved for home support and waiting for services to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23161/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (22 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: ...for longer than three months; the number of people waiting for longer than six months; the number of people waiting longer than 12 months; the number of people waiting longer than 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23162/24]

Housing Situation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: ...to the House. To state the Government's housing policies are a disaster is a big understatement. There are record house prices throughout the State, home ownership is at its lowest rate in 50 years and generations are being denied any hope of ever having a home of their own. Instead, the red carpet is rolled out again and again for vultures to waltz in and buying up properties...

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

Patricia Ryan: Will the Minister of State give an update on Cherry Orchard nursing home and the planned removal and relocation of elderly and vulnerable nursing home residents? I want to know what status of engagement has taken place and if contact has been made with the families and advocates of late, and if so, how recently. As the Minister of State is aware, the situation arose late in 2023 and there...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on road safety and I thank the Labour Party for bringing this forward. Any move or action aimed at reducing road deaths and accidents must be welcomed. However, when I read that this Government actually cut 10% or a whopping €150 million from the road safety and maintenance budget in budget 2024, I was completely taken aback. The numbers are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider putting a cap on the timeframe local authorities are given to carry out approved works for those who need housing adaptations; and, if so, the timeframe he considers appropriate. [22015/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: General Practitioner Services (15 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: 133. To ask the Minister for Health if being put on a waiting list for a GP practice would qualify as a refusal (details supplied); and, if not, the reason for same, as the applicant is still without a GP until the practice accepts them from the waiting list, which could take considerable time. [22018/24]