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Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this the 50th anniversary of the awful bombings in Dublin and Monaghan. I also welcome to the Gallery some members of the families of the 27 Dublin victims and the seven who lost their lives in Monaghan along with representatives of Justice for the Forgotten. The impact of the tragic events in Dublin and Monaghan still reverberates through every one of...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: As Sinn Féin's spokesperson for older people, Sinn Féin and I give cautious support to this Bill that seeks to reform HIQA's enforcement powers. Yes, it provides for compliance notices and better collection of nursing home data but it does not go anywhere close to addressing the huge concerns around safeguarding and regulations. The issues with HIQA have been ongoing since at...

Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: As the Sinn Féin spokesperson on older people, I am delighted to speak in broad support of this motion, and I thank the Independent Group for bringing it before the House. According to the 2022 report by Age Action, “Reframing Ageing - The State of Ageing in Ireland 2022”, one in four adults in Ireland is aged 60 or older. When expressed in numbers, that is more than 1...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for tabling this motion. A few short weeks ago amid the celebrations for the new Taoiseach, the Minister's Government colleague, Eamon Ryan, stated that the Minister had turned around the housing crisis. If by that he meant the Minister had turned it into a complete shambles, he was right. The figures do not lie. House prices are skyrocketing, with the price of...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Patricia Ryan: The Ireland of today may seem to be a million miles away from the Ireland that the survivors of these institutions remember. This was the Ireland where, as children, their daily lives consisted of abuse, neglect and distress. They were shunned by society and failed by the State. That Ireland will not be gone, however, until the survivors get the recognition and redress they deserve. These...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Patricia Ryan: As Sinn Féin spokesperson for older people, I am delighted to take the opportunity to speak in support of this motion. I thank the Regional Group for bringing it before the House. In data compiled by the Central Statistics Office, a carer is defined as someone who provides unpaid assistance to others. Almost 500,000 people, women, men and incredible children under 15 years of age,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I raise the issue of homelessness in Kildare. Two weeks ago, five people had to spend the night in Newbridge Garda station because they had no emergency accommodation to go to. I thank the Garda for its help. The very same week, we had Storm Kathleen. While we are told winter beds are available until the end of April, this was not the case. When I made inquiries as to why there was no...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Patricia Ryan: Gabhaim míle buíochas to Deputy Cullinane for the opportunity to speak on this vital issue. Since in inception in 2017, the national cancer strategy could have been a shining example of how to do things properly. However, the continuing failure of this and previous Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil Governments to properly fund it means Ireland's cancer outcomes are in danger of going...

Anniversary of the Introduction of the Smoking Ban: Statements (11 Apr 2024)

Patricia Ryan: They are indeed, and there are lots of important issues. That being said, I, too, wish Deputy Colm Burke the best in his new role. However, I would have preferred to go to a general election and maybe have somebody else in that seat. Let us move swiftly on to the business that is at hand. Ireland has the proud distinction of being a global pioneer by banning smoking in all workplaces,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I know the Taoiseach is only new to the job but I hope his predecessor might have given the Tánaiste and him a confirmed date for the commencement of the inquiry into the State's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. I have asked for this and been promised a date multiple times, but there is still no date. Those who died and their families deserve justice and closure. Will the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I will be back again, will I?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Patricia Ryan: Will I have a date?

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank my colleague, Deputy Cullinane, for introducing this important motion and giving me an opportunity to raise the issue of serious pressures on GPs in my constituency. After more than a decade of chronic underfunding by successive Fine Gael- and Fianna Fáil-led Governments, local GP and healthcare services are creaking at the seams. We have staff shortages, increased workload,...

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank Deputy Tully for her work on this Private Members' motion. I welcome Shane Scanlan of the nursing homes alliance to the Gallery this evening. People with disabilities and their carers deserve so much better than the raw deal the Government is currently giving them. These people already deal with so many difficulties in their daily lives. They need access to supports and services,...

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...

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...

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.