Results 81-100 of 1,499 for speaker:Patricia Ryan in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (13 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing accommodation units in Kildare for Traveller families; and if there are any plans to increase that number. [55564/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (13 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a ‘no-fault’ eviction ban in County Kildare over the winter months, given that the homeless and emergency accommodation services in the county are overwhelmed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55567/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Childhood Obesity (13 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on obesity clinic appointments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55565/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (13 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 225. To ask the Minister for Health if wheelchairs, rollators and other such mobility equipment supplied by the HSE is recycled; and if so, how many such units are put back into use. [55566/23]

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]

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]

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

Patricia Ryan: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans to increase the number of train services to Monasterevin Train Station, County Kildare to make it a more commuter-friendly town. [54020/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to Kildare County Council’s housing aid grants for older people, if he can investigate a grant application for persons (details supplied). [54016/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 172. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 230 of 22 November 2023, if he will provide further details of the process by which the decision will be made to discharge/transfer elderly patients who no longer need of hospital treatment to clinically appropriate nursing homes, and what if any, input the patient concerned and their loved ones/families may have into the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details and application criteria of the €10 million fund, as announced by him recently in Dáil Éireann, to enable small not-for-profits to be HIQA compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54015/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the circumstance where an urgent MRI scan in St. James’s Hospital, Dublin is now taking a minimum of six to eight weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54018/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Dec 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the fact that a person (details supplied) who was referred in August 2023 for an urgent appointment for a thyroid/ENT consultation to the Mater Hospital Dublin, has received an appointment for 21 March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54019/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (29 Nov 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are any continuous supports for elderly people who are dependent on electric-powered medical devices with regard to constant increased and unaffordable energy bills (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52625/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (29 Nov 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the doubling of the cost recently of alternative heating materials, for example, wood pellet stoves (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52626/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (29 Nov 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the parameters for the use of tractors and agricultural vehicles on motorways; which vehicles are permitted to use motorways; the speed limits, if any, that apply to same; and if any specific prohibitions apply to their use of motorways. [52630/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (29 Nov 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to the increasing and concerning number of road traffic accidents and fatalities on Irish roads, his views on the percentage of those accidents which involved left-hand-drive vehicles; if left-hand-drive vehicles and drivers more accustomed to driving on the right side of the road is, or could be, a factor in such accidents;...