Parliamentary questions

Departmental Schemes

Patricia Ryan

287. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the application process for the housing adaptation grant, if he will consider simplifying the application process to make it more user friendly for older people. [5705/24]

Housing Schemes

Patricia Ryan

288. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the approximate timeframe from beginning to completion of the process where local authorities purchase properties under the tenant in-situ scheme; and how many such purchases were completed in County Kildare in 2023. [5709/24]

Housing Policy

Patricia Ryan

289. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage if the responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of common green/grass areas in council/local authority estates comes under the remit of the local authority/county council; if not, if it is the responsibility of the various residents’ associations. [5711/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Patricia Ryan

320. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if assistance will be provided given the circumstances. [5710/24]

Disability Services

Patricia Ryan

462. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine a matter in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if there are any other resources or assistance which can be offered to this person and their parent. [5708/24]

Dental Services

Patricia Ryan

575. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if urgent orthodontic treatment will be expedited for a child (details supplied) [5706/24]

Disability Services

Patricia Ryan

576. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will examine a matter in respect of the case of a person (details supplied); and if there are any other resources or assistance which can be offered to this person and their parent. [5707/24]

Public Transport

Patricia Ryan

19. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to include Monasterevin County Kildare in the reduced public transport fares area; if so, the timeline to implement same; and if not, if he will consider the addition of Monasterevin to the scheme. [4391/24]

Special Educational Needs

Patricia Ryan

44. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education the reason no special needs school place is available for a child (details supplied). [4393/24]

Local Authorities

Patricia Ryan

79. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authorities or county councils that completed an up-to-date housing needs demands assessment for older people for the years 2020 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [4386/24]

Departmental Schemes

Patricia Ryan

80. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine the serious delays in the processing and approval of housing adaptation grants; and the details of what measures if any can be taken to speed up the process. [4387/24]

Departmental Reports

Patricia Ryan

81. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the right to housing report will be published; and the timeline in place for the Government to act on the recommendations of that report. [4388/24]

Rental Sector

Patricia Ryan

82. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many HAP inspections for the purpose of establishing suitability of accommodation or living conditions were carried out in each of the years 2020 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [4389/24]

Further and Higher Education

Patricia Ryan

157. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans to put in place core funding for the provision of Level 6 (QQI) courses for healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4390/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Patricia Ryan

158. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the most recent update on the timeline for commencement of the new build at St. Vincent's Hospital Athy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4392/24]

Energy Conservation

Patricia Ryan

136. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of air to water heating systems installed by Kildare County Council, in council owned properties in for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [3184/24]

School Enrolments

Patricia Ryan

691. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education to detail what measures are or will be put in place to provide for secondary school places for schools (details supplied). [2076/24]

Departmental Funding

Patricia Ryan

850. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what provisions/funding have been allocated for the St. Brigid 1500 celebrations in County Kildare, for February 2024; and if he can give details of same. [2067/24]

Housing Provision

Patricia Ryan

851. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address and clarify a situation of multiple and repeated failures with regard to the air and water home heating/hot water systems (details supplied). [2077/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Patricia Ryan

990. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is possible to expedite an application for invalidity benefit for a person (details supplied). [2065/24]

Hospital Services

Patricia Ryan

1811. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on adequate services and resources for genetic testing services in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin. [2074/24]

Hospital Services

Patricia Ryan

1812. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will set out the procedures being taken for efficient effective action to tackle the waiting lists for genetic testing services at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin. [2075/24]

Rural Schemes

Patricia Ryan

1864. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is aware of an alleged €3.5 million euro deficit in the Barrow Blue Ways Fund, as per Kildare County Council Oireachtas AGM 8 December /2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2069/24]

Road Safety

Patricia Ryan

36. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that all lighting on the junctions and exits on the M1 motorway (for example Junction 14) has been removed; if he is conscious of the dangers of this; and if there are plans to put any alternative sources of light for example, solar lights above exit signs. [55568/23]

Traveller Accommodation

Patricia Ryan

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

Housing Policy

Patricia Ryan

122. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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]

Childhood Obesity

Patricia Ryan

224. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked 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]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Patricia Ryan

225. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked 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]

An Garda Síochána

Patricia Ryan

77. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Justice 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]

Public Inquiries

Patricia Ryan

32. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked 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]

Transport Policy

Patricia Ryan

49. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport 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]

Taxi Licences

Patricia Ryan

50. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport 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]

Taxi Regulations

Patricia Ryan

51. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport 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]

Driver Test

Patricia Ryan

52. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport how many additional driving test examiners have been put in place in County Kildare. [54017/23]

Public Transport

Patricia Ryan

53. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport 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]

Grant Payments

Patricia Ryan

93. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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]

Hospital Transfers

Patricia Ryan

172. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked 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 location of that clinically appropriate nursing home placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54012/23]

Departmental Funding

Patricia Ryan

173. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked 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]

Hospital Equipment

Patricia Ryan

174. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked 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]

Hospital Appointments Status

Patricia Ryan

175. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked 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]

Energy Prices

Patricia Ryan

12. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications 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]

Energy Prices

Patricia Ryan

13. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications 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]

Road Safety

Patricia Ryan

30. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport 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]

Road Safety

Patricia Ryan

31. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport 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; if he will consider improved or increased road signage to increase awareness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52631/23]

Tax Code

Patricia Ryan

41. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers in County Kildare who stand to benefit from the USC reduction as provided for in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52632/23]

An Garda Síochána

Patricia Ryan

102. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí currently stationed in Monasterevin Garda station, Monasterevin, County Kildare; and the opening hours of the station. [52629/23]

Mental Health Services

Patricia Ryan

142. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of adult mental health beds in CHO7; the location of each; and the number that are currently available for patients. [52624/23]

Hospital Staff

Patricia Ryan

143. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of job offers removed or frozen at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare as a result of the HSE CEO's recent memorandum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52627/23]

Hospital Staff

Patricia Ryan

144. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of job offers removed or frozen at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Athy, County Kildare, as a result of the HSE CEO's recent memorandum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52628/23]

Housing Schemes

Patricia Ryan

100. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered extending the mortgage-to-rent scheme to require vulture funds which seek repossession of family homes to offer long-term tenancies as an option for those borrowers in arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51558/23]