Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Agriculture Industry

Patricia Ryan

420. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that a wool scouring machine is available to wool producers in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7882/23]

Agriculture Industry

Patricia Ryan

421. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the sharp drop in the profit made from sheep and lamb sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7883/23]

Control of Dogs

Patricia Ryan

427. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will expand the dog warden service in County Kildare, given the recent attacks on sheep by free roaming dogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7884/23]

Broadband Infrastructure

Patricia Ryan

115. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will expedite the provision of high-speed broadband to a home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6569/23]

Care of the Elderly

Patricia Ryan

203. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will establish an ombudsman to advocate for older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6563/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Patricia Ryan

231. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which a person can receive housing assistance payment while renting a property from a relative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6565/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Patricia Ryan

390. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which social welfare in-person appeals are available since their suspension during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6566/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Patricia Ryan

568. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health when a public inquiry will be held into deaths that occurred in nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic; whether it will follow the PANEL principles for a Human Rights based approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6548/23]

Home Care Packages

Patricia Ryan

569. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have been assessed for homecare and are waiting on that provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6549/23]

Home Care Packages

Patricia Ryan

570. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are awaiting on the provision of additional home care hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6550/23]

Home Care Packages

Patricia Ryan

571. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting assessment for home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6551/23]

Covid-19 Tests

Patricia Ryan

572. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will make triple antigen tests that allow people to check if their illness is Covid-19, flu, or RSV available at reduced or zero cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6552/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Patricia Ryan

573. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if the public inquiry into deaths that occurred in nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic will include both private and public nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6553/23]

Medicinal Products

Patricia Ryan

574. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the process by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain the drug cariban through the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6554/23]

Medicinal Products

Patricia Ryan

575. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the reason the drug cariban cannot be prescribed by a GP through the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6555/23]

Medicinal Products

Patricia Ryan

576. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the options open to pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting in the first trimester given the fact that they are unlikely to have a consultant's appointment until the end of this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6556/23]

Medicinal Products

Patricia Ryan

577. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions for the drug cariban that have been processed through the drug payment scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6557/23]

Care of the Elderly

Patricia Ryan

580. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the supports available to enable older people to age in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6561/23]

Care of the Elderly

Patricia Ryan

581. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the services available to older people, excepting daycare services, that have yet to return having being suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6562/23]

Care of the Elderly

Patricia Ryan

582. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health his plans to update the National Positive Ageing Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6564/23]

Hospital Services

Patricia Ryan

583. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health when in-person obesity clinics will resume in Loughinstown Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6567/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Patricia Ryan

584. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for adult ADHD clinics in CHO 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6568/23]

Tax Code

Patricia Ryan

122. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if he will maintain the current reduced VAT rate on hairdressing and barbering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6243/23]

Housing Provision

Patricia Ryan

133. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons housed by way of homes built on that person's own site by each county council in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6245/23]

Local Authorities

Patricia Ryan

134. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if additional funding will be provided to county councillors to provide increased personal security measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6246/23]

Local Authorities

Patricia Ryan

135. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding made available by his Department in monetary value, in tabular form, to each local authority to support the community response forum in each area in co-ordinating local measures welcoming Ukrainians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6247/23]

Defence Forces

Patricia Ryan

146. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when the Independent Review Group report into the Women of Honour allegations will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6248/23]

Defence Forces

Patricia Ryan

147. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the requirements military officials must comply with in order to close local roads on the Curragh, County Kildare; if these requirements have changed in the past three years; the consequences for anyone defying the order to access their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6249/23]

Special Educational Needs

Patricia Ryan

163. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education the reason the SNA hours for a person (details supplied) have been reduced from 5.5 hours to three hours, Monday to Friday; when they will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6251/23]

Special Educational Needs

Patricia Ryan

164. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that emails from parents to SENOs in County Kildare are not being answered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6252/23]

Medical Cards

Patricia Ryan

262. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health when the income limits for medical card eligibility will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6244/23]

Agriculture Industry

Patricia Ryan

314. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will convene an urgent meeting of the Sheep Vision Group to discuss the worsening crisis in the sheep sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6250/23]

Tax Code

Patricia Ryan

104. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if he supports a reduction to 5% in the VAT rate on hairdressing and barbering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5773/23]

European Union

Patricia Ryan

123. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reason Ireland has not drawn down any money from its allocation under the EU Recovery Fund approved in September 2021. [5776/23]

Water Services

Patricia Ryan

151. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will fund the installation of water softeners in council-owned homes to protect appliances and plumbing systems from damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5777/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Patricia Ryan

264. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be reached on the application for carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied). [5775/23]

General Practitioner Services

Patricia Ryan

388. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the GP shortage in Monasterevin, given the only GP in the vicinity of the town is no longer accepting medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5768/23]

Health Services

Patricia Ryan

389. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health when each day care centre in County Kildare that is currently closed temporarily will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5769/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Patricia Ryan

390. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting dermatology service in Naas General Hospital; the number waiting for over one, two and three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5770/23]

Health Services

Patricia Ryan

391. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the new services or technologies that have been deployed recently for dermatology in the CHO 7 region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5771/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Patricia Ryan

392. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if Naas General Hospital has availed of any public or private external services that have been provided to it by HSE acute services in reducing the number of patients on hospital waiting lists for dermatology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5772/23]

Dental Services

Patricia Ryan

393. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the options that are open to medical card holders who are unable to find a dentist who is taking on new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5774/23]

Seanad Reform

Patricia Ryan

142. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Taoiseach if he will bring forward proposals to reform Seanad Éireann. [3980/23]

Energy Conservation

Patricia Ryan

175. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress being made in achieving the target to deep retrofit 500,000 houses by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3959/23]

Waste Management

Patricia Ryan

176. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when an annual support of €75 will be introduced for persons with lifelong, long-term medical incontinence to help them to meet the average annual cost of disposal of incontinence products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3982/23]

Electric Vehicles

Patricia Ryan

194. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the progress being made in achieving the target for one million electric vehicles by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3958/23]

Exchequer Payments

Patricia Ryan

244. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure there is no repeat of the unauthorised release of funds from the central fund of the Exchequer which took place on 28 October 2022 [3981/23]

Emergency Accommodation

Patricia Ryan

319. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to provide modular homes to address the number of persons in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3977/23]

Departmental Data

Patricia Ryan

320. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of council mortgage applications, approvals and drawdowns in 2022, broken down by local authority; the average amount for the applications, approvals and drawdowns, in tabular form. [3978/23]

Middle East

Patricia Ryan

354. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the Government will honour the commitment to recognise the State of Palestine. [3962/23]