Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Social Welfare Appeals

Patricia Ryan

473. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons waiting on an oral hearing for social welfare appeals; the steps being taken to reduce same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16957/20]

National Broadband Plan

Patricia Ryan

485. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the 300 high-speed internet hubs announced under the National Broadband Plan on 19 November 2019 will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16952/20]

Court Accommodation

Patricia Ryan

559. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the refurbishments planned to courthouses in south County Kildare, including Portarlington; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16949/20]

Care of the Elderly

Patricia Ryan

683. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the status of the refurbishment of Monasterevin day care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16950/20]

Nursing Home Accommodation

Patricia Ryan

684. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide clear guidelines to nursing homes in relation to family visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16951/20]

Home Care Packages

Patricia Ryan

685. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for homecare support; his plans to deal with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16954/20]

General Practitioner Services

Patricia Ryan

686. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will review the need for an extra full-time general practitioner service for Monasterevin, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16958/20]

Trade Agreements

Patricia Ryan

66. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the support for the Mercosur trade deal. [15566/20]

Rail Network

Patricia Ryan

245. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reinstate pre-7 a.m. services from Monasterevin train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15574/20]

Local Authority Members

Patricia Ryan

418. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the pay rise recommended for city and county councillors in the Moorhead Report will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15568/20]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Patricia Ryan

636. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is having its teacher allocation reduced by two; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15571/20]

Free Travel Scheme

Patricia Ryan

767. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will introduce automatic access to free travel for persons with epilepsy who are prohibited from driving due to their epilepsy diagnoses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15561/20]

Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme

Patricia Ryan

768. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will facilitate a paper application form for the back to school allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15573/20]

Legal Aid

Patricia Ryan

947. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expand the criteria of the means test for civil legal aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15567/20]

Gambling Sector

Patricia Ryan

948. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a gambling regulator with the powers to regulate advertising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15572/20]

Medicinal Products

Patricia Ryan

1221. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will fully implement the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health recommendations on sodium valproate and foetal anticonvulsant syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15562/20]

Medicinal Products

Patricia Ryan

1222. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will fund adjuvant immunotherapy, such as nivolumab and pembrolizumab, with respect to stage 3 melanoma in the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15565/20]

Medicinal Products

Patricia Ryan

1223. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health when Spinraza will be made available for children with spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15570/20]

Commencement of Legislation

Patricia Ryan

177. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Finance when he will enact the Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14335/20]

Local Authority Housing

Patricia Ryan

301. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will establish an independent appeals process to allow those persons on local authority housing waiting lists that were removed against their will to appeal against that decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14330/20]

Property Registration Authority

Patricia Ryan

302. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the waiting time to transfer properties with the Property Registration Authority; the length of time the longest applicant is waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14332/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Patricia Ryan

449. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the SUSI grant application of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14333/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Patricia Ryan

450. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct SUSI to disregard an inheritance if it is the family home at the time of application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14334/20]

Special Educational Needs

Patricia Ryan

451. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend the July provision to all children entering primary and post-primary education rather than limiting it only to students who are already in school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14336/20]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Patricia Ryan

520. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a simple procedure for fathers to gain access to their child’s PPSN, personal public service number, for housing purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14331/20]

Carer's Allowance

Patricia Ryan

521. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will remove the means test for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14337/20]

Food Industry

Patricia Ryan

563. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the promised food ombudsman will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14339/20]

Agriculture Schemes

Patricia Ryan

564. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a BEAM, beef exceptional aid measure, type scheme for sheep; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14341/20]

Courts Service

Patricia Ryan

639. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify the requirement to uphold shared care of children arrangements under the current Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14338/20]

Disability Services Provision

Patricia Ryan

825. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the reopening of adult day services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14340/20]

Citizens' Assembly

Patricia Ryan

5. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Taoiseach if he will convene a citizens' assembly to discuss a shorter working week. [13534/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Patricia Ryan

26. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if he will continue the temporary wage subsidy scheme into 2021 in circumstances in which certain seasonal sectors of the economy have passed their season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13531/20]

Tax Reliefs

Patricia Ryan

72. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if he will reintroduce tax relief on trade union subscriptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13535/20]

School Staff

Patricia Ryan

227. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will end the two-tier pay scale for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13533/20]

Maternity Leave

Patricia Ryan

275. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when maternity leave will be extended by three months. [13719/20]

Equality Issues

Patricia Ryan

327. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 to include trade union membership as a prohibited ground for discrimination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13532/20]

Waste Management

Patricia Ryan

617. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will begin the process of remunicipalisation of waste collection services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13538/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Patricia Ryan

856. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will continue the pandemic unemployment payment into 2021 in circumstances in which certain seasonal sectors of the economy have passed their season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13531/20]

State Pension (Contributory)

Patricia Ryan

857. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will facilitate women forced to leave their employment due to the marriage rule to avail of contributory pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13536/20]

Brexit Issues

Patricia Ryan

899. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if UK citizens resident here will continue to be allowed to vote in European elections when the UK exits the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13529/20]

Postal Voting

Patricia Ryan

900. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to simplify the process to apply for a postal vote to include persons with a letter from their employer asking that they be accommodated with a postal vote; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13530/20]

Gaelcholáistí Issues

Patricia Ryan

925. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will establish an enhanced grant scheme to support schoolchildren in attending Gaeltacht courses in 2021 in view of the cancellation of same for summer 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13537/20]

Passport Services

Patricia Ryan

29. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when normal service including public opening will resume at passport offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12220/20]

Nursing Education

Patricia Ryan

209. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the site of the former Magee Barracks as a site for a national nursing college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12223/20]

Education and Training Boards

Patricia Ryan

210. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if KWETB from its current location in Áras Chill Dara, Naas, County Kildare, will be relocated to alleviate pressure on office and parking space at Kildare County Council offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12226/20]

Special Educational Needs

Patricia Ryan

211. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if special needs assistants will be allowed to participate in the delivery of the July provision without the present required criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12227/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Patricia Ryan

212. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that will be put in place for children with underlying conditions returning to school in September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12228/20]

School Staff

Patricia Ryan

213. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if teacher numbers at a school (details supplied) will be maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12229/20]

Direct Provision System

Patricia Ryan

329. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the recommendations of the all-party report on direct provision and the international protection application process will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12218/20]

Maternity Services

Patricia Ryan

483. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health when antenatal classes will resume; his plans to allow fathers to participate fully with their partners in maternity appointments and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12225/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Patricia Ryan

785. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will establish a grant aid scheme for charity shops that are exempt from local authority rates to enable them to adapt their premises to minimise the spread of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12217/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Patricia Ryan

793. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the 2008 Labour Court recommendation that ruled that a pension scheme should be put in place for community employment supervisors will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12230/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Patricia Ryan

1. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Taoiseach if a proposal will be brought to Cabinet for a national day of mourning including a paid public holiday in memory of the victims of Covid-19. [10607/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Patricia Ryan

144. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a trial of a four-day working week will be introduced on a voluntary basis in Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10606/20]

Health and Safety Inspections

Patricia Ryan

402. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of farm safety inspectors employed; the level of farm safety inspections in the past three months versus the same period in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10608/20]

Health and Safety Authority

Patricia Ryan

403. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of HSA inspectors recruited to date in 2020; the number expected to be recruited in 2020; the number of inspectors at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10609/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Patricia Ryan

491. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 patients who have been treated in private hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10600/20]

Hospital Services

Patricia Ryan

492. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health when surgical operations will resume in Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10603/20]

Hospital Services

Patricia Ryan

493. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health when consultant appointments will resume in Tullamore, Portlaoise and Naas hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10604/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Patricia Ryan

942. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will establish a grant aid scheme for community groups (details supplied) to enable them to adapt their premises to minimise the spread of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10601/20]

Inland Waterways

Patricia Ryan

1094. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress being made with the Barrow blueway project; the target date for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10605/20]

Direct Provision System

Patricia Ryan

362. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Covid-19 cases in direct provision centres in Portarlington, County Laois and Monasterevin and Newbridge, County Kildare; if there have been deaths due to Covid-19 in these centres; his plans to ensure all residents and staff in these centres are tested for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8904/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Patricia Ryan

733. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for urgent and non-urgent patients that are waiting on an appointment with the child and adolescent mental health services in County Kildare; his plans to improve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9563/20]

Road Projects

Patricia Ryan

921. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the second bridge and southern relief route for Newbridge, County Kildare; the recent progress; his plans to bring the project to fruition; the target date for opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8908/20]

Road Projects

Patricia Ryan

922. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Athy distributor route; the recent progress; his plans to bring the project to fruition; the target date for opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8909/20]

Tourism Industry

Patricia Ryan

929. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a representative of an organisation (details supplied) will be appointed to the tourism recovery taskforce to ensure the voice of the transport aspect of tourism is heard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8987/20]

Tourism Policy

Patricia Ryan

930. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a public transport recovery task force will be established with an independent chair and budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8988/20]

Social Welfare Appeals

Patricia Ryan

1111. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will facilitate oral social welfare appeal hearings using video call technology for those applicants who are willing and able to use this technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9027/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Patricia Ryan

1117. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will continue after 8 June 2020; if so, the length of time; the rate which will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9101/20]

Social Welfare Schemes

Patricia Ryan

1154. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a trial of a basic income model will be supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9732/20]

Local Authority Funding

Patricia Ryan

1257. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a revenue stream will be provided for Kildare County Council to bid for homes nearing completion in view of the fact that private buyers may have difficulty obtaining a mortgage due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9573/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Patricia Ryan

1258. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if contingency plans have been considered relating to holding elections and referenda during the Covid-19 pandemic; if so, the nature of the plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9574/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Patricia Ryan

1259. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if funding will be increased for Kildare County Council in view of the collapse in income due to Covid-19; if so, the amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9575/20]

National Car Test

Patricia Ryan

768. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to reopen NCT centres to test vehicles for car dealerships as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7410/20]

Property Registration Authority

Patricia Ryan

1045. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that the Property Registration Authority resumes processing pending applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7392/20]

School Accommodation Provision

Patricia Ryan

373. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied), the details of recent developments; and his plans to bring this project to fruition. [6813/20]

Schools Building Projects Status

Patricia Ryan

375. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); the recent developments in this regard; and his plans to bring this project to fruition. [6831/20]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Patricia Ryan

794. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if consultants are prohibited from caring for their private patients if they sign the new public consultants contract; his plans to ensure continuity of treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6803/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Patricia Ryan

1278. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provision will be made for on-call workers and small business owners who are not PAYE workers but who are on call in essential services and may or may not have an income in a given week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6720/20]