146. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting replacement hip surgery at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Dublin, by the length of time those people have been on the waiting list for that surgery, in tabular form. [45459/24]
9. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Taoiseach the set of powers and extent of same under which the Covid-19 inquiry will operate, in tabular form. [45458/24]
8. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Taoiseach the measures being put in place to ensure that the Covid-19 inquiry is conducted completed impartially and transparently and is carried out by individuals and or entities with no vested interest. [45457/24]
6. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Taoiseach the details of the distinctions between a promised Covid-19 inquiry and an ‘evaluation’, following recent statements by the Tánaiste. [45455/24]
674. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a detailed update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission on Pensions, specifically on the creation of a separate account within the social insurance fund to fund State pensions. [44569/24]
673. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection what plans the Government has to benchmark the State old-age pension, as recommended in the Commission on Pensions, in order to protect elderly citizens from falling into poverty. [44568/24]
672. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on how the State pension payment is being protected, as set out in the Programme for Government, in circumstances where the recent €12-per-week increase has resulted in the weekly pension payment dropping to just 30% of the average weekly wage from 32% prior to Budget 2025. [44567/24]
275. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the measures, if any, being taken by the Government to end insurance companies’ discriminatory time limit cap on holiday insurance for the over-70s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44570/24]
163. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to set out the process or method used to obtain authorisation to exercise animals, including horses, on the Curragh Plains; if the said authorisation is subject to renewal; and, if so, the timeline set out for renewal. [44566/24]
162. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide a detailed list of every animal type, whether livestock, equine-sporting or domestic, currently authorised to be exercised on the Curragh Plain, County Kildare. [44565/24]
161. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to detail the enforcement measures for any breaches of the Curragh by-laws referenced in Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 23 October 2024, in tabular form. [44564/24]
160. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how many encroachments by horses from outside the Curragh area, that is, Curragh racecourse and other associated permitted areas, have been reported in the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form. [44563/24]
159. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how many illegal encampments the Curragh Rangers have engaged with and reported for the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form. [44562/24]
158. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 23 October 2024, to detail the enforcement measures for any breaches of the Curragh by-laws referenced, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44561/24]
157. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 23 October 2024, with regard to the Curragh, County Kildare, and to the Curragh Rangers being tasked with litter removal on the Curragh plain, if he can clarify why there is a private firm engaged to clear litter from the Curragh plain; and the cost of same. [44560/24]
208. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the funding allocated in 2025, if any, for the completion of a day care centre (details supplied),in the event that the centre is not fully completed and open before the end of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43494/24]
207. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide with certainty an official date for the opening of a day care centre (details supplied). [43493/24]
206. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health regarding the funding expended on the erroneous flooring, fittings and yard surfacing by the HSE in a building (details supplied), when these funds will be reimbursed to the centre's allocated funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43492/24]
205. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health having been made aware that the HSE is installing incorrect flooring and fittings in a day care centre (details supplied), and additionally faults with the exterior back yard surfacing, which is a trip hazard, all of which issues must now be rectified and replaced, if he will clarify who signed off on the flooring, fittings and surfacing concerned; if the funding expended on these mistakes will be reimbursed to the centre’s allocated funds; if not, the reason why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43491/24]
143. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the numbers of sheep currently being grazed on the Curragh, County Kildare, that are being used to claim EU farm subsidies, in tabular form. [43498/24]
123. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will set out the measures his Department is or will be putting in place to assist older people currently accessing emergency accommodation, particularly in County Kildare, specifically to address the shortage in the supply of suitable-size appropriate housing, and the exit strategy being applied to assist the individual. [43490/24]
122. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will detail the maximum length of stay in emergency accommodation; and set out the exit strategy being applied to assist the individual or family to exit homeless accommodation into housing. [43489/24]
121. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the results of all six-monthly audits undertaken at the emergency accommodation at a facility (details supplied), in tabular form, as provided for under the NQSS framework, for the years 2020 to date in 2024; if possible, the date for the next scheduled audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43488/24]
120. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the criteria used to decide the location of emergency accommodation allocated to individuals and families, and the consideration taken of the needs of the people with regard to access to schools and support networks in their local area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43487/24]
45. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will clarify the system, if any, in place for identifying who owns any particular sheep or flock of sheep currently grazing on the Curragh, County Kildare. [43499/24]
44. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide the number of sheep grazing on the Curragh, County Kildare, for the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [43497/24]
34. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications regarding Dublin City Council’s pilot programme to bring bin collection services back under public control, if he will provide the number of local authorities intending to run the same pilot scheme, the parameters of the scheme, and the length of time it is intended to run for, in tabular form. [43495/24]
200. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of firms who tendered for the contract to provide 530 public nursing home beds, as signed off by the Minister in December 2022, and the oversight, if any, the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform had over the entire process. [40395/24]
199. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health regarding the public private partnership deal signed off by the Minister and his Department in 2022 for the provision of 530 public nursing home beds by a company (details supplied), the details of the tendering process for that deal, to include the projected costings and timeframe involved for delivery, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40394/24]
194. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of the community nursing units for Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Louth, Tipperary and Westmeath as announced in December 2022, to include the current spend, probable delivery date and estimated opening date if available. [40369/24]
193. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40368/24]
192. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health with regard to a nursing home (details supplied), to confirm that the HSE has/is completing the necessary fire safety repairs/remediations there, in line with its obligations under the Health Act 2007; and if not, when the HSE intends to commence such repairs. [40367/24]
191. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 2 October 2024, the level of engagement, if any, which has been had between the head of older persons' services in CHO4, the owners/receivers of a nursing home (details supplied) and any prospective purchasers. [40366/24]
190. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the reason a 90-year-old woman (details supplied) has been left in excruciating pain and virtually housebound from an obliterated hip and has been told they must wait months for a hip replacement operation due to long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40362/24]
158. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of habeas corpus applications made in circumstances in which Tusla was a respondent, in tabular form, for the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40361/24]
143. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Justice with regard to the family court system, the plans for reform of the system, for applicants seeking relief in domestic abuse and domestic violence cases, where the burden of proof falls inequitably on the victim, and where the in-camera nature of the proceedings entrenches and perpetuates the disadvantage of those using the system. [40364/24]
142. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Justice the measures in place, or planned in the future, to make the family court system more accessible and more transparent for victims of domestic violence, specifically where the enforcement and policing of safety order and barring orders and breaches of same. [40363/24]
88. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the status of the portacabins remaining on the grounds of a building (details supplied). [40370/24]
33. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport in light of the carbon tax increases announced in Budget 2025, the reason he misled the public in a recent interview with a radio station (details supplied), when he stated that there would be no further carbon tax increases in the upcoming Budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40433/24]
18. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence with regard to the boarded-up houses and disintegrating buildings on the Curragh Military Camp, to state with certainty if any of the additional capital of €39 million as announced in Budget 2025 will be ringfenced for the restoration and remediation of the boarded up houses and disintegrating buildings on in the Curragh Camp as part of plans to modernise built infrastructure in military installations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40371/24]
230. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the measures HIQA will take to ensure the safety and well-being of vulnerable residents in a nursing home (details supplied). [39271/24]
229. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO7 currently waiting on dental and orthodontic treatment and the length of time spent on the list for treatment. [39269/24]
228. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will undertake necessary actions to ensure fire safety for residents in a nursing home (details supplied) in the interim period, to ensure residents’ safety. [39267/24]
227. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE can continue to operate a nursing home (details supplied) on an interim basis in order to allow a timeframe for prospective purchasers/investors to put plans in place to buy the home and secure it for residents. [39266/24]
193. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that early childhood education and childcare services are able to deal with increasing costs, particularly energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39268/24]