Results 281-300 of 860 for speaker:Johnny Guirke

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: It was a disgrace that the Government only announced on 1 May the grants for older people and people with disabilities. That is a joke given that four months of the year have passed. On one-off planning in rural Ireland, rural areas are facing significant challenges, with depopulation, ageing infrastructure, local schools finding it hard to keep their numbers up and GAA, soccer and other...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: I have called the local authority several times.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: I want to raise housing adaptation grants for older people and people with disabilities. The grants were announced last Monday, 1 May. I heard that this was waiting on the Minister's desk for eight weeks before it was signed. The grants have increased by 2.3%. According to today's newspaper, construction costs have gone up 30%. The same paper stated that 32.5% of the housing budget was...

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: I thank my colleague, Deputy O'Rourke, for bringing this motion to the House. Households are struggling to keep their heads above water in this cost-of-living crisis as Government continues to prioritise the profits of energy companies over workers and families at every turn. Average gas and electricity bills have doubled over the last year to the point that the price of electricity here is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 336. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position regarding the roll-out of the national neuro-rehabilitation team for CHO 8 covering County Meath; if he will ensure the neuro-rehabilitation team will be provided for CHO 8 and the Meath area as a matter of extreme urgency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 337. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled adults on the HSE list for services in County Meath; the number on a waiting list for services; the number of whom are neuro-disabled people; and the number who are classified as having an acquired brain injury, by number and percentage of the total, in tabular form. [20300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 338. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled adults on the HSE list for services in County Meath who are on a waiting list to see physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, speech and language therapists, by number and percentage of the total, in tabular form. [20301/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 339. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists and speech and language therapists, respectively, delivering services in County Meath, that is, not allocated, but actually on the ground delivering services, by number and percentage of the total, in tabular form. [20302/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 340. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position regarding funding for acquired brain injury services in County Meath; the amount that is actually being provided via the voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20303/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 341. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funds that are allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for the physical and sensory disability service in Dunboyne, County Meath; the allocation that is going to people with acquired brain injury; if there is a specific allocation for such service users with funding for appropriately trained staff...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 342. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE in partnership with an organisation (details supplied) will revert to providing physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and so on, directly to service users attending in relation to the physical and sensory disability service in Dunboyne, County Meath rather than at the HSE Bailis service in Navan; and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 343. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE plans to recruit co-ordinators, managers and other relevant staff to Meath disability services who have expertise and qualifications in managing disability services, with the ability to access funding to align disability services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 390. To ask the Minister for Health when the roll-out of the National Epilepsy Care Programme will take place; when patients in CHO 8 can expect to see an improvement in epilepsy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20299/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (25 Apr 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the national school in Kells, County Meath, involving the Christian Brothers up to the year 1988, will be included in the scoping inquiry into historical sexual abuse in schools run by religious orders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19031/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (25 Apr 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of reports received of alleged historical sexual abuse in the then Christian Brothers-run national school in Kells, County Meath, for each of the years from 1968 to 1988, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19032/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in County Meath in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in County Westmeath in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (19 Apr 2023)

Johnny Guirke: There is no social or affordable housing where I come from in rural Ireland. Evictions started to take place on 1 April and will continue right through the summer. There are 250 families facing eviction in County Meath. Where are they going? They are going to Drogheda for homeless accommodation. This has not been addressed. We need a Government that will address these issues and will...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (19 Apr 2023)

Johnny Guirke: What measures are being put in place in rural areas to prevent an increase in homelessness on foot of the Government's decision to end the ban on no-fault evictions? In my county, Meath, 319 people are in emergency accommodation, including 85 families, 87 children and 130 single people. On top of this, 250 further tenancies have been issued with notices of quit. At present, there is no...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Mar 2023)

Johnny Guirke: I refer to the case of Tom and Maria Browne of Delvin, County Westmeath. Tom is 85 years old. He is a retired member of the Defence Forces and has had two strokes. His wife Maria is 73, has diabetes and is his main carer. They have rented the same house in Delvin for the past 11 years. Recently, they were served with a notice to quit. They currently pay rent of €700 a month. The...