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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2023)

Johnny Mythen: According to the most recent census, the population of County Wexford reached more than 160,000 people. Wexford General Hospital has a capacity of only 280 beds. A 96-bed unit was promised and included in the capital plan. What capital has been allocated this year to progress this project? Is there projected capital to progress it in 2024? Can the Tánaiste guarantee that funding for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Oct 2023)

Johnny Mythen: 281. To ask the Minister for Health what plans are in place to secure the future of a centre (details supplied) that has announced it is to close due to inadequate annual funding from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47166/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Oct 2023)

Johnny Mythen: 282. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the announced closure of a centre (details supplied) due to inadequate annual funding from his Department, if he will intervene and ensure the centre remains operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47167/23]

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: I thank Deputy Ó Broin and my other party colleagues for bringing this motion to the Dáil. We are all very familiar with the plight of our constituents contending with the Government's absolute failure to provide social and affordable housing on a scale that represents the true demand and that is required to fix this nation's biggest and most urgent housing emergency. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: I am not sure if my questions were asked while I was out of the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: Professor Monahan raised the issue of student accommodation. Has UCD put any proposals to the Department? Have there been any specific requests for affordable student accommodation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: The programme spans a wide range from farm to fork. How much emphasis does the programme put on food loss and food waste?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: I have a couple of quick questions about staff. Professor O'Mara said that 169 staff are assigned to the education programme. How many of them are full time? What is the average length of the temporary contracts given to part-time staff? Does Teagasc feel these staffing arrangements are sufficient to deliver comprehensive programmes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: Is it a chicken-and-egg situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: Is there gender balance in the programmes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: What would Dr. Butler like to see added to the university programmes and apprenticeships ?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: I am just thinking of the IT and innovation stuff, given the amount of IT stuff farmers have to deal with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: It is massive. It is even the machinery they are bringing in with the controls and the whole thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: Is there a timeframe for the delivery of the UCD Lyons Farm project? I know the witnesses have also been asked about funding. Is there any European funding available?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: 356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify whether joint herd owners will qualify for the knowledge transfer programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49276/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: Just talk to the people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: That is no problem.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: I was recently contacted by a woman whose husband was diagnosed with dementia and Parkinson's disease. He is just 57. His condition is deteriorating and he needs a wet room and an extra bedroom to enable him to live and be cared for in his own home. They were quoted €80,000 for these works. As the Minister of State knows, the maximum grant is only €30,000. With today's...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: The recent announcement by the CEO of the HSE will have an immediate and very serious repercussions on public health services. Up to 7,000 front-line posts will be withdrawn from an already overstretched workforce, one facing the real possibility of not being able to provide necessary and vital care to communities across the entire country, including County Wexford. It was obvious from...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: I thank People Before Profit for bringing forward this motion. Children screaming out the names of the their dead parents, frantic fathers running with their badly wounded children wrapped in their trembling arms, mothers bereft of any emotion looking upon a maze of dead bodies wrapped in blood-soaked sheets while others search in vain for their children entombed under tonnes of rubble and...