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Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I thank my colleagues, Deputies Tully and Patricia Ryan, for their dedicated advocacy on behalf of carers and the elderly and for tabling this motion. It is universally accepted that people with disabilities and their carers are more financially vulnerable than any other section of society. In fact, the Joint Committee on Gender Equality recommended bringing social protection rates for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the administration cost per hectare of forestry under his Department has risen from €668 to €7,400 per hectare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26293/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 380. To ask the Minister for Health if posts (details supplied) will be filled; if so, when they will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26291/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (18 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 381. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate €5.5 million core funding to the cancer support centres in Budget 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26292/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: The basic income for artists was introduced in 2022. It was designed as a pilot scheme for a period of three years. Since its inception, it has added greatly to the culture of the State and has financially sustained many talented artists, whom we are lucky to have, from musicians to poets and writers, to name but a few. This scheme has given many of our citizens the ability to pursue their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implementation of Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I have listened to what the Minister said. The one word that comes up the whole time is "considering". Everything is being considered. The shrimp market was gone in 2022. The crab market went to the floor in 2023. Within a month, pollock was gone. This is serious stuff. That is how these people make their living. We cannot emphasise that more. Deputy Mac Lochlainn and I were in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implementation of Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: To focus on the salmon, the problem with most of the things the Minister mentioned is that they are seasonal. If you miss a season, you cannot go back again. That is a major issue here, which is what we really want to get across. It is the speed of the thing that is going to matter. We cannot reiterate enough how it is on its knees. I suspect, as Deputy Mac Lochlainn has mentioned, that...

Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I thank my colleagues, especially Deputy O'Rourke, for bringing this motion to the floor. Affordable electricity is the main theme of this motion. Ireland has one of the highest prices of electricity per unit in Europe. Sinn Féin and other Opposition parties have raised this issue countless times on the floor of the Dáil and presented countless ideas and solutions, including a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her Department's engagement with the Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board concerning the potential site constraints contained in the design of two schools (details supplied); if they have been resolved; and if there is any projected date for their completion. [26731/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: More than 180,000 people suffer with eating disorders and approximately 1,000 new cases occur each year. Evidence shows that people with eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental health conditions. In my catchment area of Wexford, there is poor access to out-of-hours services to CAMHS liaison teams in the four general hospitals in CHO 5. In fact, therapy for eating...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: What about the register?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: Many questions have been asked, but I am a little confused and I want to return to the so-called "shed". It was said that the majority of recording footage took place in the building adjacent. How close is it to the slaughterhouse?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: How close?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: It is a couple hundred yards. That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: Would people be passing it by and looking in, or is it visible when walking in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: And no one noticed anything?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: Was the shed registered, and who was it registered to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: Who was it registered to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I assume the registration would have had to be approved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: The Department would have to approve the registration.