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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Home Care Packages (24 Oct 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 287. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons awaiting home care support in County Wexford; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in County Wexford; the average number of hours granted to each successful applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43655/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (24 Oct 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if private owners of B&Bs require permission from his Department, or from local authorities, to provide emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43658/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (24 Oct 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated time for permission to be granted/refused to private owners of B&Bs applying to provide emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43659/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 351. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of all respite beds in County Wexford; the number of these beds that are currently operational and the number that are currently closed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43656/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (24 Oct 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE currently provides any funding to a local service (details supplied) or if the HSE has provided funding to it at any time in the past; if not, whether the HSE would be willing to enter into a service level agreement with the service to provide funding to assist in the day-to-day running of this vital local service; and if he will make a statement...

Carer's Allowance: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I thank Deputies Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire and Pauline Tully for bringing forward this motion. Carers are fed up with the Government paying lip service to what they do and with how valuable they are portrayed in society. The facts are that many carers find themselves having to give up their jobs, take a substantial hit in their household finances and often having to take on a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I want to get my head around some stuff here. We have probably one of the best pharmaceutical industries in the world here in Ireland. We have top class scientists. We have top class laboratory technicians. The TB programme started around 1954. It is a bacteria. One can be a little bit cynical about the pharmaceutical companies. How much does a human test cost?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Johnny Mythen: There are 9.89 million of them per year; that is a lot. I am not a conspiracy theorist or anything but it seems to me that from 1954 to now, we could not solve it. We did all that stuff with other bacteria like chickenpox and everything else but we cannot seem to get a vaccine in that length of time. Dr. Barrett spoke about the badgers. How is that detail gathered? Is there a specific...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Johnny Mythen: There is no argument there. On EU funding, what is the position on that and what is planned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Johnny Mythen: With all due respect, how is the Department doing that because the rate is 48% higher?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I ask Dr. Barrett to explain a point to me as I do not really understand it. The report states 78% of the economic benefits of the bovine TB eradication programme relate to private goods while 22% accrues to public goods. Could Dr. Barrett explain what that means?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Johnny Mythen: On the last one, the Department is aligning changes to the EU animal law health law with our TB regulations. How is it aligning that? What is the progress on it?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coast Guard Service (5 Nov 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 310. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans in place for the development of facilities for the Coast Guard Services in Courtown, County Wexford and Arklow, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44507/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (5 Nov 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 1146. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new base for Gorey ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44504/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (5 Nov 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 1147. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new primary health centre for Gorey, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44506/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (7 Nov 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update for a claim by a person (details supplied). [45984/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Nov 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 555. To ask the Minister for Health can he confirm if one of the two promised national injury units recommended in the 2023 National Injury Review, will be located in County Carlow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45983/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (7 Nov 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place on a college course will be provided to a person (details supplied). [45985/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Meetings (5 Feb 2025)

Johnny Mythen: 366. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to urgently seek a meeting with the CEO and the board of management of a company (details supplied) and the I.D.A. to clarify the current situation regarding the closure of the company in County Wexford; to clarify what the future holds for the 300 staff who work there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2357/25]

Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2025)

Johnny Mythen: I thank the Labour Party for bringing this motion before the House. I have listened attentively to the Government's claims that housing is the number one priority. Nobody seems to know when exactly this revelation appeared before them. One could argue that both Government parties have been in full control of housing for 14 years, yet they have failed to deliver both affordable and social...