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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (18 Feb 2025)

Johnny Mythen: 678. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether her Department are considering using a former residential convent (details supplied) for persons seeking international protection; if so, the breakdown of the number of persons who will occupy this building, families and so on; if local persons will be consulted given the location is situated close to a...

Driver Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (25 Feb 2025)

Johnny Mythen: Currently, if I apply for a driver test in my county of Wexford, I will get an invitation date for a test on 25 August 2025. I would then have to wait another three to five weeks after that for my actual test date. As of 21 January 2025, the number of applications in County Wexford was 5,643. The volume per centre is as follows: Gorey, 2,723 and Wexford, 2,920. The estimated waiting times...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Feb 2025)

Johnny Mythen: The lack of access to GP services has become a serious matter of concern for many of my constituents in County Wexford. For those patients lucky enough to have a GP, the waiting times for appointments are far too long, especially in rural areas with some waiting for up to three weeks. This needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency. What about the people who cannot get a practice to take...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025)

Johnny Mythen: There is a deep sense of frustration among section 39 workers, who are the backbone of many support services and help many individuals in need every single day. Despite their incredible dedication, they are often met with indifference by the Government. The Government claims to prioritise the protection of these vital services, but where is the action? Where is the fairness in pay and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025)

Johnny Mythen: It is about pay parity.

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Mar 2025)

Johnny Mythen: I wish both the Minister and Minister of State well in their new roles. I thank my colleagues in Sinn Féin for bringing this relevant and important Private Members' motion on the tenant in situ scheme to the floor of the House this evening. The tenant in situ scheme is a vital tool in the prevention of homelessness and has been a saviour to many families across the country. Since...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (19 Mar 2025)

Johnny Mythen: 1625. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of HSE-owned premises, by local area, in County Wexford, which are in full use, partial use, and not in use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11366/25]

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2025)

Johnny Mythen: I thank Deputies McDonald and Ó Broin for tabling this important Bill. It simply comprises the repeal of Part 2 of the Water Services Act 2017. The Bill would protect citizens by prohibiting Uisce Éireann from introducing a customer charge for the use of water in excess of a specific threshold amount. Recent reports have flagged that the Government is intent on introducing water...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Apr 2025)

Johnny Mythen: I raise the issue of the flood relief scheme in my home town of Enniscorthy. The Government committed to deliver the scheme in 2014, almost 11 years ago. People and business owners living beside the Slaney are constantly apprehensive and on the alert, especially in winter time and high-tide season. We were told that funding was ring-fenced in 2014. However, to date no progress is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (10 Apr 2025)

Johnny Mythen: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided to expand active travel projects in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18107/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (10 Apr 2025)

Johnny Mythen: 126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any additional funding will be provided to expand Local Link services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18108/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Programmes (10 Apr 2025)

Johnny Mythen: 127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the current rural transport programme contacts from the existing five years to an extended period of eight to ten years to allow for capacity building and continuous professional development of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18109/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Johnny Mythen: 128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the establishment of a new transport co-ordination unit) public service body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18110/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Johnny Mythen: 129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any plans for a recruitment strategy for TFI Local Link; if consideration has been given to extending the driver age limit of 70 where drivers have been deemed competent to drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18111/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (10 Apr 2025)

Johnny Mythen: 174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the and progress of the Enniscorthy flood defence scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18119/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (10 Apr 2025)

Johnny Mythen: 175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will engage with Wexford local authority to ensure the flood defence scheme badly needed in Enniscorthy can be progressed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18120/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (10 Apr 2025)

Johnny Mythen: 176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the monies that were said to ringfenced for the Enniscorthy flood relief scheme are still secured for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18121/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 Apr 2025)

Johnny Mythen: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the measures he is taking to increase housing supply in Wexford, including social housing and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18115/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (10 Apr 2025)

Johnny Mythen: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to Wexford County Council for the tenant in-situ-scheme for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18116/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Apr 2025)

Johnny Mythen: 308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to County Wexford, by rank, in each of the years from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18117/25]