Results 321-340 of 786 for speaker:Johnny Guirke

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (29 Nov 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider including sports clubs and associations in the grant scheme for the installation of solar panels, which currently only includes grants for domestic and commercial users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59351/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Johnny Guirke: I refer to the savage attack on two gardaí in Ballyfermot the other night. Over recent years, more than 400 gardaí, between trainee and qualified, have quit the force. Why is this? Why are there 300 fewer gardaí in the force now compared to two years ago? The Garda Representative Association president, Brendan O'Connor, was on LMFM yesterday. He spoke about a lack of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Johnny Guirke: These figures are from the end of September.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Johnny Guirke: I welcome Ms Maguire, Mr. McGowan and Mr. Lynch. It is good to see them here, together with members of Kildare local authority. I congratulate them on the housing developments they have delivered upon in the past number of years. As we all know, the biggest issue in Meath is probably rents and the price of houses. The only way we can get those prices down is to build more houses. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Johnny Guirke: On direct-build numbers, is there any hope of getting that figure higher? It is hard to see how the council will tackle the number of people on the housing list. The target for 2026 is 1,350. Could that be higher if there was more funding?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (16 Nov 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 82. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will give consideration in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022, to include provisions to remove the broadcasting levy that is paid by independent radio stations (details supplied) until a fair and equitable scheme in which all media outlets pay towards regulation is introduced by the Media Commission; and if...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Nov 2022)

Johnny Guirke: I spent the last few weeks going around my constituency of Meath West talking to small businesses in towns and villages. The issue that kept coming up was energy costs. I was talking to butcher shops and convenience stores. These were essential workers during the pandemic. They have mostly between five and seven employees and their energy costs have gone up three to four times. The...

Water Policy: Statements (9 Nov 2022)

Johnny Guirke: I want to raise a few issues related to my constituency of Meath West. Thousands of residents in Trim and Rathmolyon have had their water restricted for the past 11 days and this looks set to continue throughout this week. This has caused huge distress to the people and businesses affected as they are left without running water for long periods. Irish Water communication seems to entail...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Oct 2022)

Johnny Guirke: The review of the accident and emergency unit and acute care in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan is complete. The people in Meath are very concerned about a review that does not include protecting and enhancing existing services or looking at what it would cost to make Navan a fully functional model 3 hospital. We keep talking about patient safety but if we invested in Navan hospital, we would...

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Johnny Guirke: I thank my colleague Deputy O'Rourke for bringing this very important motion to the Dáil floor. Our island's public transport system is staffed by tens of thousands of hard-working men and women and I acknowledge that. The 2016 census recorded 13.5% of the population as having a disability. People with a disability or those with mobility challenges all too often face barriers using...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (25 Oct 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the schedule for the commencement and completion of construction of the long-delayed college (details supplied) in view of the severe lack of school capacity in Enfield, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52956/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Oct 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that Bus Éireann has issued a generalised response to only one of 24 queries in relation to school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53052/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Oct 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Bus Éireann school transport section received any instructions from her Department in relation to answering queries by Deputies on the provision of school transport tickets particularly concessionary tickets; and if so, the nature of those communications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53053/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Oct 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can intervene to ensure that a developing school post at a school (details supplied) is retained, in view of the fact that the loss of this post would bring class size ratios up to approximately 35:1 for this school and in view of the stated policy ambition is to reduce class size ratios to 24:1; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (25 Oct 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 641. To ask the Minister for Health when the report of the latest review of the accident and emergency and acute care facilities at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, County Meath, and associated facilities will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53110/22]

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Johnny Guirke: I thank my colleague, Deputy O'Rourke, for bringing this motion before the House. We have known for a long time of the struggles that some households are facing when it comes to energy costs. That situation is now worse than ever given the cost-of-living crisis and the particular crisis that families and households face as electricity and gas prices continue to rise. Since the pandemic,...

Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2022)

Johnny Guirke: There is serious concern over this concrete block levy, with genuine fears of serious increases in house prices. Those building a home will be faced with increased costs. What the Government is doing is placing the cost of defective materials on the shoulders of people who are struggling to buy a home or who had no hand, act or part in this scandal. It was under the Government’s own...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Johnny Guirke: Centralising community welfare officers across the country and in my own county, Meath, starting on 10 October is a shocking decision, as the community welfare officer is an emergency financial lifeline for many people awaiting other social welfare payments to be approved or having to cope with sudden urgent unexpected payments not covered by available income. This will represent a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Sep 2022)

Johnny Guirke: In early January, the Government announced plans for a special tax-free €1,000 pandemic bonus payment for front-line workers who worked in Covid-19 environments, risking their lives and those of their families to keep the rest of us safe. Nearly nine months later, thousands of workers who are not paid directly by the HSE, such as those working in the private sector, in nursing homes,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jul 2022)

Johnny Guirke: I seek an update on Enfield Community College. We have been told that the school project will go to tender later this year. Will the Tánaiste confirm that is the case? Has a framework of project management design team consultants been appointed yet? This framework would comprise architects and civil, structural, mechanical and electrical engineers. Has a contract notice to establish...