Results 381-400 of 856 for speaker:Johnny Guirke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if he had discussions with the HSE regarding investing in and enhancing the accident and emergency services at Navan hospital as a solution to any suggested problems with the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61161/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 136. To ask the Minister for Health if he can clarify the way the directive to the National Ambulance Service to redirect the bulk of its patients to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, from 12 December 2022 is not a further downgrade of the emergency department at Navan hospital on the part of the HSE while all such downgrading was supposed to be on hold pending the publication of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources have been put in place at Our Lady’s Hospital in Drogheda to take the additional patients being re-directed from Navan A&E by the National Ambulance service from 12 December 2022, given that the clinicians at Drogheda Hospital have confirmed that it does not have the resources for the existing demand; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 164. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the number of times since receiving the review on Navan hospital emergency department he has met or discussed with the HSE, hospital management or elected representatives for County Meath the issue of the downgrading of the emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61325/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (7 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the average emergency department waiting times at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61159/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (7 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the average emergency department waiting times at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61160/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Departments (6 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: Why are we not looking at the option of investing in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan? There is a review that has been completed, but we have not yet received the results of it. That review never even looked into the option of investing in, protecting and enhancing services that are already in place at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. Why are we not doing that?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Departments (6 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: Last Saturday there were chaotic scenes at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, which is one of Ireland's busiest hospitals. A total of 11 ambulances were parked outside the emergency department and could not leave because there were no beds or trolleys for the patients inside. At the same time the HSE wants to divert more ambulances from Navan to Drogheda. Some paramedics were left...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (6 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the extraordinarily long wait times for NCT tests - for example, currently six months in the test centre in Kells, County Meath, and over five months in the test centre in Mullingar, County Westmeath - if he will either put in place the resources to reduce these wait times to the original target of 25 days; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when, following a previous Labour Court finding, she intends to implement a mechanism to allow for wageincreases to the said community employment supervisor category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60241/22]

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...