Results 581-600 of 1,449 for speaker:Johnny Mythen

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Oct 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 707. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a public inquiry into nursing home deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic; if so, the timeframe for an inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48546/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Oct 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 708. To ask the Minister for Health the complaint mechanisms that are available to families that lost loved ones in nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48547/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Oct 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adapting a mechanism similar to the independent public inquiry to examine the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48548/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage published a review of income eligibility for social housing support this week, which is a choice time, given that the budget would of course dominate the news cycle. The result of this report is that thresholds for social housing will rise in only five of the 31 local authority areas. This should be extended to all local authorities....

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General: Financial Resolution (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: I commend the justice budget, which will go a long away towards protecting communities. I will speak generally on the budget itself. Much has been said about this budget during the last day or so. However, there are flaws in the analysis in tackling the cost of living and the rise in inflation. For example, the €12 increase in the State pension and welfare payments will not cover...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reviews (27 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for when the strategic rail review of the Wexford to Waterford rail line will be completed and published. [46909/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will have a change of address confirmed by her Department on the school transport scheme bus ticket, given the urgent need for this service. [47207/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to include long-Covid as an occupational disease for front-line workers considering the European Union ACSH Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47058/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (27 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 502. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 20 September 2022, if he will provide details of the significant work done to date in relation to the standardisation of provision of medical and surgical aids and appliances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46910/22]

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: I thank the Minister for her work on the Bill to date. Also, the Seanad and the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media put in many hours of work to conduct pre-legislative scrutiny on this important Bill. I hope the Minister will listen to all recommendations made. Our thanks must also go to all the stakeholders who made written submissions and gave evidence to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (21 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the commitments that he has secured or obtained in the review of the CAP regarding fishers and the fishing process industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46181/22]

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: Sinn Féin welcomes this Bill, which we see as a positive initiative that should create a more professional and protective system for the public and staff alike. We also welcome the removal of the bureaucratic anomalies that prohibit people who hold British medical degrees from availing of medical intern posts and establishing a route to registration for the non-consultant doctors on the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: As the Taoiseach is aware, hundreds of children were turned down for discretionary tickets for school buses for this year alone and my own constituency of Wexford is no exception. For example, Mairéad has two children, Aoife and Michael, who have been travelling for the last five years to the same school. Aoife has had open heart surgery and lung surgery. Mairéad will have to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 566. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national database for recording and documenting cases and related information on diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45901/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (20 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 567. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national policy on the provision of mobility equipment and disability aids such as wheelchairs that ensures equality of access and provision across each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45903/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architectural Heritage (14 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his position on the threat to the heritage of thatched cottages in Ireland due to the significant decline of insurance providers willing to cover the properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44742/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architectural Heritage (14 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will intervene to provide support to ensure that the heritage of thatched cottages in Ireland is protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44743/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the emergency funding and response strategy that is being prepared by her Department in order to support schools in dealing with rising electricity and heating costs in the 2022/2023 academic year. [44644/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (14 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if live-streaming and recorded lectures have been considered as an emergency response to the severe lack of student accommodation; if third level institutions have been resourced to provide such a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44851/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (14 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated starting date for the recently announced two new Data Protection Commissioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44732/22]