Results 701-720 of 786 for speaker:Johnny Guirke

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Nov 2020)

Johnny Guirke: What plan has been put in place for small-time retailers who may be opening sometime soon? While we promote, tell and encourage people to shop online, most of these small-time retailers in my constituency of Meath West do not trade online. Even if they did trade online, they could not compete with the corporations and big companies. I spoke to a small retailer in Oldcastle this morning who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Nov 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting face-to-face psychology appointments prior to March 2020; the number of appointments conducted in the period March 2020 to August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25984/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 506. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the evidence and decision-making process employed when deciding to close gyms under level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33019/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 507. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the evidence and logic employed when deciding to close down an outdoor and controllable sport such as golf under level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33020/20]

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Second Stage (22 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: While I welcome this Bill, it does not go far enough. The least the Minister could have done would have been to give renters some certainty over Christmas and into the new year. We all know that most landlords will not evict tenants over the Christmas period but there will be a tsunami of notices to quit in the new year, as there is every year. It will be a lot worse this year, however, as...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: Meath County Council has 3,300 units in its housing stock. The disabled persons improvement grant announced on 9 September was €260,363 and last year it was €269,500. It is a very small grant given the amount of housing stock Meath County Council is dealing with. Can it be increased? Local authorities must come up with 20% matched funding for grants with regard to older...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (15 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 94. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the level of IDA-sponsored investment in western areas of County Meath in the period 2015 to 2019, inclusive, on a yearly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30891/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (14 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal age of consent for a minor to open a bank, credit union or other financial account without the written signature of a parent or legal guardian; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30436/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (14 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 257. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of asymptomatic cases of Covid-19 following the positive tests for the disease in counties Meath and Westmeath in September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30437/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (14 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 258. To ask the Minister for Health the number of monthly referrals to rapid access prostate clinics from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30438/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (14 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of monthly referrals to rapid access lung clinics from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30439/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (14 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 260. To ask the Minister for Health the number of monthly referrals to symptomatic breast disease clinics from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30440/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (14 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 261. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons receiving chemotherapy in each month from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30441/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (13 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 21. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the level of new investment arising from IDA sponsored enterprises in counties Meath and Westmeath, respectively, in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25956/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Enterprise Ireland (13 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 22. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the level of new investment arising from Enterprise Ireland grant aided enterprises in counties Meath and Westmeath, respectively, in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25957/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (13 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will direct county councils containing Gaeltacht areas to prohibit the building of housing estates for English speakers in areas in which Irish is a community language, that is, areas designated A and B (details supplied) of a study pursuant to section 31 of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (13 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will direct that each application for planning permission affecting land in the Gaeltacht be accompanied by a linguistic impact assessment prepared by an independent expert in sociolinguistics, language planning or both that must objectively prove that the proposed development will increase the use of Irish relative to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (13 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will direct that persons who establish by means of assessment under a university’s objective (details supplied) a B2 level of fluency in spoken Irish be deemed to have local housing needs for the purpose of a planning permission application and that this be the sole measure of language ability used, pursuant to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (13 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will direct that the percentage of holiday homes in an electoral division within a Gaeltacht area not exceed 10% of the housing stock of that electoral division and in cases in which it does exceed 10% that planning permission applications that would increase the number of holiday home there be refused, pursuant to...

Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Dara Céim - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (8 Oct 2020)

Johnny Guirke: I wish to apologise for speaking on the Bill in English. I am not one of those who has any fluency in our native tongue and I regret that. Like many others, I am a product of an education system which did not help me to get a grasp of Gaeilge. I would love to be speaking as Gaeilge and am committed to learning and using the cúpla focal inside and outside the House. In my county,...