Results 861-880 of 950 for speaker:Johnny Guirke

Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Johnny Guirke: Community policing should be at the heart of every town and village in Ireland, with gardaí walking the streets, talking to local people and aware of what is happening on the ground. As the Minister will know, our own county of Meath has the lowest number of gardaí per head of population in the country. As Deputy Catherine Murphy noted, there is one garda for every 580 people....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2020)

Johnny Guirke: I raise the issue of IDA Ireland site visits to my country of Meath and IDA Ireland grants. In 2018, the organisation's staff visited County Meath six times whereas they visited our neighbouring counties more than 20 times. In 2019, they visited our county three of four times and visited neighbouring counties more than 30 times. In 2014, there were zero IDA Ireland grants for Meath; 2015,...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (10 Nov 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 55. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if investment in County Meath through IDA sponsored enterprises will be increased ensuring more IDA backed investor visits to the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34984/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (10 Nov 2020)

Johnny Guirke: 76. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of IDA visits to counties Meath and Westmeath, respectively over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35064/20]

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...