Results 81-100 of 132 for at speaker:Johnny Guirke

Regional Transport Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2021)

Johnny Guirke: With the draft transport strategy for the greater Dublin area, which was announced today, the people of Meath and the surrounding counties will be disappointed by the Government again but they will not be surprised. It has been revealed that building works on the Navan rail line that we have been demanding for decades will not commence until 2031 at the earliest. Given the shambolic record...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (20 Oct 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken at EU level to ensure that additional beef imports which would depress beef prices do not enter the single market. [51456/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 92. To ask the Minister for Health if the emergency department at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan will be downgraded from 24 hours to 12 hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50826/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2021)

Johnny Guirke: I ask the Minister for Health if the emergency department at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan will be downgraded from a 24-hour to a 12-hour service and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Oct 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 389. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to maintain services at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan for the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48812/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 Oct 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48813/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 Oct 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors that were employed at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan in each of the years 2010 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48814/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 Oct 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses that were employed at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan in each of the years 2010 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48815/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (28 Sep 2021)

Johnny Guirke: There were rumours in August that patients who had presented to the accident and emergency unit at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, were sent to Drogheda. When I heard this, I called management at Navan hospital but I did not get a call back. I sent an email to the general manager of the hospital on 26 August and again last Friday, 24 September, but received no replies. What are we supposed to...

Local Government (Amendment) (Transparency in Allocation of Funding) Bill 2021: First Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Johnny Guirke: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Local Government Act 1998 and provide for a statutory review of the demographics and socio-economic profile of each local authority in order to assess required funding and determine funding allocations. I welcome the opportunity to introduce this Bill which deals with a hugely important issue for all local...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Sep 2021)

Johnny Guirke: This morning, RTÉ was in Enfield talking to people who are experiencing disruption to their water supply nearly every second day. This is affecting 10,000 people. Households and businesses are left with little or no water. People are at their wits' end. I raised this issue with the Tánaiste on 29 January, when he said he would contact Irish Water and get back to me, but I heard...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 Jul 2021)

Johnny Guirke: The local property tax, or the tax on the roof over people's heads, was introduced eight years ago in 2013. Even people who own their home feel like they are still paying a mortgage, albeit at a lower level, and feel they are never truly finished paying for the privilege of living in their own home. The local property tax has no consideration for people's ability to pay. People are...

Ban on Rent Increases Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Jul 2021)

Johnny Guirke: ...living in uncertain times a little comfort as they plan their finances without the fear of rent increasing. There is huge concern and a growing call for a ban on rent increases in my constituency of Meath West because rents have gone out of control in the past ten years. To rent a house in County Meath in 2011, a family would have paid €672 per month. Now, in 2021, under the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Jun 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 448. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he plans to put in place to reduce the waiting time for dialectical behaviour therapy, a time sensitive therapy, which is currently standing at two years in the Louth-Meath HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26427/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Health Service Executive (1 Jun 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated amount it will cost the State to fix the ransomware issue at the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29581/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 May 2021)

Johnny Guirke: I welcome that the Government supported Sinn Féin's motion on affordable housing last night, albeit by accident, it seems. The Government may have been asleep at the wheel again. I want the Taoiseach to tell the people of my constituency in counties Meath and Westmeath, many of whom pay huge rents with little hope of owning a home, what he and the Government will do to deliver on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (18 May 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a school (details supplied) will be included in the hot school meals programme alongside DEIS schools in view of the fact that community employment scheme employees providing this service for the past 16 years at this school are no longer approved, leading to the facility being withdrawn; and if she will make a statement...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 May 2021)

Johnny Guirke: I raise an important issue at St. Mary's Special School in Navan, County Meath, which is attended by 80 kids with mild to severe needs. Parents have been told that, from 1 September, hot meals will no longer be provided. This service has been in place for the last sixteen years. The community employment, CE, scheme is no longer providing staff, at the direction of the Department of Social...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 May 2021)

Johnny Guirke: I want to raise the new model of SNA allocations in my constituency of Meath West, at St. Mary's National School, Collinstown, County Westmeath. Twin boys with additional needs will start school in September but at the moment the parents of the boys and the principal of the school do not know if they will have access to SNA support. The principal has spoken to the special educational needs...