Results 1-20 of 685 for speaker:Johnny Guirke

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Johnny Guirke: I want to bring to the Tánaiste's attention the plight of 26 families who have purchased homes in Johnstown Demesne, Enfield, County Meath. It is a development by Westin Homes. In some cases deposits were paid in April 2023 and people were told the houses would be ready in August. Then they were told October, then December and then January. It is now more than one year since people...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Johnny Guirke: Uisce Éireann is a joke in a housing crisis.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Johnny Guirke: We have a housing crisis.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (1 May 2024)

Johnny Guirke: 129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a start date has been agreed for the commencement of remedial works on Cairn T at the Loughcrew heritage site near Oldcastle, County Meath; if he can confirm the plan and schedule for the re-opening of Cairn T to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19626/24]

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Johnny Guirke: Over the past few years we have witnessed a steep and relentless climb in fuel prices, a trend that has become a significant contributor to the deepening poverty among our people. It is a punishing reality that those who use the road to earn their living by car, van, tractor or lorry are met with the harsh penalty of soaring fuel costs amid an already crippling cost-of-living crisis. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

Johnny Guirke: I thank the Minister of State. In some cases the ratio is 30:1. I believe that is the ratio in Kilbride National School. Although the Minister of State has said she will look at it in the appeal, I was hoping she would give a commitment tonight to reverse the decision on SET hours in Kilbride. One third of schools have had their SET resources cut. However, prior to these cuts the vast...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

Johnny Guirke: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, for coming in to address the important issue of the reduction in special education teaching, SET, hours at Kilbride National School, Trim, County Meath and many schools across my constituency of Meath West. In response to parliamentary questions I submitted, the Department of Education stated 67% of schools saw their allocation increase or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Johnny Guirke: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can explain the serious cut to the special education teacher allocation hours in a school (details supplied), based on high standardised assessment results achieved by the school overall, despite increasing enrolment numbers and no reduction in students with additional education requirements, and risking the positive outcomes that the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (10 Apr 2024)

Johnny Guirke: 156. To ask the Minister for Health what current process is in place in salons, and other relevant establishments, to ensure those under the age of eighteen are prohibited from using sunbeds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15601/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (10 Apr 2024)

Johnny Guirke: 157. To ask the Minister for Health what enforcement measures are currently in place to ensure relevant traders comply with the Sunbed Notification Regulations 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15602/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (10 Apr 2024)

Johnny Guirke: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of enforcement officers working to ensure compliance with the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15603/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (10 Apr 2024)

Johnny Guirke: 159. To ask the Minister for Health to outline any plans to review and evaluate the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014, ten years on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15604/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (10 Apr 2024)

Johnny Guirke: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of violations of the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 to date, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15605/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (10 Apr 2024)

Johnny Guirke: 161. To ask the Minister for Health what independent testing or maintenance checks take place on publicly available sunbeds (in salons, or other relevant establishments); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15606/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Johnny Guirke: In June it will be one year since Boliden Tara Mines closed with the loss of 600 jobs of those employed directly and more than 2,000 jobs of those employed indirectly. Management and unions are involved in negotiations but progress is very slow. These workers and their families have been left with a feeling of uncertainty over whether the mine will reopen in the second quarter of this year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2024)

Johnny Guirke: 349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can indicate a definite schedule for when a permanent build project (details supplied) will start construction; when it is scheduled for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11566/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2024)

Johnny Guirke: 350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate if the construction of a school (details supplied) will be completed and the school operational for the 2025 / 2026 school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11567/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (20 Mar 2024)

Johnny Guirke: 1009. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a progress update on the plan to provide supports to the Forgotten Farmers; if he can provide a definite schedule for its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12298/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pay (20 Mar 2024)

Johnny Guirke: 1452. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be released to fund the agreed pay increase to Section 39 workers funded by the HSE (details supplied) including the backdated element of the pay deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12687/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (7 Mar 2024)

Johnny Guirke: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people that were on the waiting list for homecare packages in County Meath, at the end of each year from 2015 to 2023, in tabular form. [11239/24]