Results 101-120 of 689 for speaker:Johnny Guirke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (27 Jun 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 771. To ask the Minister for Health if he has or will conduct a review of pharmacy dispensing fees and the extent of service provision by community pharmacists; if he has or will engage with an organisation (details supplied) on the matter; the dates on which he has or will engage; if he will establish a review which encompasses the scope of services provided or which could be provided by...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2023)

Johnny Guirke: I want to raise issues with regard to the emergency or 999 call answering service, with centres in Ballyshannon in Donegal and in my own county of Meath, in Navan, employing approximately 75 people. Workers have told me that they have made numerous attempts to have issued addressed with BT Communications Ireland regarding pay and conditions, union recognition and other serious issues but...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jun 2023)

Johnny Guirke: I want to raise the devastating news about the 650 job losses at Boliden Tara mines and the thousands of jobs that are indirectly affected by this. SIPTU said the company contacted the Government six months ago about the pressure it was under and heard nothing back. There were several contributing factors. There was a six-month delay in issuing a drilling licence. We know it was...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (14 Jun 2023)

Johnny Guirke: I wish to discuss the imminent risk of job losses at Rehab Enterprises in Navan, County Meath. There is an experienced team of machinists who have been making personal protective equipment, PPE, for more than 20 years and supporting front-line workers, never more so than during the pandemic, when they all worked overtime to try to keep up with demand. Now, we hear that 11 of the 14...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (23 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is currently implementing to reduce NCT wait times in view of the extraordinary average NCT wait times in counties Meath and Westmeath of over five months, and given that not everybody can avail of a priority booking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24487/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (23 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that some NCT applicants in County Meath who booked their tests in August 2022 have only now received the test after over nine months, and have valid NCT certificates only until September 2023, a situation replicated across the State, if he will consider amending the legislation to allow the NCT certificates to be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (23 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide any independent peer-reviewed scientific and/or industry-based evidence as to how the installation of a fine bubble-diffused aeration system can increase a waste-water treatment plants' physical PE load capacity by more than 20% (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24146/23]

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: I welcome the debate we are having this morning on tier 2 hospitals. I thank the Independent Group for bringing it forward. The issue I will raise the future of Navan hospital and what the reconfiguration means for it. I thank the staff at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, and all hospital staff throughout the State who work tirelessly for the people. It is absolutely incredible how shabbily...

Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: I thank Deputy Brady for bringing this Bill before the House. It is designed to compel ISIF to divest itself of holdings in companies currently listed on a UN database of businesses operating within the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. In simple terms, the purpose of the Bill is to mandate ISIF to divest itself of all current assets and to prohibit future...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: It was a disgrace that the Government only announced on 1 May the grants for older people and people with disabilities. That is a joke given that four months of the year have passed. On one-off planning in rural Ireland, rural areas are facing significant challenges, with depopulation, ageing infrastructure, local schools finding it hard to keep their numbers up and GAA, soccer and other...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: I have called the local authority several times.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: I want to raise housing adaptation grants for older people and people with disabilities. The grants were announced last Monday, 1 May. I heard that this was waiting on the Minister's desk for eight weeks before it was signed. The grants have increased by 2.3%. According to today's newspaper, construction costs have gone up 30%. The same paper stated that 32.5% of the housing budget was...

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: I thank my colleague, Deputy O'Rourke, for bringing this motion to the House. Households are struggling to keep their heads above water in this cost-of-living crisis as Government continues to prioritise the profits of energy companies over workers and families at every turn. Average gas and electricity bills have doubled over the last year to the point that the price of electricity here is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 336. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position regarding the roll-out of the national neuro-rehabilitation team for CHO 8 covering County Meath; if he will ensure the neuro-rehabilitation team will be provided for CHO 8 and the Meath area as a matter of extreme urgency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 337. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled adults on the HSE list for services in County Meath; the number on a waiting list for services; the number of whom are neuro-disabled people; and the number who are classified as having an acquired brain injury, by number and percentage of the total, in tabular form. [20300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 338. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled adults on the HSE list for services in County Meath who are on a waiting list to see physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, speech and language therapists, by number and percentage of the total, in tabular form. [20301/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 339. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists and speech and language therapists, respectively, delivering services in County Meath, that is, not allocated, but actually on the ground delivering services, by number and percentage of the total, in tabular form. [20302/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 340. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position regarding funding for acquired brain injury services in County Meath; the amount that is actually being provided via the voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20303/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 341. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funds that are allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for the physical and sensory disability service in Dunboyne, County Meath; the allocation that is going to people with acquired brain injury; if there is a specific allocation for such service users with funding for appropriately trained staff...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 342. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE in partnership with an organisation (details supplied) will revert to providing physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and so on, directly to service users attending in relation to the physical and sensory disability service in Dunboyne, County Meath rather than at the HSE Bailis service in Navan; and...