Results 141-160 of 685 for speaker:Johnny Guirke

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (25 Mar 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority-owned housing units in counties Meath and Westmeath, respectively, that were empty by type, that is, one- and two-bedroom and so on, at the end of each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date 2021, in tabular form. [16075/21]

Caring for Carers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 Mar 2021)

Johnny Guirke: I commend my fellow Deputies on introducing this motion. Some 500,000 family carers across the country provide in-home supports every week. They are loyal and dedicated and save this State up to €20 billion each year. In most cases, they work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with the majority not getting paid for half the hours they have worked. The latter equates to up to 19...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2021)

Johnny Guirke: This Bill commits us to a 51% reduction in emissions by the end of the decade. In my constituency of Meath West, the one project that would make the most difference to climate action is rebuilding the Navan rail line. Irish Rail could rebuild the railway line from Dublin to Navan in three years if given the green light and funding was approved by the Minister's Department. Currently, a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (21 Apr 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 1396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the strategic review of the Garda reserve due in 2019; the schedule for the recommencement of recruitment to the Garda reserve which was suspended pending the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18608/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (21 Apr 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 1546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic for a diagnostic test in each month from January 2020 to January 2021; and the percentage of these appointments that were seen within the recommended timeframe in tabular form. [18203/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (21 Apr 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 1547. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that received a diagnostic test at a rapid access lung clinic in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and the percentage of these patients that received a diagnosis of cancer in tabular form. [18204/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (21 Apr 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 1548. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that received a diagnostic test at a rapid access prostate clinic in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and the percentage of these patients that received a diagnosis of cancer in tabular form. [18205/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 1672. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a schedule for the approval and implementation of a vaccination program for vulnerable children with underlying conditions under 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18609/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (21 Apr 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 1801. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a diagnostic test at a symptomatic breast disease clinic in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020; and the percentage of these patients who received a diagnosis of cancer in tabular form. [19024/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (21 Apr 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 1802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who were on active cancer treatment in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020; and the percentage of these patients that were admitted to hospital for cancer treatment through emergency departments in tabular form. [19025/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 May 2021)

Johnny Guirke: We are all aware that change needs to happen as regards climate action. To do nothing is not acceptable. Whether it is a heating system in someone's home or the mode of transport he or she uses, it is going to happen but it needs to be done over time and in an affordable manner. We need incentives for people to change, whether in regard to electric cars or speeding up the insulation and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (5 May 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new model of SNA provision will be released by her Department in view of the fact that the National Council for Special Education is declining to accept applications from schools for additional or emergency special needs assistant support pending the release of the new model of SNA provision by her Department; and if she will make a...

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...

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...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (18 May 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 680. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the current wait time for security clearances for Irish Prison Service recruits is between 12 and 18 months; if her Department will take steps to reduce this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26428/21]

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 Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (19 May 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports he now plans to implement to specifically aid taxi drivers in the coming period to overcome the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on their earnings and to enable them to restart their businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (19 May 2021)

Johnny Guirke: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of commercial rates valuation appeals awaiting a result in 2020 and to date in 2021; the average waiting time for such appeals; the measures he plans to put in place to alleviate the situation in view of a continuing high backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26721/21]

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Johnny Guirke: Hundreds of people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza and almost a third of that number are children. There are 1,000 people wounded while 17 hospitals and clinics have been damaged or destroyed in the Gaza Strip. Its only coronavirus lab has been wrecked and water pipes serving 800,000 people have been broken. Sewerage systems inside Gaza have also been destroyed, with dozens...