Results 541-560 of 1,211 for speaker:Johnny Mythen

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: When will the regional plans be finished?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: I have a quick question which comes under tourism. Will the Minister explain the significant reduction in investment for regional museums, galleries, cultural centres and projects? This will result in a cut of €51 million. Where will the cuts be made?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: Could the Minister explain where the €6.6 million in funding for Screen Ireland will go? Of the 40 feature film and television drama projects that received funding from Screen Ireland in 2020, how many were located in counties Dublin and Wicklow versus other regions of the country? Has regional balance been factored into the output targets for 2021 and 2022 to ensure the whole...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: Why are the output targets for the number of arts organisations to receive funding in 2021 and 2022 both significantly lower than the actual number of organisations that received funding in 2020 despite Arts Council funding going up each year?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: Yes.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: The Arts Council budget is €130 million compared with An Foras Teanga's budget of €17.2 million. The amount spent on the main State organisation for the arts is seven times higher than the amount spent on the main State organisation for the Irish language. How does the Minister justify this?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: Will the Minister attend the Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community to answer questions on those Estimates that fall under the committee's remit?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: How does the Minister of State ensure equality in respect of the distribution of grants among the regions? I have spoken to many clubs in my county, Wexford. We would like to have a fair shot at the supports in the same way as the cities. How much of the allocated funding for sports in 2022 will go towards helping people with a disability to participate in sport?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: I ask about the situation with intellectual property and broadcasting. We provide considerable funding to indigenous companies. For instance, for an animation film which was recently made the intellectual property rights ended up with Netflix which benefited from all the money, whereas the indigenous companies would reinvest that and create jobs in our country.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and length of time of persons are waiting for a driving test in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12970/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (8 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the most up-to-date compulsory purchase order limits for local authorities to purchase vacant housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12969/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD units that are available in County Wexford; the number of places in each unit; the way that the waiting lists for places is managed; the number of children currently on the waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13029/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (8 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 379. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons and families who have been resident in direct provision centres in County Wexford from 2018 to date in tabular form. [12964/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (8 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the report on the HSE internal review of home support services in Wexford that was completed in November 2021. [12965/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (8 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 673. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the resources allocated for the review of home support services in Wexford that was decided at the South East Community Healthcare governance meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12966/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (8 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an ASD assessment in County Wexford; the average waiting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12967/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychology posts or whole-time equivalent posts that are allocated in County Wexford; the number of these posts that are vacant; the length of time that they have been vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12968/22]

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent Amnesty International Report: Statements (2 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: The report by Amnesty International is a scathing indictment of the policies of the state of Israel towards the Palestinian people. It is not an easy read. It sets out a catalogue of oppression, state discrimination and the widespread denial of basic human rights. It contains graphic detail on what it is like to live under apartheid, which is a series of criminal policies carefully...