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Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I commend Deputy Ó Broin and the rest of my party on allowing me the parliamentary time to debate this important motion on affordable housing. We know the cost-rental and affordable purchase targets were missed by 60% last year. In fact, no affordable homes were built in my home county of Wexford. Time and again, we have seen young people's hopes dashed against the backdrop of...

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

Johnny Mythen: As the Minister will be very much aware, people are battling with the cost of living, inflation, higher mortgage rates, higher rents and higher energy costs, while fuel prices have risen by 30% in the past three years. That is not including the further charges the Government will introduce. Tomorrow the Government will increase the price of fuel for households. It will do so again in less...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Johnny Mythen: ..., there is an average of nine to 14 neurologists per 100,000 people. In Ireland, there is an average of just 1.3 neurologists per 100,000. We have a serious problem. The World Health Organization has stated that one in three of us will develop a neurological condition in our lifetimes. Will the Minister of State support a neurological unit at Wexford General Hospital, given that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Johnny Mythen: ...Ms Meaney, Mr. Blake and Mr. Cahill for coming here today. Most of the questions have been asked. We know the importance of the prediction of animals during transport. I understand as well that these are only proposals. I presume it will be a long haul to get the whole lot through. I presume it will not even be this year. I welcome the five-year period for the transport to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Johnny Mythen: ...As I said, energy security and food security are the most important and, as we have said before as regards the fishing industry, fish is a superfood. We are an island. It is so important for us. At the moment, 2.4 million calves are born in Ireland every year, and 370,000 of those are exported. That is a serious industry that we have to protect, no matter what happens. As the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte CGA: Chairperson Designate (17 Apr 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I wish Ms Jupp all the best. She has a daunting task. There is a lot of difficulty in forestry at present. Coillte has 4,450 sq. km of land, which is probably 50% of the land in the country. It is a serious investment for our country and for the benefit of our country. The most important issue at the moment is housing, as Ms Jupp is aware. We will require an awful lot of timber to...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I thank Deputy Cullinane and the Sinn Féin team for tabling the motion, which is about a life-and-death issue. I can safely say there is no one in this Chamber, or outside it, who does not have a relative or friend, or who does not know someone, who has either survived cancer or died because of it. Ireland ranks 13th out of 27 countries in terms of cancer survival. In fact, Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia: Chairperson Designate (10 Apr 2024)

Johnny Mythen: ...and they said the whole system is extremely cumbersome. It can take eight or ten hours to do the paperwork. For example, there was €8 headage for sheep and there were 240 extra questions on that particular issue. One of the questions concerned if the applicant's neighbour was grazing in the field beside his or her field and the applicant could not graze cattle until the next day....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia: Chairperson Designate (10 Apr 2024)

Johnny Mythen: Has Bord Bia done any research into which platform space is likely to be the most productive for the Irish industries when, as Mr. Murrin said, Bord Bia uses this when showcasing at trade shows and such?

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I thank Deputy Cullinane, our spokesperson for health, for bringing forward this motion. The bottom line is that local health services are under severe strain and the situation is getting worse. People in my own constituency in Wexford, and particularly in rural areas of the county, are waiting for up to four weeks to get an appointment to see their doctor. That statement alone is...

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Johnny Mythen: ..., particularly Deputy Tully for the personal work she has contributed towards it. The Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026 is welcome. However, there is not a mention in the plan of ratifying the most important element of the UNCRPD, which is the protocol on the right for the individual to make a complaint to the United Nations. A report undertaken by the Vincentian...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Johnny Mythen: It does not state that. That is what I am talking about - at the same time.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht (Atógáil) - Questions on Policy or Legislation (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Johnny Mythen: ...a recent parliamentary question, I asked about the setting up of a promised new CAMHS team in County Wexford. I refer to the answer I received in the context of Deputy Ward's Bill to put the regulation of CAMHS on a statutory footing, which we will be voting on this legislation tonight. The reply to the parliamentary question stated that the recruitment for the third CAMHS team in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (27 Feb 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update regarding increased increments for existing retired staff at CIÉ, noting that they have not received any increase since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9130/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I thank the witnesses for coming in. We are taking on board their views and we will definitely have some amendments to the Bill itself. The witnesses' consideration is the makeup of the board will be very important. They want a farmer representative on the board and that board members are not former employees of organisations of involved. I understand the chairmen's position about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I hear what Dr. McGoff is saying but we must balance humanity and nature and something has to give. If we are saying nitrogen is as bad as the witnesses are saying it is and if they are saying it must be reduced even more than it is already being reduced by in high catchment areas, what do we do? We see what is happening to farmers across all of Europe, and the nature restoration law is...

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Johnny Mythen: ...Byrne family from County Wexford. This motion has come about due to the failure of the Government to fulfil its promise to the children who suffer from spina bifida and scoliosis. The promise was that no child would have to wait more than four months for surgery. The Minister has said the State has failed the children affected by spina bifida and scoliosis. The recent exposure of...

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (8 Feb 2024)

Johnny Mythen: ...the Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2024 and support its intention to supply extra coroners to the Dublin district and to provide temporary coroners to other districts when and where the need arises. As stated, this legislation was introduced as an instrument to create a legal avenue to allow the assignment and appointment of temporary coroners to the Dublin district during the Covid-19...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Johnny Mythen: Are criteria for it set in stone? Is there flexibility? It was confusing at the start.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I thank the Minister of State. The sports capital equipment grant is excellent. I met the Minister of State two weeks ago when we were down at the opening of the GAA centre of excellence in Ferns, which is a fantastic project and piece of work. As the Minister of State said, the people I met there were literally worn out with getting everything together for the capital grant and everything...