Results 1-20 of 48 for long speaker:Johnny Mythen

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

Johnny Mythen: ...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 converted to whatever is required. At the end of the...

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

Johnny Mythen: ...than not, the tragic circumstances of how their loved one or relative passed away. Although it brings truth and closure to their anguish and suffering, the time it takes for this to happen is far too long. The prevention of backlogs in pathology, autopsy and toxicology reports must be the top priority. Some families have been waiting for an inquest since 2019. Unfortunately, there is...

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: ...Ireland. I know several people who approached me about it. They were thrilled about it because it opens up all that creativity and allows people to create. What does the Minister envisage as the long-term plan for it? Will it be permanent?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Jan 2024)

Johnny Mythen: As the Taoiseach is aware, assessments for child and adult psychology services are taking far too long. This is causing major problems for the people involved and loading major stress on their families and siblings. For instance, there is no psychologist in Wexford General Hospital in my constituency, which means that people who are often in an immediate mental health crisis or who have...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: ...today's prices, that would not get one a decent shed. The housing adaptation grant for older people and people with disabilities was last reviewed in 2014. Will the Minister of State see to it that the long-overdue review is published, and will she consider raising the adaptation grants to match the current building prices? They are way below par and have become a financial barrier...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Johnny Mythen: With respect, I am not trying to be argumentative, but how many have been boarded? If we brought one of those boats into port for a week, its owners would not be long changing their tunes because of the cost involved. Let us be honest about this. The Minister mentioned quotas, but no one, not even the SFPA, knows what these boats’ quotas are.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023)

Johnny Mythen: ...on CAMHS published last week laid bare the facts about threadbare services, bad governance and neglect. Many factors came to the fore, including the deterioration of services, the appalling, long waiting lists and the failure to look after our young people who are in danger and need on-the-spot protection, intervention and care. We all have personal stories to tell, like the mother who...

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Johnny Mythen: Our healthcare service is broken and not fit for purpose. It has been broken for a long time. The provision of a fully functioning healthcare service that can look after people and its staff should be a duty of care and priority for any Government worth its salt. The Government has utterly failed in this measure. The Minister referred to the years 2021 and 2022. The Irish Nurses and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Dec 2022)

Johnny Mythen: ...However, it cost €1.6 million and due to staffing it is only operating as a one-pump station and must rely on other stations such as Enniscorthy, which is at least half an hour away. That is a long time to wait if a person has a serious house fire. What is the Government's position on improving the conditions and further recruitment of retained firefighters? At present they are...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Johnny Mythen: ...that Irish gamblers lost €1.36 billion in 2020, amounting to approximately €300 per adult on average, making the Irish the fourth highest gamblers in the EU. While the Bill is welcome, it is long overdue, considering that the previous gambling legislation dates from 1956 and 2013. The Bill's main provision is the establishment of the gambling regulatory authority of Ireland....

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Johnny Mythen: ...of live news, talk-based programming and current affairs. The viability of local radio stations is on the line. The Minister has it in her remit to accept this amendment, which would go a long way to protecting these community-based, community-driven and community-supported radio services.

Forestry: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Johnny Mythen: ...felling licences behind target by 18%. This situation must be tackled. Farmers who have been granted licences to plant are choosing not to do so simply because they do not want to go through the same long rigmarole of a process to be granted felling licences. I ask the Minister of State to provide for a set statutory period within which applicants are entitled to a decision on their...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Johnny Mythen: ...difficult circumstances. My office is constantly dealing with people in County Wexford who are in dire need of the supplementary welfare allowance and the additional needs payment but are waiting for far too long for their applications to be processed. This backlog also puts additional pressures on already exhausted social welfare officers. I ask the Minister to take these issues...

Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2022)

Johnny Mythen: ...comes as a lifeline, a time for respite when they can be reassured that their loved ones are getting the care they need in a safe and professional manner. I have spoken about the desperately long waiting lists for home support in County Wexford in this Chamber on many occasions. At the start of this year, there were 644 families waiting for new home support services and 227 waiting...

Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Oct 2022)

Johnny Mythen: ...." I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, for attending this debate. I hope we can all agree with the intention behind this Bill, which attempts to progress an issue on which work is long overdue. The aim of the Bill is to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 to provide a right for minors over the age of 16 to consent to mental health treatment and to provide for related matters....

Housing for All Update: Statements (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Johnny Mythen: ...in situscheme. Local authorities must be given the capital to buy the properties of existing tenants. Acquisitions must be increased. Such an approach offers solutions that are immediate and saves money in the long term because it does not require planning permission or new builds and reduces the carbon footprint. Finally, homelessness in my county has increased by 113%. We need a...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General: Financial Resolution (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: I commend the justice budget, which will go a long away towards protecting communities. I will speak generally on the budget itself. Much has been said about this budget during the last day or so. However, there are flaws in the analysis in tackling the cost of living and the rise in inflation. For example, the €12 increase in the State pension and welfare payments will not cover...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Sep 2022)

Johnny Mythen: 326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to include long-Covid as an occupational disease for front-line workers considering the European Union ACSH Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47058/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Johnny Mythen: ...466 are awaiting further therapy. The stress and strain this puts on these children, their families and therapists on the front line, who are doing their level best to make their way through these long lists, is unimaginable and unacceptable. Monitoring, prioritising and hoping for the best are not working. What are the Government's immediate plans to deal with this situation in County...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Jun 2022)

Johnny Mythen: ...psychology, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and physiotherapy? At present, with the dire shortage of services, particularly in my county of Wexford, as well as the cost of living and long waiting lists, family carers have to take on these professional roles, which is causing carers to be run down, deeply distressed and financially drained.