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John McGuinness — Fianna Fáil
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20 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked20 total
Health6 questions
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if funding will be expedited for the accommodation and care of a person (details supplied). [8830/20]
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to a previous parliamentary question relating to a person (details supplied) and response from the HSE of 25 November 2019, his views on the response; the steps he has taken to provide services and supports for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8831/20]
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if the full details of the person's pension and benefits will be released. [8832/20]
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 882 of 8 May 2019, if he will provide an up-to-date report on the services required by a person (details supplied); the progress made on the staffing issues outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9064/20]
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the funding required to restore the level of services that were in place prior to the cuts being applied over the past ten years at a service (details supplied) for the care of persons with an intellectual disability will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9065/20]
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in discharging a person (details supplied) to the person's home; if the requirements for the person to be cared for at home have to be agreed between the parent and the HSE; if the director of public health nursing in County Kilkenny has met with a person; if so, the outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9066/20]
Employment5 questions
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the position of assistant supervisor will be funded to manage the meals on wheels project operated by a community employment scheme (details supplied); if she will continue the arrangement authorised and entered into in 2002 when the first assistant supervisor was appointed to the project which continued up to February 2020 when the person retired; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE also provides funding for the initiative and without the assistant supervisor position being filled as a matter of urgency, the future of the project will come into question. [9063/20]
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered giving further relief to a greater number of women who stayed at home to raise their family at a time in their lives when they could have gone back to work; if the proposal has been examined in terms of the numbers who may qualify; and if so, the estimated cost. [9074/20]
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9417/20]
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when restrictions allow, if an oral hearing can be arranged for a person (details supplied). [9418/20]
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when restrictions allow, if an oral hearing can be arranged for a person (details supplied). [9419/20]
Education4 questions
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has assessed the need for two new mainstream classrooms, one special education teaching room, large-scale refurbishment of existing buildings and associated redevelopment of the grounds of a school (details supplied); the status of the two applications to have the works approved and funded; if his officials have engaged with the board of management of the school regarding the proposed building project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9062/20]
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students seeking a place in a secondary school in Kilkenny city for commencement in September 2020; if these students will be accommodated in Kilkenny city schools; his views on whether this is a growing issue; the action he plans to take to solve the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9071/20]
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available in special units of schools in Kilkenny city for the education and support of children with Down syndrome; if there are sufficient places available for 2021; and the position of a person (details supplied) awaiting a place at a school. [9072/20]
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a wage subsidy payment from his Department in view of the fact their income as a secondary school teacher doing 11 hours of resource teaching and 11 hours from casual substitution has ceased due to school closures. [9073/20]
Finance1 question
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance the amount of VRT and other tax liabilities collected on behalf of the Revenue Commissioners by NCT centres since a company (details supplied) was appointed to do so; when the tax collected by the company is transferred to the Revenue Commissioners; the amount outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9068/20]
Business1 question
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a business in receipt of the Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme is obliged to pay a full wage to an employee should the employee be absent from work for a day or more. [9067/20]
Communications1 question
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of megawatts of solar power that have been put onto the national grid in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the projection for 2020; the number of grid connection applications granted in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9061/20]
Transport1 question
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when HGV driver tests will be resumed; and if the Road Safety Authority has contracts with the ETBs to provide theory tests for those seeking a HGV licence. [9069/20]
Housing1 question
2020-06-03Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason for the delay in issuing approval to county councils for housing loans; and if the matter will be expedited. [9075/20]