John McGuinness
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Fianna Fáil · Carlow-Kilkenny · serving since 2024-11-29
- Vote recorded in 104 of 401 divisions in the archive
- 1,792 debate contributions
- 401 parliamentary questions asked
Record timeline
- constituency Carlow-Kilkenny 2024-11-29 to present
- party Fianna Fáil 2024-11-29 to present
- office Leas-Cheann Comhairle 2025-02-19 to present
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2025-07-15 · to Health
903. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if hip surgery will be arranged at WUH as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [38930/25]
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2025-07-15 · to Health
982. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the medical ulcer service at St. James’s Hospital, Dublin is still available to patients that have been treated there in the past; if she is aware of a funding issue relative to this service that has caused senior posts and other positions to remain vacant; the number of outpatients that availed of the service and if they have been referred elsewhere; and if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [39568/25]
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2025-07-15 · to Health
988. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a procedure to deal with a dislocated hip will be arranged at University Hospital Waterford will be expedited as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied) [39590/25]
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2025-07-15 · to Health
993. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be admitted to Beaumont Hospital to undergo back surgery, and if she will expedite the matter. [39618/25]
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2025-07-08 · to Education
421. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an application for emergency works relative to health and safety in the name of a school (details supplied) will be expedited and approved. [37598/25]
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2025-07-08 · to Social
580. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the State pension being paid to a person (details supplied) ceased without notification; if the payment will be reinstated; and if arrears will be paid. [37494/25]
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2025-07-08 · to Social
595. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for sickness benefits in the name of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37609/25]
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2025-07-08 · to Justice
651. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of candidates from the 2022/2023 recruitment campaign that are still waiting to be called for training in Templemore; if the candidates from the 2024 campaign have commenced training; if so, the number involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37603/25]
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2025-06-24 · to Finance
298. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance whether the recommendations contained in the report on the review of the fund sector, published last year, have been considered by him or the Government; if the several recommendations around changing the tax regime will be implemented; the cost to the exchequer of abolition of the 1% stamp duty, the reduction of the LAET from 41% to 33% and the abolition of the eight-year deemed disposal rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33715/25]
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2025-06-24 · to Social
559. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal against the decision to refuse disability allowance in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved given the applicant contends that her means were incorrectly assessed. [33601/25]
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2025-06-24 · to Social
560. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit in the name of a person (details supplied). [33603/25]
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2025-06-17 · to Social
554. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine the case of an illness benefit claim for a person (details supplied). [32024/25]
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2025-06-17 · to Children
688. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the action she is taking to provide full-time early learning and care services for children under six years of age in Carlow and Kilkenny; if she is aware that the Kilkenny childcare committee have confirmed that currently there are no available childcare places for families seeking full day care; if she will consider funding community childcare centres in a central location in Kilkenny city when buildings used currently for educational purposes are vacated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32008/25]
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2025-06-12 · to Education
324. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm that a new principal will be appointed to a school (details supplied), as the principal retired on the 15 May 2025; if concessionary posts have been lost to the school because of the amalgamation date of the 15 May 2025 being agreed; if the service records and holiday entitlements of each member of staff continues to be available to each staff member to avoid any error in the approval of leave and payments due; if it is the case that staff must apply individually for their service records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31337/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Climate
225. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the details of the tender documents issued in February 2023; the name of the entity that won the contract, and the cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29455/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Finance
413. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has purchased a property (details supplied); and if the purchase is complete. [30625/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Education
691. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has purchased a property (details supplied); and if the purchase is complete. [30624/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Housing
853. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the planning development charges imposed by county councils on successful applicants for one off houses will be suspended for a period to encourage the construction of homes and to reduce the costs involved; if a nominal flat once off charge will be considered; if an analysis of the impact of these charges will be undertaken to determine their effect on the decision of applicants to construct or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30534/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Housing
871. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the documents proposing the review of the 2019 wind energy and development guidelines and the outcomes of the analysis to date, with all relevant working papers, will be published; the cost to date in developing these guidelines; if the process is near completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30917/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Social
945. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a record of insurance contributions made by a person (details supplied); if these contributions qualify them for carer's benefit; and the benefits available to this client as a stay-at-home parent since 2018 and carer for their two children (15 and 12 years old) that are in receipt of domiciliary care allowance. [30224/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Social
952. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a fuel allowance application will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if the details of their outgoings and financial difficulties provided as part of their appeal will be considered. [30449/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Health
1548. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to previous Parliamentary Questions on this issue, the status of the HSE pension entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30117/25]
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2025-05-27 · to Social
418. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has provided, as requested, the record of contributions made by a person (details supplied); if she qualifies for credits as a homemaker; if she will qualify as an adult dependent on her husband's contributory pension in June 2025. [26808/25]
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2025-05-27 · to Health
584. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will ban the use of hexahydrocannabinol vapes in Ireland; if she will outline her plan to regulate or ban vapes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26759/25]
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2025-05-22 · to Public Expenditure
183. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if an unused Garda barracks that is a listed building will be disposed of to a local community group (details supplied). [26482/25]