Results 1-20 of 62 for going forward speaker:Marian Harkin

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: Twelve months means going through the Parliament and agreeing with the Council. There is an eight-week window to object from when the Commission comes forward with a proposal. Is that what matters here?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (6 Dec 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...to Parliamentary Question No. 801 of 8 November 2022, if extra Government funding for universities, such as University College Dublin, will be ringfenced to ensure lower student contribution fees going forward. [60931/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Work Supports (25 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...of the Youthreach calendar year with the second level schools' calendar would be a cost-saving measure to public expenditure as well as a contribution to the educational delivery of the service, going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18531/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Disability Matters
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: Earlier Mr. Cawley spoke about the fact that many videos have captions and auto text. The idea was put forward to have a disabled person on the team. This is a good idea. I suggest, in light of the web accessibility legislation, that this is a real business opportunity. Such a business could be established. An individual Deputy or a small company might not be in a position to employ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Autism
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: Earlier Mr. Cawley spoke about the fact that many videos have captions and auto text. The idea was put forward to have a disabled person on the team. This is a good idea. I suggest, in light of the web accessibility legislation, that this is a real business opportunity. Such a business could be established. An individual Deputy or a small company might not be in a position to employ...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: ...hear the Taoiseach state he recognises the imbalance but I am happy at another because it is there and glaring. The Taoiseach mentioned the technological university. By the end of the year Sligo, Letterkenny and GMIT will make their application. Two of the colleges are ready to go but there is an issue about the third. It is allowed that two out of the three would go forward and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (20 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: ..., certainly what I am asking, is for the Government's position and the Minister's position on convergence. Is the Minister looking at a minimum or a maximum of 75%? As he knows, the Council put forward 85% and that was rejected by the Parliament, so we may be looking at more than that. What is the Minister's position and the Government's position? I may be wrong but my view was that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (16 May 2024)

Marian Harkin: The Minister says the Government is committed to improving transport infrastructure in the north west. One of the projects he mentions is the N4. That was promised when I was chairperson of the Council for the West back in 1996. If we go back to the NDP in 2000, we see all of these projects promised in it. If we go back to the NDP for 2007 to 2013, all of these projects were also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...of programmes are concerned including EU programmes, would be well aware of the fact that consultation does not always mean that the issues raised are always brought on board. I am certainly not going to prejudge what is happening in this instance. I am more than happy to accept that the consultation has been meaningful and not necessarily just box ticking here and there, and that we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (7 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: ...to offer anything right now on top of the numbers that we have here. I talk to people on the street and so does the Minister. We are all aware of what the situation is. Whatever proposal the Government comes forward with, whether it is the 90-day proposal or some other proposal, we all know that after 90 days people will have nowhere to go. I quickly checked how many houses are...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (30 May 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...to this House and have their cases heard. They can participate in some of the discussions and they can listen and have questions answered. As a general comment, it is useful to say that this a good example of ordinary people being able to come to this House, not just through their politicians, but directly, to make their case for whatever their petition might be. I wish to make that...

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: We have had a good discussion here. I cannot speak for all the people behind me but having listened to the contributions from everybody here, there is not one person who would disagree if the national rail review or any Government came forward with a proposal. However, we can only deal with the current Government as it is the only one we have. If the Government were to fund this line, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: It is great to have our first public meeting. Many people are very interested in this subject and we have a huge responsibility on our shoulders. I look forward to working with everybody so that we can produce a comprehensive and, hopefully, action-oriented report. I welcome our colleagues from the NCSE. Mr. Kearney said he was fairly new to this job, so I wish him well. My first...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: I ask the Taoiseach, on International Women's Day, as it happens, for a commitment from this Government to bring forward legislation, and it needs to be emergency legislation, to ensure records and all relevant documents relating to Magdalen laundries and residents of those institutions are preserved and protected and that it would be a criminal offence to alter, destroy or dispose of any of...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Marian Harkin: I thank Deputy Pringle for bringing forward this motion. The principle on which this motion is based, which is increased fossil fuel divestment, is certainly one I fully support. While, unfortunately, the final document from COP28 falls far short of calling for the phasing out of fossil fuels, it does call for an irreversible and accelerated transition from fossil fuels. At a global level,...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Marian Harkin: ...grant aid to companies is around €10,000 and is higher if they are in retail or leisure. We need to be ambitious. We need to look at the real needs of SMEs because many business owners are looking around and wondering whether they are going to open up, given the mountain of debt that has been building up over recent weeks and months. They will look at that and ask, "When am I...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...gas was not capped early on and now we see how they are using that money. I ask about the joint procurement process across the EU. The Commission cannot do this but the Council can push it forward. Any go-alone strategy damages all of us. I raise the issue of a windfall tax. It is my understanding that this is being looked at as a one-off and it cannot be retrospective. I...

Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...public and voluntary or private nursing homes. It tells us that the average price for a fair deal-funded bed in public nursing homes is 55% higher than in voluntary or private nursing homes. It goes on to state that this puts many private, voluntary and not-for-profit providers under severe pressure. That is what the ESRI said in its 2024 report. That is what I am talking about. She...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2021)

Marian Harkin: ...or anaesthetic before an abortion procedure. It never occurred to me this might not be the case. I have spoken to many others and they have the same opinion as me. I am not sure what is going on here and I will come back to that issue in a moment. In some ways I wonder what I am doing making a request in the Dáil for a foetus about to be aborted to be treated humanely. I know the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Engagement with Mr. Barry Andrews, MEP (5 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: ...say that MEPs across the board are still interested. I thought that some of that interest might have diminished as other issues took hold. Is there any sense of frustration and of wanting to move forward or because of the particular set of circumstances, does Mr. Andrews get a sense that they are willing to stay with it not just for now but for as long as it takes? My second question...