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Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: I thought I had three minutes.

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: That is fine.

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Employment Rights (21 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 23. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the position of non-essential workers travelling from a number of different counties, including across the Border who wish to work from home but whose employers are refusing; the protections in place for such employees whose employer is insisting on employees working in their workplace or they may face being laid off; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Treatment Services (21 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 243. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to support the delivery of community action on alcohol from the additional funding announced in Budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31927/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: Two days ago, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, published its first medium-term forecast since the onset of the coronavirus in which it states that the pandemic will leave significant scars on the global economy and that in the short-term countries able to borrow, such as Ireland, should borrow as much as needed to protect the public from the impact of the virus and limit the extent of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (15 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 5. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the measures he will take to ensure the viability of businesses and SMEs in the regions post-Brexit that will deliver a fair distribution of investment in jobs in the regions. [30478/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (15 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: I ask about the measures the Minister of State will take to ensure the viability of businesses and SMEs, particularly in the Border region post-Brexit, and to ensure there is a fair distribution of investment in the region.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (15 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister for his response. He said clearly there is a balance of development across the regions but does that explain why the European Commission has downgraded the Border and the northern and western area from a more developed to a transition region? That happened because the growth is not there, including in jobs. For example, the growth in high-value jobs in the north and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (15 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: It is better to look to the future than the past. In that context, because we will now be a transition region, we have an opportunity for European structural and investment funds. That means there can be a better co-financing rate. Will this Government ensure the highest possible co-financing rate of 60% vis-à-vis40% elsewhere? Will it look at integrated territorial investment? That...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Brexit Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 67. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the measures he plans to introduce or that are in place to support the sectors most exposed by Brexit and workers in those sectors. [30479/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with all parties representing school secretaries in order to find a resolution to the issue of equal pay for equal work. [30225/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protections in place for teachers, in particular those with underlying medical conditions, in the case of a positive Covid-19 test in their schools; and the protocols for schools to notify staff, parents and students in cases in which there is a positive test in a school. [30224/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the fee that will be payable in the case of person who objects to a forestry licence application; if no decision has been made on the fee, the date on which this decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30481/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: In any budget, the relevant Ministers make decisions as to how they and their Government will spend the taxes that each and every one of us will pay over the next 12 months. They will also decide how much to borrow to fund their policies and programmes, again safe in the knowledge that it will be the taxpayer or their descendants who will, in time, foot the bill. It is important to say that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are provisions in legislation for a second extension of duration for a planning application due to expire in December 2020 that has become necessary as a result of the Covid-19 restrictions since March 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30162/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if former public servants who are not in receipt of a contributory State pension qualify for the living alone allowance and fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30160/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services Provision (13 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if financial supports are available for wheelchair users who have a free travel card but that cannot use public transport to attend medical appointments due to their disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30161/20]

Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Dara Céim - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (8 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: I hope the Chair does not mind me addressing him, but when he was speaking earlier, I wondered whether he had ever been one of the daltaí dána about whom he spoke.

Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Dara Céim - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (8 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute on the Bill. My one regret is that I am unable to use our first language. I envy those who can. Nonetheless, it does not in any way diminish my firm belief that strong measures need to be taken to facilitate greater use of and familiarity with our language and to guarantee our citizens that they can use the medium of Irish when availing of...

Pre-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: The next European Council meeting will concentrate on EU climate and digital goals and of course on Brexit. On climate goals, the EU has committed to an emissions reduction target of 55% by 2030 in order to be carbon neutral by 2050. Does the new climate Bill to be launched today fully integrate those targets into its actions? There will be a €600 billion fund in the next EU budget...