Results 821-840 of 2,717 for speaker:Marian Harkin
- Other Questions (Resumed): School Transport (16 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: I ask the Minister to confirm the retention of a school transport route in Sligo from McCann's cross, which is halfway between Coolaney and Tubbercurry, stopping at Lavagh church and on to St. Attracta's Community School in Tubbercurry. There is a second bus on the route, which is a new service that started last November. There is real anxiety and uncertainty among parents and students and...
- Other Questions (Resumed): School Transport (16 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: I have heard what the Minister has said and acknowledge the progress that has been made but I am none the wiser in terms of the answer to my specific question. Parents were very grateful that a second bus was provided last year. It is a 50-seater bus and is almost always full, which indicates that there is a huge need. However, word has filtered through that the second bus may not continue...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: A few weeks ago, the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, visited Sligo and indicated to council officials that no funding will be available for the Knock to Collooney N17 road scheme for the foreseeable future. This means the effective abandonment by the Government for this upgrade because “not in the foreseeable future” means more than 20 years away and less than 100....
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing a Level 2 Leaving Certificate cycle for the 2023/2024 school year for students currently undertaking a Level 2 Junior Certificate Programme (details supplied). [22529/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (16 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied) and reconsider a decision to withdraw recognition and funding from this organisation. [22532/23]
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: The Minister of State quoted many figures. One was the €443 million to cut waiting lists by 10%, yet since the beginning of the year, as I said a few minutes ago, waiting lists have increased by 3% in the Saolta region. Some 3,400 people have been added to the main hospital waiting lists in the region since the start of the year because the shortage of beds is so severe that severely...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: Do we get extra time here or do we just keep going? Just over six months ago 50 consultants from Sligo University Hospital, wrote to the Minister for Health to highlight the severe pressure being experienced at Sligo University Hospital. Just one sentence from that letter basically says it all. It sates, "We have never seen the demand on our services so high nor the morale of our staff...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: I recently attended an agricultural meeting to discuss the draft EU nature restoration plan, which proposes the restoration and rewetting of approximately 700,000 acres of drained peatlands. Even if we restore all the available Bord na Móna and Coillte lands, we are still looking at approximately 500,000 acres to be restored and rewetted by 2050. This is enormous. It is the biggest...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Unified Patent Court (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: We move back to Question No. 66.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: We are back to Deputy O'Reilly again.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: The Deputy is earning her salary today.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: This is Deputy O'Reilly's question.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: I am just dealing with the people in the Chamber who have questions.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: We are now back to Carlow.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Disputes (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: I thank the Deputy for stepping into the breach. We now move back to question No. 60.
- Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion about escalating food costs and out-of-control grocery bills. When we spoke about Europe Day, many Deputies said most people would not even know it was Europe Day whereas everybody knows what we are talking about here this evening because food inflation affects every single family. However, it has a disproportionately negative effect...
- Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: The next slot is for the Labour Party. Deputy Howlin has six and a half minutes.
- Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: I thank the Deputy. We will move to a Government slot. Deputy Haughey has 11 and a half minutes.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (9 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: 482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a timeframe for implementation of the legislation banning 18 m vessels within the six-nautical-mile zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21266/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (9 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: 713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra inpatient beds allocated to each hospital nationally for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21851/23]