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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 May 2023)

Marian Harkin: 319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the call by an organisation (details supplied) to introduce extra time for dyslexic students in Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24789/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (23 May 2023)

Marian Harkin: 650. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider, as a matter of priority, an increase in the weekly allowance paid to foster carers, which has not seen an increase since 2009, and before that, in 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24050/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (18 May 2023)

Marian Harkin: The Deputy is out of time.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 May 2023)

Marian Harkin: 101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the appeal process, if any, that is in place for farmers who unsuccessfully applied to local authorities to have lands zoned for residential or mixed use but is currently in agricultural use rezoned for agricultural use as part of their submission to the relevant local authority on the draft map published in November 2022;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (18 May 2023)

Marian Harkin: 157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on how Ireland intends to implement the EU Biodiversity Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18616/23]

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (17 May 2023)

Marian Harkin: I could not believe what was in front of me when I was reading this report. When you look at the statistics, you see the reason that 2022 was the deadliest year of the decade for women in Ireland with 12 deaths in the State, two in the North and one Irish woman in the UK. That means 15 women died violently last year. Five children also died in siblicide and domestic homicide. That reveals...

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Marian Harkin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: - 2022 was the worst year for overcrowding in Irish hospitals on record, with over 121,000 patients being left without a bed; - in 2022 University Hospital Limerick was the most overcrowded hospital in the country (18,028) followed by Cork University Hospital (12,439), University Hospital Galway (10,150), Sligo University Hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (17 May 2023)

Marian Harkin: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions that will be put in place following the introduction of E10 petrol to make E5 petrol available for use in small petrol engine equipment, i.e. chain saws, strimmers, pole saws and generators, which will be negatively affected by the use of E10 petrol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23329/23]

Other Questions (Resumed): School Transport (16 May 2023)

Marian Harkin: Perhaps the Minister will clarify in her final response but from what I have heard, she has said there will be no diminution and no removal of services that are currently in place for the next year. If that is the case, I am absolutely delighted. I could sit down and the Minister could get on to the next question. I will wait for her confirmation. Earlier I spoke about how this impacts...

Other Questions (Resumed): School Transport (16 May 2023)

Marian Harkin: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm the retention of a school transport route in Sligo for the 2023-24 school year (details supplied) [22530/23]

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.