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Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: I want to recognise, insofar as any person not directly affected by war can recognise, the horror and the pain of the loss of family, of friends and of a home; it is your life literally disappearing in front of your very eyes. It is important to say that is the context in which we speak. The challenge facing Ukraine, Europe and Ireland is unprecedented, and that is the right word to use....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: I raise the urgent need to regularise the contracts of adult education tutors employed by education and training boards, ETBs, and the establishment of a salary scale that accounts for their years of service. The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, is in the Chamber. He will know I have raised the matter with him and submitted...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. He mentioned the 3,300 tutors employed in ETBs. Approximately 2,500 work full time. I know that the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform uses the 3,300 figure when it talks about the costs but the other 800 tutors are on two four-hour contracts. That is a small point. The Tánaiste is right that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: Once again, I raise the issue with the Taoiseach of more and more private and voluntary nursing homes closing - 18 last year, two this year already - because they are no longer viable. Before the current cost-of-living increases, it was recognised that fair deal scheme payments to nursing homes were inadequate. There was an 8% increase in inflation last year and 7% is forecast this year....

Energy Costs and Windfall Taxes: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Social Democrats for bringing forward this very important motion, which allows all of us here on the Opposition benches to call for the immediate introduction of a windfall tax on energy companies and to ring-fence that tax for households, many of whom are struggling to pay exorbitant energy bills, for the many who are living in fear of their next bill, and for businesses,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: 172. To ask the Minister for Health to release the number of cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the drugs payment scheme for the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [7564/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: 171. To ask the Minister for Health what is the process in writing by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain the drug cariban (details supplied). [7563/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: 173. To ask the Minister for Health for a timeline as to when the lymphoedema service will recommence at Sligo University Hospital. [7566/23]

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: I want to thank Sinn Féin for the motion we have before us this evening and I note we also have an amendment from the Government. The Government's amendment lists all of the supports, both once-off and permanent, that it has put in place, and some of those are significant. I know some people who consider that the supports they have been provided with are a type of safety net. While...

Nursing Home Charges and Disability Allowance Payments: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: It must be difficult for the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, to sit here and defend a policy strategy that at the time made every effort to take away or minimise the eligibility of people for the nursing home subvention scheme. Those people, and some with disabilities, were denied their rights. That is what we are talking about. We have all heard about the Ombudsman's report and we...

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: The Sinn Féin motion to reintroduce mortgage interest relief is worthy of serious consideration. I say that for many reasons but, in my short time, I will address two that stand out. First, the proposal is made in the context of inflation levels of more than 7.7%, allied with very significant price increases for many daily essentials such as food, home heating oil, petrol, diesel, etc....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Fiftieth Anniversary of Ireland’s Accession to the European Community: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: I thank the witnesses. I apologise for being late as I was doing local radio at 10.30 a.m. For anybody who has been in the European Parliament, we know that is the meat and potatoes to make sure people have some concept of what is happening at European level. I have one or two comments to be followed by one or two questions. Like Mr. Montgomery I am also one of Mr. Connelly's family and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (8 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: 171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to appoint a cultural officer to the Embassy of Ireland in Paris. [5732/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Aviation Industry (8 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: 179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the requirement placed by certain airlines on Irish citizens to hold a valid Irish passport for travel infringes on the rights of Irish citizens in the Common Travel Area (details supplied). [6017/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (8 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to include home economics as a subject in the post-primary upskilling initiative (details supplied). [6001/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: 315. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to Sligo-Leitrim roads policing unit as of 30 June 2021 and 10 January 2023, in tabular form. [5731/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: 372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dementia day care centres currently opened in CHO1. [5733/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Schemes (2 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister of State. There is still a lot of goodwill out there and it is crucial that we harness it. The people best placed to harness it are the Government in the decisions it makes and local Deputies and politicians in trying to support communities. We have to make sure it happens and it is real in order that when people get up tomorrow and the day after they can see it is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Schemes (2 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister of State for coming in to take this matter. I wish to discuss with him the need for some type of support schemes or compensation measures to assist businesses and individuals dependant on seasonal tourism, in particular, where there is a very substantial reduction in available tourism accommodation, due to the fact that hotels and other accommodation providers are now...

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Marian Harkin: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Uachtarán go dtí an Teach. As a former MEP, I remember her when she was also an MEP, in particular in her role as vice chair of the petitions committee, where many petitioners from across Europe, including Ireland, came to make their case. I remember her humane approach and consideration, which was appreciated. However, we did not always agree...