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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: Earlier, I raised the issue of nursing homes closing. In his response, the Taoiseach mentioned the increase in home care. In that context, we see that care workers employed by private, not-for-profit companies are walking away from their employment because of low income, not having pay for their travel, not having sick pay and travel time not being counted in the number of hours worked....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: Yes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: We are facing a crisis in the nursing home sector because 16 private nursing homes have already closed this year and 450 beds are gone. Unfortunately, too many owners are at their wits' end in reassessing their current financial position. The escalation in the cost of energy and the cost of living is certainly a factor, but the underlying cause is the fact that the fair deal funding model is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I acknowledge what the Taoiseach said in that there are various initiatives in the pipeline but two nursing homes closed in County Roscommon and one closed in Athlone, County Westmeath last week. The lady was on RTÉ and the figures are public knowledge. She said that her nursing home received €950 per person per week but the local public nursing home received €1,915 per...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide statistics relating to the use of the seize and release VRT enforcement procedure to obtain roadside cash payment of compromise penalties for September 2022, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52452/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Assisted Decision-Making (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of agents acting on behalf of a person who cannot manage their own financial affairs within the Department; and if she will provide a breakdown of the number of agents categorised across social protection schemes in tabular form. [52386/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Assisted Decision-Making (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if current arrangements with regard to the appointment of agents acting on behalf of a person who cannot manage their own financial affairs will remain valid in view of the commencement of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 or if amendments will be necessary. [52387/22]

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: I thank the guests for their presentation. What we are talking about here is massive. Land use and land use change and, as Mr. Keane just said, it is not just the farms or the lands where it happens, but it is adjoining land as well. We can basically say we are looking at much of the country here. My questions arise from the countries that are objecting. What is our position? It is not...

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?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank our contributors. I missed some of the presentations at the beginning. From what I have heard, I am not sure if that is good or bad. I have heard enough in the meantime to have loads of questions and if they have already been asked, please ignore them. I will address the first question to Mr. O'Donoghue. At the meeting on 25 October the energy ministers will look at a number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I agree about people needing information, but who delivers the message is crucial. I have met too many people who feel the responsibility is being put almost exclusively on their shoulders as the Government is unable to take any meaningful short-term measures. Any message must be definite, "realisable" - that is the word Dr. Deane used earlier about the floating offshore energy terminals -...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank both of the witnesses. Everybody is saying the same thing. We attend many meetings but the clarity of their answers and the scope and breadth of their knowledge is coupled with the ability to share it in a way that I understand. I thank them for that. I have one or two brief questions. What is the possibility of small co-operative windfarms or even individual turbines perhaps...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: Regarding solar, are there any issues around the materials themselves, the supply of them, etc.? I asked another question about the wind. I am talking about individual homes. I have seen the odd small wind turbine around, although you would not even call them turbines. Do these have any potential for individuals? Are they cost reasonable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: What about the cost? Is the cost feasible for farming families, let us say?

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion, which contains a number of very sensible and doable proposals. I want to address some of the remarks from the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who has left us. He quite rightly informed us of the global and European situation which is worsening day to day as Russia not only sends drones to murder people in their homes, but also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (18 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of regularising the terms and conditions of adult education tutors employed by education and training boards; the timeline to address the outstanding commitments, recommendations, awards and claims within the terms of the quantum of the sectoral bargaining fund available for agreed sectoral bargaining units; if an agreed approach...

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Regulations (18 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 790. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken around the new medical device regulation, MDR, which came into effect on 26 May 2021 (details supplied); the specific actions which he is taking to address this urgent matter at both Irish and EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51757/22]

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I am pleased to see this legislation before the House because I worked on the directive for many years in the European Parliament, not just in its final stages when it was a draft document, in committee and in the Parliament itself, but in trying to ensure it got on the Statute Book in the first place. When I was first elected to the Parliament, Kathy Sinnott and I founded the carers...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: There is a severe shortage of radiation therapists in the HSE. I put down a number of written questions asking for a progress report but the only response I have got is that there is a review ongoing in the Workplace Relations Commission. Despite a real crisis in the sector, very little progress has been made in getting this review up and running. Approximately half of people with a cancer...