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Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank Deputy Ó Laoghaire and Sinn Féin for bringing forward this very timely and important motion. This reflects the real concerns of many families, certainly those who are in contact with me and from what I hear from my colleagues in the House in this debate. Throughout the country right now, many families are worrying about back-to-school costs and have been for many...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: 731. To ask the Minister for Health if Sligo is being assessed as a full primary percutaneous coronary intervention centre under the National Review of Cardiac Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35638/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: 732. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion and publication of the National Review of Cardiac Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35639/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: 886. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected timeline for a decision on an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35642/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: I was asked to be brief and I will try. I have three questions. Last week, as the Minister of State knows, we had representatives of the NCSE before us. I asked if its planning and analysis of the need for school places was robust enough so the Department and schools could plan ahead. I ask the Minister of State the same question. Given the legislation we will deal with this week, does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: I meant the teacher training courses themselves.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: What about childcare practitioners?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations today. I want to focus on the challenges that teachers and schools face in trying to provide quality inclusive education. I have read the witnesses' documents and I agree with many of their asks. Many of them are practical, day-to-day asks. They include issues like teachers having substitution to go to another special needs class. How are we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: I appreciate that. My question, which has been answered, was about the need for standardisation across the colleges.

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: The legislation before us has a number of positive aspects. Certainly, it is an improvement on what was originally proposed, which was pretty pathetic. However, like the homes affected by mica, pyrite and pyrrhotite, there are cracks in the overall structure of this legislation, and individuals and families will fall through those cracks. It is bad enough that it has happened once already...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: For the third time in two weeks, I raise with the Tánaiste and Minister for Health the closure of the cath lab in Sligo University Hospital. As the Minister will be aware, the lab is closing its doors today and we now have no service north of a line extending from Dublin to Galway. I wrote to the Minister almost two weeks ago asking for an emergency meeting with all four Deputies in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (30 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the progress to Committee Stage of the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35114/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update and definite timeline for the launch of the new Local Link bus service Coolaney to Sligo Town via Ballisodare, Ransboro and Maugheraboy which includes the S3 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34278/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 443. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will meet with delegates from Sligo County Council in relation to the possibility of establishing a passport office in Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34001/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding for a school (details supplied). [33601/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 814. To ask the Minister for Health if capital funding will be made available as a matter of urgency for the extension and upgrading of the renal dialysis unit at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34000/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 820. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for access to psychology services and CAMHS in County Sligo; and the plans that are in place to address these waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34017/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 825. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 850 of 10 February and 142 of 7 July 2021, the progress that has been made following the review in 2017 of the working group to discuss and review the 1993 boarding out regulations; the plans that are in place to change and update these regulations; the plans to change and update the financial arrangements with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 826. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the current shortfall of over 100 nurse specialists in neurology in the Irish healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34078/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 827. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists in the community in the Sligo area; if they are taking referrals for new patients at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34092/22]