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National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: My question is about Sligo and Leitrim. While I am on my feet, the Minister might answer both together. I looked at the figures for Donegal. We are looking at 80% of homes in Donegal not being connected until 2024 or 2026. To revise, 90% of homes in Leitrim will not be connected until 2025 or 2026, 60% of homes in Sligo will not be connected until 2025 or 2026, while the figure for...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: Figures do not lie.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: Out of 14,000. That is what they are looking for. Leitrim County Council has given a figure of 90% and I will not query its figures. The figure for Donegal came from the Minister, Deputy Ryan. Let us not quibble about figures. I am happy to stand over them. That is not a balance in development. It just is not.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: The Minister of State cannot say that unless he can prove my details wrong. If he can, I ask him to come back to me.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: He said I was getting mixed up. Same thing.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: It is 5% here and 5% there, but 90%-----

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: If the Minister of State is telling me I am getting mixed up, he had better be able to back it up.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: Last week, during Questions on Promised Legislation, I emphasised to the Tánaiste the need to ensure that Sligo Airport in Strandhill is included in the new tender as one of the bases for search and rescue services. At that time, the pretender notification stated a minimum of three bases. In his response he said: "I can say what we expect to be the outcome." He also said that the...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: I have two questions for the Minister of State. The first relates to the TRIPS waiver on vaccines and the second relates to COVAX. Have we pushed for a TRIPS waiver within the European Council and the other bodies in which we operate? If we have, what are the blockages? Rather than saying to the Minister of State that we are wrong for doing this, that or whatever, my question is how we...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: My time is limited so I will mention just two brief points. First, I want to strongly voice my support and call for intensive and sustained dialogue between the EU and Russia, NATO and Russia, and the US and Russia in an effort to de-escalate the current situation which is a real and present threat to peace in Europe. At every opportunity, especially at the UN Security Council, we must make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister. I listened to the Minister's reply to Deputy Richmond on the learning from the previous programme. Having listened to the Minister's contribution this morning it was clear that one of those learnings was the need to simplify not just the applications but also the process and the ongoing auditing process etc. I judged from the Minister's comments that one of the main...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: No. I accept what the Minister is saying and that we must wait to see the detail. I accept the Minister's bona fides that there has been a very extensive consultation, and I am aware of some of that. Those of us who have been around a while, and especially where all kinds of programmes are concerned including EU programmes, would be well aware of the fact that consultation does not always...

Leaving Certificate: Motion (25 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion, which allows us to discuss and debate an extremely important issue, which is the format of the 2022 leaving certificate examination. As a former maths teacher at Mercy College Sligo, and as somebody who corrected State exams for more than 15 years, I am not an expert but I do have some insight. We are having this debate for very valid...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: Tonight the House is saying for the third time that the new national maternity hospital must be fully owned and controlled by the State and that it rejects any agreement with St. Vincent's Healthcare Group, St. Vincent's Holdings or the Religious Sisters of Charity, RSC, which does not achieve such State ownership and control of the facility. Deputy Joan Collins has said the Government will...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: How often, in recent times, have we heard the phrase "Do not let the perfect become the enemy of the good"? In many ways, I believe that this applies to the legislation we are discussing today. Much of what is in this legislation is good, and in that context I commend the Minister on bringing forward the legislation. I listened carefully to the Minister's contribution yesterday. One of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: A pre-qualification tender for the provision of the Irish Coast Guard aviation service was published before Christmas. It specifies at least three bases nationally. Currently, there are four - Sligo, Shannon, Waterford and Dublin. It is absolutely essential the R118 emergency service continues to operate from Sligo Airport. For the past two years, on the basis of call-outs, Sligo has been...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: 94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the potential funding streams or supports that are available to Sligo County Council and a group (details supplied) in view of the findings of a top level feasibility study which envisages Sligo Gaol as a flagship tourism and heritage attraction bringing in 55,000 visitors annually, in realising the potential of this valuable...

Gender-based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: I am more than pleased to have the opportunity to support fully and speak on this Sinn Féin motion on gender-based violence. Like Deputy Connolly, I want to continue on from my earlier intervention today. In one of my first speeches in the House when Covid hit, I lobbied the then Minister for Social Protection, former Deputy Regina Doherty, and the then Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, to...

Violence Against Women: Statements (19 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: Thousands of words have been written and millions have been spoken, as we all try to grapple with the cruel and shocking murder of Ashling Murphy. I want to extend my most sincere sympathy to her family, partner, friends and the wider community in Tullamore. Over the last few days, many women have huddled and spoken quietly to family and friends. Many have walked silently, carrying...