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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (30 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance if the VRT enforcement officers follow the operational instructions contained in the Revenue Commissioners VRT enforcement manuals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35228/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (30 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 25 May 2021, if he will clarify the section or subsection of the Finance Act 2001 that grants the Revenue Commissioners the power under section 144(2) to impose a penalty, and the section or subsection of the Finance Act 2001 specifies the amount, limit, and or method for the calculation of such penalty; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 198. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to reduce the waiting lists for speech and language services, CAMHS, physiotherapy and occupational therapy in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the plans in place to address the vacancy rates for these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27074/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Functions (29 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role his Department has in the provision of public street lighting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34662/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travel Trade Sector (29 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extra supports being put in place to assist travel agents due to restrictions on international travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34563/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (29 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the request from Sligo Airport for financial support to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34663/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Covid restrictions support scheme will be extended to quarter 1 of 2022 for travel agents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34564/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if siblings of children with special needs that avail of school transport can also travel on the same bus to the same school provided that there is space available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34565/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (29 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 488. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed national maternity hospital will be in public ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26701/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Planning Issues (23 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will issue guidelines to An Bord Pleanála as a matter of urgency to have regard to the policy against the importation of fracked gas published on 18 May 2021. [33775/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (23 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 279. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to deal with orthodontic waiting lists in CHO1 given that current waiting lists are three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26080/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (23 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 280. To ask the Minister for Health the number on orthodontic waiting lists in CHO1 in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; the average time from assessment to treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26081/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 579. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their vaccination; the reason for the delay; the timeframe for vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25683/21]

Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (16 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: My first point is about convergence. It makes no sense that current payments are linked to production levels that obtained in 2000. That is illogical and unfair. There was a change in the previous CAP with 30% of Pillar 1 for greening. However, we pursued a deeply unfair policy whereby two farmers in the same county might be taking exactly the same actions under greening and one farmer...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Arts Centres (16 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive reply, from which it is clear that she is actively engaging with the Yeats Society Sligo, which I know, and that she and her Department are putting serious thought into this matter. It is always valuable to get a response from a Minister that shows that he or she is engaging rather than simply reading out a prepared speech. In many ways, the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Arts Centres (16 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, for taking this matter. In October last, she hosted a Zoom meeting to consider the matter of core funding for Yeats Society Sligo. At that meeting, attended by the director, Susan O'Keeffe, board members and all the local Deputies, it was clearly outlined to the Minister and her officials the urgent need for core operational funding to keep the...

Pyrite and Mica Redress Issues: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: I move amendment No. 1: (a)To insert the word “Sligo” after “in Donegal, Mayo and Clare”; (b)To insert the word “Sligo” after “homeowners in Clare”; and (c)To insert the word “Sligo” after “provide those affected by defective blocks in Donegal, Mayo, Clare,”.

Pyrite and Mica Redress Issues: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: I acknowledge those who travelled to Dublin today, mainly from Donegal and Mayo, to demand, rightly, 100% redress. None of us in the Chamber can imagine the horror of looking at the walls of our homes as they split, as gaps appear between the walls and the floor and as holes open up beside doors and windows. None of us can imagine that awful pain in the pit of our stomachs. I thank Sinn...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: Like the Taoiseach, I have met families whose lives have been destroyed by the scandal of mica and pyrite. We have all seen the gaping cracks in the side walls of houses and the holes appearing under windows and doors. We know that the level of financial distress and stigma is huge. I raised this issue with the Tánaiste nearly five weeks ago because Sligo County Council had written to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (15 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 465. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a timeline in place for the introduction of the pilot universal basic income for the arts and culture industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30983/21]