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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (11 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: 558.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on an appeal for family reunification visa for a minor (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25332/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: 804.To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to the case of a person (details supplied), he will provide clarity and transparency around the procedures used for the allocation of beds in the cancer care centre at UCHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25220/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: 805.To ask the Minister for Health the measures he proposes to urgently remediate the systemic problem at UCHG to fulfil its mandate to operate as a Centre of Excellence (details supplied). [25221/24]

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion, which builds on many motions, including my own Private Members’ motion on the need to eliminate the means test for the carer’s allowance. This motion is timely because we are coming up to budget 2025. As I have often said, the means test is commonly known as the “mean test”. From speaking and listening to carers...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: I welcome the motion by the Rural Independents because it seeks to address in a practical way some of the challenges faced by tourism and hospitality businesses across the country. I especially welcome the key proposal on reducing VAT rates for the sector to 9%. This is an immediate and practical step that can be taken that would lead to an immediate impact on the viability of so many...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (18 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: 43. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the decision to finance an assessment of need waiting list initiative and the process on how parents can access the scheme. [26078/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (18 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: 91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on an application for a warmer home scheme upgrade by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26206/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (18 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify a matter in relation to the junior cycle schoolbook scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25925/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (18 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: 217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if carers contributions/credits can be combined with paid contributions from employment in order that a person can qualify for the State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26005/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: 234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application for citizenship a person (details supplied) which was submitted in July; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25906/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (18 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: 337. To ask the Minister for Health for an update/timeline on the re-opening of day hospital services at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25966/24]

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: Today we discuss if Ireland should opt into the EU migration pact. The pact itself contains extremely detailed requirements from all member states within its legislative proposals and it specifies how the entire system would operate across the EU. These are very detailed documents and yet we have not discussed in the detail necessary the requirements and obligations on Ireland if we opt...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the proposed new Local Link bus route from Ballyshannon, County Donegal, via Ballintrillick, County Sligo to Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26360/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (20 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: 152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person on carer’s allowance cannot undertake a full-time online course, given they will be undertaking the course at home and will be on hand for all caring duties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26559/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (20 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: 197. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an institution (details supplied) was not included in the mother and baby homes redress scheme; if he will consider the inclusion of the institution in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26614/24]

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes: — that our pupil teacher ratio is 22.8 pupils per class size, whereas the European Union average is 20 pupils per class; — that there is chronic underfunding in Government expenditure per student in our primary schools, which is equivalent to 13 per cent per capita Gross Domestic Product, while the Organisation for economic...

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: Do we have a copy of the Minister's speech?

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: The Minister told us she recognises the challenges facing schools in regard to funding. There is only one way to deal with that, which is to increase the levels of funding. Unless we say principals and teachers are making up the figures they presented to us - I do not believe they are - as I said, it is essential that a very significant increase in funding is delivered in the next budget. ...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle I want to pay tribute to a favourite son of Sligo, Tommie Gorman, who has left us way too soon. Tommie was a highly respected and trusted journalist for whom context, accuracy and outcomes mattered just as much as the story itself. We also saw Tommie as a real person. Many people felt they walked alongside him on his personal cancer journey and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the cut in funding to schools providing the summer programme; if she will reverse this decision as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26993/24]