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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Primary Care Centres (3 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister. The people in Tubbercurry and Ballymote will be very pleased with that. What is at issue here is the Gurteen health centre. They told me the HSE maintenance manager has been as helpful as he can. He has done everything he can but the problem is a severe one and it is just papering over the cracks. I know the Minister is really interested in women's health. Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: I thank the witnesses for their commitment and work to date. It has been very much part of what is happening and the whole framework. I thank them for their ongoing assistance, for example, to us with today's meeting. Deputy Howlin spoke of the sense of dread when the word "Brexit" was mentioned. I remember as a Member of the European Parliament watching it being played out there and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: Exports from here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: Can I ask one brief question? Ms Lynch said very clearly that we need a new agreement. Within the context of the Windsor Framework, is that possible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: Yes, I understand. I should have said that. Is that possible? How would that work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: Would it have no impact?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: It would, of course. However, will the Windsor Framework not create any barriers or challenges to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: There is a connection but not really. It is just that there is a grace period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 20. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the reopening of the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38825/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (3 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 36. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made not to fund additional hours for home care for service users in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal; if overtime hours of caregivers are being cut back; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38826/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 37. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will receive surgery (details supplied). [39354/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 163. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the progress made on the reopening of a hydrotherapy pool (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38685/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: I raise once again the issue of the reinstatement of the 9% VAT rate on the food part of the hospitality sector. I know a decision has been taken in the budget but the finance Bill can still be amended. I am asking the Government to consider this. My own experience in Sligo-Leitrim shows very clearly that small, indigenous Irish-owned cafés and restaurants, many with a local or unique...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: When I made my initial comments on the previous five budgets, I always made the point that it is not just how much money we spend that matters. How we spend it is crucial. The question always is whether it delivers value for money. I am not just saying that here tonight. Sometimes we get the impression that whoever is Minister is putting their hand in their own pocket and handing out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union-United Kingdom Trade: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: I welcome the witnesses. It is great to see them here. Those of us who live in the Border counties are aware of many of the challenges that businesses face because they speak to us daily. It is important for us to know that organisations like those represented here today are working in the background to support them. I have two questions. Ms Hearty mentioned the 11,000 businesses that...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (8 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the numbers of speech and language therapists employed in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal for the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39773/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (8 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 654. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next community support fund will open for applications; the costs this funding will support; if other funds due to open or are currently open for applications by community groups that will support running costs such as energy costs, rent, lease and insurance costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40092/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Recreation Policy (10 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 100. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if, given the current LEADER programme is worth €70 million less than the last programme, excluding the transition programme, there are plans to increase funding to the current LEADER programme. [40501/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Infrastructure (15 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to clarify his policy position ahead of a planning application decision by An Bord Pleanála, given his recent comments about the fact that a liquified natural gas, LNG, storage facility may no longer be needed as back-up in a natural energy crisis, and given that An Bord Pleanála's decision on a current...