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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Engagement with Mr. Barry Andrews, MEP (5 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: It was interesting to hear Mr. Andrews say that MEPs across the board are still interested. I thought that some of that interest might have diminished as other issues took hold. Is there any sense of frustration and of wanting to move forward or because of the particular set of circumstances, does Mr. Andrews get a sense that they are willing to stay with it not just for now but for as long...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Engagement with Mr. Barry Andrews, MEP (5 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: I will be brief. Mr. Andrews mentioned that the UK sometimes were difficult members. That is true but in the political day-to-day aspects of the European Parliament, EP, with very few exceptions I found that the UK MEPs were good colleagues. Maybe to some extent we had not just a shared language; we had shared levels of understanding. Barry mentioned the connection in financial services....

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: I am pleased to have the opportunity to say a few words on the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021. I was a member of the European Parliament when the Kyoto Protocol entered into force in 2005. Its objective was to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions from 2008 to 2012. Then, of course, its successor, the Doha Amendment, was in operation up to 2020. As a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes (6 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his explanation of what happened earlier. The Minister is aware of the Shass Mountain landslide at Drumkeeran. Approximately 55 ha of land was affected, with approximately 170,000 tonnes of peat on the land. It was an extensive landslide. Subsequent to the landslide, which was ten and a half months ago, the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, organised a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes (6 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: It is always positive to get a good response from a Minister. I am pleased that officials are contacting affected landowners to advise that force majeurewill apply in respect of the 2021 scheme. That is a positive outcome and many people will be happy to hear that this evening. However, I have spoken to a number of affected landowners in recent times and they had heard nothing but the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (6 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 203. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthodontic appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23440/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (11 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Sligo Airport will be reimbursed for mandated safety works carried out in 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24508/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (11 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider CHO1 as one of the pilot areas to be included in the extension of the pilot of the school Inclusion model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24536/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (11 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the publication of the evaluation report of the pilot of the school inclusion model undertaken in CHO7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24537/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal that can access substitute teachers specifically through one of the 115 substitute teacher supply panels; the percentage of schools that cannot access the substitute teacher supply panels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24829/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (12 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the number on waiting lists for access to CAMHS in each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; the waiting times involved to access these appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24830/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: Sligo County Council has written to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, stating that several hundred homes, mainly in rural Sligo, are affected by pyrite. As the Tánaiste knows, this has a catastrophic effect on the stability of homes. Sligo County Council has asked that Sligo be included in the defective concrete blocks grant scheme, which...

Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: Before and after Christmas, I was contacted by many students, in particular, from the Irish Secondary-Level Students' Union. They were concerned about the plans or lack of plans for the leaving certificate at that point. As a former teacher and a parent, I could fully appreciate their panic because of the ongoing uncertainty. At that time, before any decisions were taken, I suggested a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to ensure delivery of the July provision for 2021. [24286/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps school principals should take in cases in which there are no substitute teachers available through a school’s own panel of regular substitutes or sub seeker facility given many schools cannot avail of the substitute teacher supply panel due to the fact they are not included on the panel and in cases in which no non-mainstream...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 440. To ask the Minister for Health when pharmacists will be utilised as vaccinators as part of the national vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25305/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (18 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 183. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a regulatory body is in place to ensure the enforcement of the late payments directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26481/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (18 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process in place to recoup payments made in error by SUSI; if there is flexibility in regard to the timeframe for appealing decisions in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26480/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Ceremonies (18 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 659. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next citizenship ceremony statutory declaration process will take place; if a person (details supplied) will be granted citizenship during that process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26090/21]

Water and Wastewater Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Acting Chairman and wish her good luck in her new role. As a Member of the European Parliament, I received a constant stream of complaints from all over 15 counties about a totally inadequate system of water and wastewater provision. Ireland was dragged kicking and screaming to the European Court of Justice and heavily fined for basically allowing its own people to be poisoned....