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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: I want to raise the issue of the complete downgrading of Sligo from the perspective of policing. Approximately 18 months ago, there was a complete U-turn on building a new Garda station. The OPW had purchased a new site and plans were drawn up to build this badly needed Garda station. Even though all that money was spent and promises were made, a complete U-turn saw the entire project...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Taoiseach for his response and for undertaking to speak to the Minister for Justice. It is the case that many of these decisions are operational. However, I have a letter from the Minister dated 16 February telling me that a review of the decision to build a new station in Sligo determined the project to be no longer justified. What does that mean? Back in 2017, more than 150...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason post-primary schools were directed to close for summer break on 28 May 2021 given the time already lost by students since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30007/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (3 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the sector to which the carbon credits gained as a result of the rewetting of bogs and management of peatlands will be attributed; when this decision will be made; the reasoning that will be used to reach this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30338/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: I apologise for having to leave after I speak as I am due to speak in the Chamber. I thank both our guests. I read their presentations and they are very comprehensive. I was a Member of the European Parliament for quite a number of years and am fairly familiar with the background to all of this. I am certainly not an expert but I am familiar with it. I am pro-trade, I voted for many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: Do the witnesses have any thoughts on the question on positive and negative listing?

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...

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...

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,”.

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]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 464. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason outdoor swimming classes are prohibited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30982/21]

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...

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...

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...

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]

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 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]