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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Marian Harkin: 2534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider holding a stakeholder engagement meeting in which public health officials will take questions and brief older persons and their representative groups on the current Covid-19 situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38004/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Marian Harkin: 2535. To ask the Minister for Health the most up to date information on the level of protection provided against the delta variant by the different vaccines used in Ireland; and if he will provide this information for the different age cohorts. [38005/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Marian Harkin: 2628. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to roll out vaccination to the 12 to 15-year old age cohort following the recent approval by the EMA of a vaccine (details supplied) for use in this cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38441/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Marian Harkin: 2629. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to roll out vaccination to the 12 to 15-year old age cohort following the recent approval by the EMA of a vaccine (details supplied) for use for those in this cohort with underlying conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38442/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Marian Harkin: 3018. To ask the Minister for Health the specific section of which specific legislation in which it was provided that Ireland should conduct a free Covid-19 vaccination programme to every adult and child in Ireland and thereby authorise payment from State funds to purchase such medical treatments for the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40000/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (27 Jul 2021)

Marian Harkin: 3083. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the daily transport charge being charged to service users attending HSE day services in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the reason service users cannot use their free travel passes on this service; if this charge is levied throughout all other CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40219/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (27 Jul 2021)

Marian Harkin: 3084. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which Sars-Cov-2 tests have returned positive results given it has been stated that it is virtually impossible to detect Sars-Cov-2 when the cycle threshold is >34 in view of the fact that the stated cycle threshold used since March 2020 is 40 or between 40 and 45 cycles as confirmed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Marian Harkin: I must be brief in the 90 seconds available to me. As an MEP, I said I was proud that Ireland was represented by the Minister, Deputy Coveney, on Brexit, the Northern Ireland protocol and ensuring there would be no hard border on the island of Ireland. I stand by those words. Nonetheless, tonight is a different context. Many mistakes were made and they all arose from the premise that a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (15 Sep 2021)

Marian Harkin: I am pleased to raise the hugely important issue of early years childcare services and the need to provide adequate funding in the next budget to ensure sustainable and accessible childcare services for 2022 at least. I do not say it lightly but there is a crisis in the sector. Early years educators are expected to work for approximately €12 per hour. That is untenable. Is it any...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (15 Sep 2021)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister for his response. I can hear that he has a real commitment to the childcare sector. He spoke about the expert group recommendations that are due in November. Those recommendations are important but they will be too late for many in the sector. The Minister must know that. There has to be an extra investment in the sector. I am saying that €150 million is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2021)

Marian Harkin: 115. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will call on the European Union to support a temporary TRIPS waiver on Covid-19 vaccines, medicines and diagnostics at the upcoming WTO meeting. [43648/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Sep 2021)

Marian Harkin: 746. To ask the Minister for Health if supports will be put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44069/21]

Adoption (Information) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Sep 2021)

Marian Harkin: Since 1953, 4,682 adoption orders have been made in Ireland. It is heartbreaking to think of all of those adopted people, of all ages, who have been denied access to their birth information and of the frustration, anger and emptiness they feel at being left on the outside. Most of us think nothing of getting our birth certificates to access other documents. That is how it should be for all...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services (16 Sep 2021)

Marian Harkin: 284. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are being put in place to assist those patients who are affected by the many long-term effects of Covid-19; if he will ensure access to health services for all those suffering with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44285/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services (16 Sep 2021)

Marian Harkin: 285. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for the establishment of multidisciplinary post-Covid-19 clinics around the country; if so, if they will be accessible to all, including occupational therapists, physiotherapists, nutritionists and counsellors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44286/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Developments at European Union Level: Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni (20 Sep 2021)

Marian Harkin: Unfortunately, I am not on campus.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Marian Harkin: I have four times raised the issue of funding for completed safety and compliance works that were mandated by the Irish Aviation Authority, IAA, at Sligo Airport. I emphasise again that the busiest Coast Guard service in the country operates out of Sligo Airport. Yet, for the past ten years, Sligo Airport has not received a single euro of public money. While it has no commercial flights,...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (20 per cent Provision of Social and Affordable Housing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Sep 2021)

Marian Harkin: The Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, in defending the Government position spoke of expectation of a 10% Part V contribution and the need to be fair and proportionate. The whole idea of legitimate expectation is not legitimate, especially when it comes to the Government bringing in necessary legislation, and the Supreme Court upheld that position. I remember a case in which the then...

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Marian Harkin: As the Minister said earlier, this is a technical Bill and its purpose is to facilitate the introduction of changes to the structures in An Garda Síochána. This is to ensure the implementation of the new operating model. Of course, it is the impact of these changes on the ground that matter - the impact on communities, policing services and the police force itself. The first issue...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (21 Sep 2021)

Marian Harkin: 372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when Budget 2022 is being framed, if she will ensure adequate funding is allocated to primary schools in order to be able to fund a reduction in class sizes, allow teaching principals adequate time to carry out management duties and increase school running costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44715/21]