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National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: Out of 14,000. That is what they are looking for. Leitrim County Council has given a figure of 90% and I will not query its figures. The figure for Donegal came from the Minister, Deputy Ryan. Let us not quibble about figures. I am happy to stand over them. That is not a balance in development. It just is not.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: The Minister of State cannot say that unless he can prove my details wrong. If he can, I ask him to come back to me.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: He said I was getting mixed up. Same thing.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: It is 5% here and 5% there, but 90%-----

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: If the Minister of State is telling me I am getting mixed up, he had better be able to back it up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister. I listened to the Minister's reply to Deputy Richmond on the learning from the previous programme. Having listened to the Minister's contribution this morning it was clear that one of those learnings was the need to simplify not just the applications but also the process and the ongoing auditing process etc. I judged from the Minister's comments that one of the main...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: No. I accept what the Minister is saying and that we must wait to see the detail. I accept the Minister's bona fides that there has been a very extensive consultation, and I am aware of some of that. Those of us who have been around a while, and especially where all kinds of programmes are concerned including EU programmes, would be well aware of the fact that consultation does not always...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: I raise the shock announcement of the loss of 80 jobs at the B. Braun facility in Collooney in County Sligo. This is a hammer blow for the workers, their families and the entire community in Collooney, which is about 1,700 or 1,800 people. B. Braun has said it will retain a specialist research and development unit in Sligo so this may present an opportunity to resource and grow the research...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a resolution has been found on the provision of pensions for school secretaries since the recent progress made on their pay and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4221/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Emergency Services (1 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: 272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Sligo Airport will be specifically named as one of the four bases in the new tender process for the national air-sea rescue service in line with the recent Cabinet decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4871/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: 554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are in place for persons aged over 66 years, who are still working and have to isolate due to Covid-19 symptoms as recommended by HSE guidelines, but due to their age do not qualify for enhanced illness benefit, but are still paying PAYE, PRSI and USC and will also not qualify for community welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (1 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: 561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the recommendation in the report by the Commission on Pensions published in October 2021, which seeks to impose PRSI on occupational pensions for those aged 66 years of age and over; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5086/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (2 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: Do we have four minutes each?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (2 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: Apologies, I did not read my emails properly.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (2 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: One minute each.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (2 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: It is great to see the Sligo-Leitrim constituency so well represented by Deputy MacSharry and also by Deputy Kenny in raising this extremely important issue. I raised this issue with the Taoiseach yesterday and he agreed it was a hammer blow for the community in Collooney, with a population of approximately 1,700, to lose 80 jobs. It is a massive blow to the workers, their families and the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (2 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: I have listened to what the Minister of State said. She talked about the pipeline for jobs in Sligo remaining strong. However, the statistics show that is not the case. In 2017, the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation released a document looking at figures from the 2011 and 2016 censuses. This showed the lowest increase of any county in the country, 2%, was to be seen in Sligo....

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: I am happy to see this Bill reach the floor of the House because it is crucial that our legislation underpins and supports our modernised and vastly changed higher education system, our students who are in that system and all those who work in it. I also want to refer to the fact that yesterday we passed the Technological Universities Act, which approves the merger of Galway Mayo...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (3 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: 116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans being put in place to address the findings of the cost of disability research report published on 7 December 2021; and the way in which it is proposed to reduce day-to-day costs for persons with a disability. [5724/22]