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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 826. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the current shortfall of over 100 nurse specialists in neurology in the Irish healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34078/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 827. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists in the community in the Sligo area; if they are taking referrals for new patients at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34092/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: For the third time in two weeks, I raise with the Tánaiste and Minister for Health the closure of the cath lab in Sligo University Hospital. As the Minister will be aware, the lab is closing its doors today and we now have no service north of a line extending from Dublin to Galway. I wrote to the Minister almost two weeks ago asking for an emergency meeting with all four Deputies in...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: The legislation before us has a number of positive aspects. Certainly, it is an improvement on what was originally proposed, which was pretty pathetic. However, like the homes affected by mica, pyrite and pyrrhotite, there are cracks in the overall structure of this legislation, and individuals and families will fall through those cracks. It is bad enough that it has happened once already...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (30 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the progress to Committee Stage of the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35114/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: It is great to have our first public meeting. Many people are very interested in this subject and we have a huge responsibility on our shoulders. I look forward to working with everybody so that we can produce a comprehensive and, hopefully, action-oriented report. I welcome our colleagues from the NCSE. Mr. Kearney said he was fairly new to this job, so I wish him well. My first...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: Are there enough supports for schools? Change is always very difficult. Mr. Kearney is a school principal and he knows this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: Is it being given? Is it available? Is it there? Do schools feel it is there for them and that they can use it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: I hear what Mr. Kearney is saying but I am looking at it from the other perspective. I hear what he has said about certain hotspots. Change is always difficult. It is difficult in any institution and educational institutions are the same as all others. For change to happen significant supports are needed. The carrot is much more important than the stick. I am not saying the legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: So much more is needed but Mr. Kearney knows that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: Does the NCSE believe it should be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: Our time is running down. Does Ms Prendeville have numbers for me?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: Many people have spoken about the need for wraparound therapies for students. Like everyone I have heard many parents, particularly in Sligo, speak about the lack of these. How much of the budget was spent last year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: The overall budget.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: Will Mr. Kearney send me details on this please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank Mr. Kearney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank the witnesses.

Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank Deputy Ó Laoghaire and Sinn Féin for bringing forward this very timely and important motion. This reflects the real concerns of many families, certainly those who are in contact with me and from what I hear from my colleagues in the House in this debate. Throughout the country right now, many families are worrying about back-to-school costs and have been for many...

Cost of Disability: Motion [Private Members] (6 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank Deputy Cairns and the Social Democrats for bringing forward this motion. When we refer to the cost of disability, what are we talking about? We are talking about the extra costs that a person with a disability incurs in their day-to-day lives simply because they have a disability. There is something deeply unfair about that because having a disability in the first place is often a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: 731. To ask the Minister for Health if Sligo is being assessed as a full primary percutaneous coronary intervention centre under the National Review of Cardiac Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35638/22]