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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: My apologies again for leaving the meeting. A number of Deputies are running to different meetings and so on. I heard the remarks of Deputy Flaherty. I missed part of the discussion while I was out of the room. He referred to a monster being created. I believe some of the witnesses will meet the Minister after the meeting. If it is appropriate, I ask that they send us a short email or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: I want to make a brief comment on that. The vast majority of carers do not get the carer's allowance. It is a small proportion of them to begin with and you only get it if the person needs full-time care. The system as it is constructed is such that only a small proportion of carers get it. In that context, not having a means test is a reasonable ask. It would be a different thing if...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: At a recent meeting of Leitrim County Council, a number of councillors proposed and passed a motion that the HSE immediately reopen day care centres for older people which were closed due to Covid-19. I fully agree with Councillor Enda Stenson's statement that it is time to put Covid-19 to bed and reopen day care centres for the elderly throughout County Leitrim. I am not going to name the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm the maintenance of the school library book fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45403/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: 350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided as a matter of urgency for children (details supplied) in County Sligo. [45846/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (20 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: 599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will use his powers under Section 7b (2) of the Forestry Act before 1st March 2023 to retrospectively amend the conditions of any relevant previously issued unexpired and unexercised licences to amend the dates so that they recognise the Hen Harrier breeding period to start on the 1 March of any given year with a concomitant...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeline for a decision on a social welfare appeal of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46141/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: 276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify a matter in relation to the fuel allowance (details supplied). [46406/22]

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: The litmus test of any budget is that nobody is left behind, that all citizens feel they have a stake in what is happening and that the budget has something for them, their families and their communities. In the current cost-of-living crisis, this budget has to provide a safety net for those most at risk of poverty or the growing cohort of people who are actually experiencing poverty. The...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: Yesterday, I raised the issue of the chronic and worsening imbalance between the northern and western region and the rest of the country. I have been banging on about this for a long time. The statistics and figures show it. Europe has downgraded the region vis-à-visother European regions for the second time in three years. It has now gone from a region in transition to a lagging...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: 3. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the assistance that is available to community festivals and shows to help with their running costs, including insurance. [47526/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: I want to ask about the assistance that is available to communities that run festivals, fairs, shows and so on to help with their running costs. In particular, I want to focus on insurance costs and the fact that many local communities right now, in the Minister of State's constituency the same as in mine, and across the country, are facing the awful fact that they cannot even get insurance,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: I take the Minister of State’s point that the Government supports many local festivals, fairs and so on. However, the issue for many of them is that they cannot get an insurance quote. Some of the money the Department is making available will never get to local communities. The Mohill horse fair in County Leitrim has run for hundreds of years and was reinvigorated 25 or 30 years...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: I know about the work that is under way on insurance reform. It will be useful, but what will happen before those recommendations are made and put in place? The Minister of State spoke about the funding that the Government had given local authorities. In the interim, could work be done to ensure that at least some of that funding is made available to local communities so that they might...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: For the seventh time in the past year and a half, I am raising the issue of the serious, chronic and worsening situation at Sligo University Hospital, SUH, regarding the numbers on trolleys and waiting for beds. There is no shortage of statistics thanks to Trolley Watch. While numbers fluctuate day on day, if we look at the trends, we will see what is happening. If we look at this year,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Tánaiste. On 28 September, the INMO branded Sligo University Hospital a safety hazard. That is not politics and it is not me saying it. The INMO does not do this lightly. That is where we are at the moment. The INMO has called for an urgent inspection by HIQA because of the increased overcrowding and safety issues for patients and staff. I hear what the Tánaiste...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: In regard to the electricity credit scheme which will be a big help to many families, we have a situation in Sligo and I expect elsewhere in that a significant number of Traveller families will not receive the full amount payable of €200 per household, if they happen to share their MPRN connection with other families, as many of them do. If they share with three other families each...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Disability Matters
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank all the people who presented this morning. I was speaking in the Dáil so I had to chase out so if I ask a question that has already been asked, please let me know. We are told the obligations and duties of public bodies are clear. They are fairly simple and straightforward. There are common things that people get wrong. How easy would it be to deal with some of the more...