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Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I am pleased to support the motion to make public transport free and accessible. It is certainly ambitious but I believe its time has come. The Minister of State said we cannot afford it and suggested it does not work as well as they thought it might elsewhere. The argument of not being able to afford something is not a good argument if the objective is positive. I will come back to that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: Yes:

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (6 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if provision for electricity credits will be made for voluntary organisations (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49254/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (6 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the statistics on vehicles (details supplied) from May to August 2022 inclusive in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49158/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider making available financial assistance to families to assist with extra food costs for those suffering food allergies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49253/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider an extension to child benefit payments for parents who continue to have children in education after the age of 18 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49255/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (6 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 368. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering increasing the minimum age to purchase cigarettes to 21 years following the publication of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49256/22]

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I heard the Minister of State outline some of the specific measures taken in the budget to help alleviate the cost of living and increased energy costs for some people and specific sectors. Those were very welcome but they were the targeted measures. Tonight we are looking at universal measures, or the safety net for the general public. All the payments we are speaking of tonight are...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I am very happy to support this motion from Sinn Féin. It forensically looks at some of the major gaps in our system of supports for people with disabilities and it asks some of the hard questions. In many ways, the context is set by the failure to publish the capacity review action plan. It is already badly delayed. I listened to some of this debate in my office but I did not hear...

Community and Voluntary Sector Workers: Motion [Private Members] (12 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this motion regarding the fact that workers in the community and voluntary sector have not had a pay rise for 14 years. When you say it quickly, 14 years slips off the tongue, but that is a very long time. As somebody said at yesterday's briefing on the issue, they are tired asking for equity, justice and a bit of respect, and for an...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: There is a severe shortage of radiation therapists in the HSE. I put down a number of written questions asking for a progress report but the only response I have got is that there is a review ongoing in the Workplace Relations Commission. Despite a real crisis in the sector, very little progress has been made in getting this review up and running. Approximately half of people with a cancer...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (11 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline and date for the roll-out of broadband in an area (details supplied) of County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50060/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (11 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for their driving test; and if this date will stand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49627/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 276. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, that are in place to reduce the current 13.5% VAT rate to the beauty industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50114/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (11 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 278. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50146/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (11 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist has not been assigned to a school (details supplied); and if this matter will be rectified as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49628/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to make funding available to fund a training programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49629/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application for school transport for a number of pupils (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50153/22]

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I am pleased to see this legislation before the House because I worked on the directive for many years in the European Parliament, not just in its final stages when it was a draft document, in committee and in the Parliament itself, but in trying to ensure it got on the Statute Book in the first place. When I was first elected to the Parliament, Kathy Sinnott and I founded the carers...

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion, which contains a number of very sensible and doable proposals. I want to address some of the remarks from the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who has left us. He quite rightly informed us of the global and European situation which is worsening day to day as Russia not only sends drones to murder people in their homes, but also...