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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (21 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: 880. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to ensure that youth work is properly and sustainably funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12404/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: 881. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of young people across Ireland that are involved in universal youth work; how he plans to increase this percentage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12405/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: 882. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how he and his Department are supporting the youth work sector to engage as many young people as possible, given that youth work is an effective form of early intervention and prevention for a range of adverse outcomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12406/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (21 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: 956. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a neurological rehabilitation team will be operational in every community health organisation (details supplied). [13310/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: 1003. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he would consider a specific bursary for young carers attending third level institutions, similar to the successful young carer's grant launched in Scotland in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12703/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: 1004. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider further initiatives to support the transition of young carers to further and higher education and apprenticeships via access programmes, similar, but in addition to, the HEAR programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12704/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (21 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: 1059. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider an issue (details supplied). [12702/23]

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: I support this Bill to extend the eviction ban. However, this is anything but straightforward and, sometimes in this House, we have to vote for the lesser of two evils. Landlords should not be put in the position where they have to take at least part responsibility for dealing with the housing crisis. On the other hand, we know 4,700 evictions notices have been served and many of those...

Education and the School Building Programme: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Labour Party for this motion. In the short time available to me - just over two minutes for an intervention - I want to raise school accommodation in the constituency I represent. I have time to mention just two schools, but there are others and I have written to the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, and to the Minister, Deputy Foley, about them. The first school is in north...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (28 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason users of mobility scooters are being refused entry to Bus Éireann buses in counties Sligo and Mayo (details supplied); if this is the case on all Bus Éireann routes; if so, if this matter will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15427/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: 455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any circumstances where a person can access community employment schemes, if they are not in receipt of a qualifying payment, and where there are vacancies on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15038/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Bus Éireann (28 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: 538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will investigate the reason people with disabilities who use mobility scooters are being refused travel on Bus Éireann buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15428/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (28 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: 786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about the safety of the insecticide, acetamiprid, in relation to its use near bee colonies; and if there are any regulations covering same (details supplied). [15354/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (29 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: 56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what steps his Department is taking to assist Irish companies to avail of opportunities in the US by collaborating for projects under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. [15566/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (29 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: 57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what steps his Department is taking, in conjunction with the European Commission, to assist Irish companies to avail of opportunities in the US by collaborating for projects under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. [15567/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (29 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: 132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible to receive the carer's support grant. [15541/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (29 Mar 2023)

Marian Harkin: 142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider a thorough forensic investigation of the existing grounds at the Bessborough mother and baby home site in Blackrock, County Cork, in order to establish whether there is a mass grave on the site. [15614/23]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Marian Harkin: I have two-and-a-half minutes so I only have time to make a few brief comments. The first is on Ukraine. Just this afternoon we met the Ukrainian ambassador for an exchange of views. We discussed the continued state-sponsored abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia from occupied areas of Ukraine. This is a war crime of the most heinous kind, designed to strike terror into the hearts of...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Marian Harkin: I will reiterate some of the questions I asked earlier and speak to what Deputy Howlin said. He talked about the temporary state aid framework that is now in place to help European companies. That is partly a response to the Inflation Reduction Act in the US. I do not expect to hear from the Minister of State about any policy discussions he might have had with the American President last...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister of State for his response on the cross-border healthcare directive. I wait to hear back from him for further detail on that. One of the questions I asked was specially around Irish business. I know many things are in flux at the moment due to the US Inflation Reduction Act and the new state aid framework, etc. How proactive is the Minister of State being with Irish...