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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister. He did talk about substantial support but he said it himself, that was pandemic support. It was for Covid only. It did not deal with the systematic inequity in the fair deal system. The Minister talked about a 6% or 7% increase, yet the difference in support between the two types is of the order of 60%. It is not enough. I could not name a nursing home in my own...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures he and his Department are putting in place to deal with the student accommodation crisis in Sligo, due to the withdrawal of two student accommodation blocks from the market. [40622/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: Most of the Priority Questions this morning relate to the crisis in student accommodation. That is a strong indication that there has been a failure by Government to plan ahead. In Sligo, for example, we had two apartment blocks that for ten years housed students. Then they were allocated for Ukrainian refugees. That has been stopped for now but the owners have said that they are not for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: I heard what the Minister said about "grubby behaviour". We will not have the debate now but it is my understanding that this is as much about a failure of co-ordination between Government Departments as anything else. As I said, we will not have the debate now but I will speak to the Minister about it again. I recognise that a lot of good work has been done by the students union and by...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: We also need to look at short-term solutions. We have spoken about the long-term situation with accommodation but we need proper co-ordination and extra bus routes to help get students to ATU Sligo. I am pleased to say that a new Local Link service from Ballymote started this week but we need more. We need to look at extra services within a radius of 40 km to 50 km from Sligo. Time and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (21 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: He can do so in a moment.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: I again raise the issue of the urgent need to build a new Garda station in Sligo. While I know it is ultimately the responsibility of the Garda Commissioner, nonetheless a site was purchased by the Office of Public Works, OPW, and funding was put in place before the last election to build a station. Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal were all part of the same Garda division. The excuse given was...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (20 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: 241. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on a work permit and visa application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40327/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (20 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: 982. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply information in regard to the fair deal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40270/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 19 May 2022, to provide an update on the long-outstanding issue of regularising the terms and conditions of adult education tutors employed by Education and Training Boards. [40912/23]

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: Like many of my colleagues, I also want to offer my sincere sympathy to the family of Dollceanna Carter and express my deep concern to the families of those children who find themselves in the middle of this medical crisis. Our role here today, of course, is to ensure that lessons are learned and that action is taken to fully implement those learnings. I listened to the Minister, Deputy...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: Given that many of these unregulated medical devices were used as early as 2021, has Temple Street hospital’s management given any explanation as to how this happened without its knowledge? This could not have happened without at least some members of a surgical team being aware of it. Has Temple Street conducted an internal review? We have its latest report, which is full of...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: My question is more about timing. This happened quite some time ago. Members of a surgical team had to have known. It could not have happened in front of their eyes without some of them knowing. Maybe management did not know. Has there been any review as to how this could have happened? Is the Minister just saying that the hospital is only reviewing the matter now?

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: Yes. I presume that information will come out. My next question in on the HPRA. It is the notified body and is in charge of what is happening. It is up to the HPRA to ensure the robustness of the supply chain. Has it started an investigation? Has it reported this breach to, for example, the European Commission? What is the HPRA doing? Is it updating any of its processes, including...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: The surgeon did not.

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: The process was not followed. In that context, is the HPRA going to notify the European Commission? Is it going to look right now at what happened to ensure it does not happen again? That is the HPRA’s responsibility as the notified body.

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion to reverse planned fuel increases. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael McGrath, knows that the planned fuel increases are driving up the cost of inflation. It is not just car owners and car drivers who will feel the pain. It is everybody because that means the cost of other products will increase. How much of an increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: 134. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including all glaucoma eye drop medication in the long-term illness scheme for people with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41728/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Sep 2023)

Marian Harkin: 201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the income threshold for fuel allowance for those in receipt of the living alone allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41939/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Marian Harkin: Today is the last day of the operation of the Leitrim community car scheme. It is run by the Leitrim Volunteer Centre out of Carrick-on-Shannon. It has more than 35 volunteer drivers and has transported 533 people in 14 months, 90% of them to hospital appointments in Sligo, Galway, etc. I raised this issue many times with the previous Taoiseach, the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and the HSE...