Results 181-200 of 2,763 for speaker:Marian Harkin

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (25 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: 93. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has costed a publicly delivered childcare model in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38088/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: Ballynacarrow is a village on the N17 in County Sligo that immediately needs traffic-calming measures, yet nothing is happening. In 2024, Sligo County Council allocated €264,000 to safety improvement works for the entire county. That is a great deal less than the cost of the bicycle shed out the front of this building. While there is no traffic calming in Ballynacarrow, Sligo County...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: I had two separate questions.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Schemes (24 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: 39. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the rural social scheme/Tús top-up to at least €12, to keep pace with other social welfare payments. [36468/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (19 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: 39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider fast-tracking funding for the building of a 50-metre swimming pool in Sligo given there is no 50-metre pool in the north west. [36482/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide school transport for a number of students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37136/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: 175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans in place to ensure a proportionate number of houses are built in the regions in order to achieve the Government's National Planning Framework numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37086/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: 244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an ACRES payment will issue for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37141/24]

Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward the motion. The only addition I would make to it is to emphasise the need to ensure that parents can access childcare. Just today the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation was in Buswells. One of the issues it raised with me was childcare. While costs are less than previously, its members have huge difficulty in accessing childcare. One of the...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: My time is short so I wish to emphasise the critical importance of tax justice nationally and internationally and how Ireland must play a full proactive role in ensuring social solidarity in the global tax regime. Knowing how political the Commission can be, I was initially concerned about what we would call competence creep but the ECJ has backed the Commission and we have to learn lessons...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: I welcome the Taoiseach and all colleagues back. I want to raise the with the Taoiseach what is known as the Sligo cancer bus, which brings patients from Sligo-Leitrim and parts of County Donegal to the centre of excellence in Galway for treatment. There are two issues. First, the bus has no toilet facilities and is not wheelchair accessible. It is unacceptable for sick patients to have...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (18 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: 212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish a detailed breakdown of the exorbitant costs of building a bike shelter at Leinster House, costing €336,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36129/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can identify each school that provides school transport through Bus Éireann, and the stops each of these travels through on their routes, in tabular form. [36039/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (18 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: 831. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider amending Irish education legislation, similar to the amendment to the Education (Fees and Student Support) (Scotland) legislation, which would allow female Afghani nationals, who were attending a course of study at a university or equivalent institution in Afghanistan, but have been prevented from continuing that course by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (18 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: 842. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider amending education legislation, similar to the amendment to the Education (Fees and Student Support) (Scotland) legislation, which would allow female Afghani nationals, who were attending a course of study at a university or equivalent institution in Afghanistan, but have been prevented from continuing that course by the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (18 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: 870. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to allocate Clár funding again in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36687/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: 282.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed new S3 Sligo Town Bus Service, to serve Finisklin Business Park - Sligo Bus Train Station – Sligo Town Centre – Manorhamilton Road; the timeline for the commencement of this route; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35376/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (9 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: 285.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Sligo to Tubbercurry route will be part of the Connecting Ireland Programme for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35395/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reviews (9 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: 360.To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to introduce individual savings accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35374/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: 361.To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with the issues of inheritance tax being faced by unmarried partners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35375/24]