Results 181-200 of 2,712 for speaker:Marian Harkin

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 1881.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of the CDNTs in County Donegal in the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32749/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (23 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 1882.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the staff numbers and grade of CDNTs nationally, in the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32758/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 1883.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staff vacancy rate for CDNTs currently in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal, and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32764/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 2085.To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider funding for an increase in fees to community optometrists and for a national public eye care programme for patients over the age of eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31463/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Co-operation (23 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 2220.To ask the Minister for Health the reason for reducing the level of reimbursement (details supplied) for Irish citizens travelling to Northern Ireland for cataract operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31951/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 2365.To ask the Minister for Health the services currently in place at the primary care centre (PCC) in Dromod, County Leitrim; and the plans in place to increase the level of services in the same PCC. [32745/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 2441.To ask the Minister for Health if, given the HSE recruitment ban has been lifted, he will confirm whether the many vacancies currently filled with agency staff will be advertised for already in place HSE staff who may wish to change posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33195/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (23 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 2616.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a SUSI grant will be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32739/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (11 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures taken by his Department to support Irish hospitality businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30304/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the central activities space, on a pro-rata basis, with the SEN base, in order to ensure adequate space for the actual number of pupils who will be using the central activities space; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30303/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of an urgently needed new school build (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30280/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (11 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the anti-competitive and crisis-era mortgage lending restrictions on credit unions as set out in regulations 12(2), 12(3) and 12A(1) of the Central Bank Statutory Instrument 1 of 2016. [30564/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (11 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the limitations on credit unions for business lending; and if this is in line with Government policy. [30568/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (11 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on competition in the mortgage market; and if the restrictions on credit union mortgage lending is negatively impacting competition following the exit of two banks (details supplied). [30565/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (11 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the extension of the minimum competency code to lending and term deposits in the credit union sector from October 2024; and if he has concerns that this will impact negatively on the operations of credit unions. [30566/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (11 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the implementation of the November 2022 retail banking review; and when recommendation 11.2, reducing the reporting threshold and the fee for accessing the Central Credit Register for lower value loans, will be implemented [30567/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (11 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of full-time equivalents working in the Registry of Credit Unions of the Central Bank of Ireland in each of the years 2011 to 2024, in tabular form. [30569/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (11 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the disincentive for credit unions to hold Government debt, as the reserve requirements in regulation 4(1) of Central Bank Statutory Instrument No. 1 of 2016 applies to Irish Government debt, but retail banks holding government debt is risk weighted at zero, as per article 114(4) of regulation No. 575 of 2013 (Capital Requirements Regulation)....

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: First of all, I extend my best wishes to Simon Coveney, who has announced that he will not run in the next general election. The reason I am doing so in this debate is that I knew Simon as an MEP and subsequently when he chaired the European Agriculture and Fisheries Council during the CAP negotiations in 2014. That was certainly a critical time for the future of the CAP and while I did not...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: I too welcome the lifting of the travel ban on Tori Towey. I recognise the fact that Sinn Féin raised the issue but I thank the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs for their work in helping to ensure her release. The issue I wish to raise today, along with my colleague, Michael Fitzmaurice, is the fact that the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery recommended to...