Results 2,081-2,100 of 2,712 for speaker:Marian Harkin

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: I say first that I support the extension of the sunset clause but the Sinn Féin amendment has real merit. This is draconian legislation and should only be enforced for the minimum timeframe necessary. We often speak in this House about learning lessons. Allowing the Dáil to review the impact of this legislation in early February will give us a chance to learn lessons and to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if the CRSS will be accessible by a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32245/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 202. To ask the Minister for Health when duodopa which was approved for reimbursement in February 2020 will be sanctioned for use by patients that urgently need the medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32271/20]

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: I have sat in my office for the past few hours listening very carefully to this debate. I listened to many powerful, moving insights and contributions. I read much of the text of the Seanad debate and the Bill itself. I read the amendments we will be discussing tomorrow. Like everyone else in this House, I have received thousands of heartbreaking and heart-rending emails from Irish men...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Regional Group for bringing forward this important and timely motion. I strongly exhort the Government to put structures in place that will ensure the long-term viability of the post office network. I have been involved in community development and politics for more than 30 years. At no time in that 30 years has the closure of post offices and campaigns to save them been off...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: I thought I had three minutes.

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: That is fine.

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Employment Rights (21 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 23. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the position of non-essential workers travelling from a number of different counties, including across the Border who wish to work from home but whose employers are refusing; the protections in place for such employees whose employer is insisting on employees working in their workplace or they may face being laid off; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Treatment Services (21 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 243. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to support the delivery of community action on alcohol from the additional funding announced in Budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31927/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: Two days ago, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, published its first medium-term forecast since the onset of the coronavirus in which it states that the pandemic will leave significant scars on the global economy and that in the short-term countries able to borrow, such as Ireland, should borrow as much as needed to protect the public from the impact of the virus and limit the extent of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (15 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 5. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the measures he will take to ensure the viability of businesses and SMEs in the regions post-Brexit that will deliver a fair distribution of investment in jobs in the regions. [30478/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (15 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: I ask about the measures the Minister of State will take to ensure the viability of businesses and SMEs, particularly in the Border region post-Brexit, and to ensure there is a fair distribution of investment in the region.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (15 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister for his response. He said clearly there is a balance of development across the regions but does that explain why the European Commission has downgraded the Border and the northern and western area from a more developed to a transition region? That happened because the growth is not there, including in jobs. For example, the growth in high-value jobs in the north and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (15 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: It is better to look to the future than the past. In that context, because we will now be a transition region, we have an opportunity for European structural and investment funds. That means there can be a better co-financing rate. Will this Government ensure the highest possible co-financing rate of 60% vis-à-vis40% elsewhere? Will it look at integrated territorial investment? That...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Brexit Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 67. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the measures he plans to introduce or that are in place to support the sectors most exposed by Brexit and workers in those sectors. [30479/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with all parties representing school secretaries in order to find a resolution to the issue of equal pay for equal work. [30225/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protections in place for teachers, in particular those with underlying medical conditions, in the case of a positive Covid-19 test in their schools; and the protocols for schools to notify staff, parents and students in cases in which there is a positive test in a school. [30224/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the fee that will be payable in the case of person who objects to a forestry licence application; if no decision has been made on the fee, the date on which this decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30481/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: In any budget, the relevant Ministers make decisions as to how they and their Government will spend the taxes that each and every one of us will pay over the next 12 months. They will also decide how much to borrow to fund their policies and programmes, again safe in the knowledge that it will be the taxpayer or their descendants who will, in time, foot the bill. It is important to say that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: 172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are provisions in legislation for a second extension of duration for a planning application due to expire in December 2020 that has become necessary as a result of the Covid-19 restrictions since March 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30162/20]