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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Credits (29 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will use budget 2021 to extend eligibility for the home carer tax credit to include single working carers and allow carers to claim tax relief on the cost of employing a care worker while also claiming the dependent relative or incapacitated child tax credit; and if he will increase the dependent relative tax credit in line with the incapacitated...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Credits (29 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: Will the Minister use budget 2021 as an opportunity to extend the home carer tax credit to single, or lone, family carers, who cannot avail of it at present? Will he also consider allowing carers to claim tax relief if they employ a care worker while, at the same time, they can avail of the incapacitated child tax credit or the dependent relative tax credit? I have a third question but...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Credits (29 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: There is a considerable anomaly here. If a single carer, such as a widow or widower or someone who is divorced or separated, cares for a sister or mother, the carer cannot avail of the credit. Perhaps the person is doing it full time, or works eight hours part time for sanity or just to keep heat in the house. He or she cannot avail of the home carer tax credit. That is fundamentally...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authority Services (29 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 335. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans in place and the timeframe for same to reimburse Leitrim County Council for the cost of a report being undertaken to investigate the causes of the recent landslide on Shass Mountain, Drumkeerin, County Leitrim; if he will examine the next immediate steps necessary to deal with this catastrophic event; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 357. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports or grant aid in place for the ongoing costs and expenses necessary for the maintenance and upkeep of a community arts centre, that is, insurance, energy costs and so on, in which no revenue is coming in due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26966/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (29 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will be restored to its former levels for those that lose their jobs now or in the future due to Covid-19. [26675/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority (29 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 722. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider an extension to the Private Security Authority, PSA, licensing period for those working in the sector and whose income has collapsed due to guidelines on Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26967/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 920. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for dentists who were promised they would be provided with PPE in early May 2020 and have not received same and are financing the additional costs themselves (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26986/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (29 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 811. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ease the restrictions in terms of antenatal and maternity care in the context of allowing partners to attend scans and also attend the birth of their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26453/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 921. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to deal with the under-resourcing of the HSE community dental service compounded by the redeployment of dentists from the service to undertake testing and contact tracing as part of the HSE Covid-19 public health response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26987/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (29 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 1021. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans in place and the timeframe for same to reimburse Leitrim County Council for the cost of a report being undertaken to investigate the causes of the recent landslide on Shass Mountain, Drumkeerin, County Leitrim; if he will examine the next immediate steps necessary to deal with this catastrophic event; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Programme for Government (29 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 1042. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that have been taken to advance the commitment in the Programme for Government to prioritise a State-led rural development programme to bridge the gap between the wind-up of the existing Leader Programme and the implementation of the new programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26965/20]

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (24 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister for his contribution, which I listened to from my office, and I thank him for waiting to listen to the debate. I am supportive of his and the Government's stance on the need to maintain the best possible relationship with the UK. Regardless of what happens at the end of this year, that relationship will be ongoing. It is not just about 1 January 2021, it is about 2...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports being proposed to support the chauffeur industry in view of the fact revenue of members is down 98% in March and April, 2020 when compared to the same period in 2019. [25862/20]

Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this Bill on sick leave and parental leave for two main reasons. First, it addresses in a real, meaningful and sustainable way issues that workers, parents and guardians are facing around sick and parental leave because of Covid-19, which many of them will continue to face over the next six to 12 months. Regarding Covid, we have to accept that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. The issue is that of clear communication and that parents and staff know what is happening. I am glad some sort of a template letter has gone out. It will help because in this situation the principal was completely on the back foot. If trust breaks down between a principal and parents or staff, it is very hard to rebuild that. I am glad we are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: I raise the issue of what happens when a member of a school community, be it a pupil or staff member, tests positive for Covid-19. I will give an example of what happened in a school in my constituency, for illustrative purposes only because it is at national issue. A member of that particular school community tested positive. The person has other family members in the school. It took...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of individual service cancellations on PSO funded Bus Éireann services scheduled to have operated from Sligo bus depot since 1 March 2020; the estimated number of passengers affected by these cancellations; the steps Bus Éireann plans to take to reduce the number of service cancellations at the depot; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (22 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 373. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports, if any, that are being provided by Ireland to those affected by the fire at the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25217/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process involved to access an autism place for a child when moving from one county to another; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25216/20]