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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (8 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 703. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when appointments for public services cards will resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21858/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (8 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 881. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the optional protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be ratified. [21253/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 1263. To ask the Minister for Health when the commencement order will be issued to the HSE in order to give effect to the provisions of the legislation on the new thresholds for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21834/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 1265. To ask the Minister for Health when the commencement order will issue to the HSE to give effect to the provisions of the legislation on the new thresholds for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21857/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Court Judgments (8 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 1267. To ask the Minister for Health the implications of a recent High Court case (details supplied) on other persons that are similarly affected. [21863/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (8 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: 1480. 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 increase the rate of aid available to private enterprise through Leader from 50% to 75% for capital projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21499/20]

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: We have another venue, the Gillooly Hall in Sligo. It was used previously when the courthouse was being renovated and is available also. Efficiency is the order of the day. I hope the Minister will listen to what I said on the issue.

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: I am sharing time with Deputy Pringle. We will take five minutes each. I am up here in the balcony. This Bill deals with how to handle civil and criminal hearings during the Covid crisis. It broadens the types of hearings that can be heard electronically and allows for evidence to be presented electronically. It provides that the rules of court may provide for a statement of truth to be...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: I had expected to share but that's that is okay. I ask the Minister to seriously consider this. I know it is not his area and the Bill he has put in front of us today is important. However, his Bill is the second or third step in this process. I ask the Government today to look at the first steps in this process so fewer people or companies find themselves having to use the provisions in...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: I am new; I sincerely apologise. Several Members of this House were in the European Parliament at that time. I was going to mention them all, not just one, but I will not as the Chair has asked me not to. They will know that no matter what group they were in, right down to the smallest group, and some people were in quite small groups, they got an opportunity in the rota system to speak...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: I ask the Government, in that context, to make sure what it carries out is actually reform. Finally, I will return to the point on the Bill after my slight diversion. This Bill is worthy of support and it shows this Government and this House can respond in a timely and proportionate manner to some of the issues faced by companies and workers at this time. I also agree with Deputy Berry...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: The Bill is a proportionate response to the situation companies and workers find themselves in during the Covid pandemic. We have had no pre-legislative scrutiny, but there has been widespread consultation. In that context, as a Parliament, we have to act quickly. The provisions in the Bill allow companies to hold their AGMs electronically in a suitable venue. The Bill also allows for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (30 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: 1086. To ask the Minister for Health when day services (details supplied) in County Leitrim will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19739/20]

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: Must musicians and the thousands employed in the arts and creative industries actively seek work, even though these sectors are in lockdown? Do those who own coaches, minibuses or any other vehicles used to transport mainly foreign tourists around the country need to actively look for work? Apart from anything else, this would have significant displacement effects on some sectors that are...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: The VAT rate for this sector should have been reduced from 13.5% to 9% or lower. My colleagues spoke about the regions. This cut will have a huge impact on tourism businesses but it will have a much bigger impact in the Border regions, counties such as Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Cavan. In many areas of these counties, the Border is only a few hundred yards away, beyond which the VAT rate...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: The measures the Minister announced in the July stimulus are positive. I think I heard him describe the package as the next stage in the Government's response to Covid-19 and in that context those measures are welcome. There are some omissions and missed opportunities, but there are many positives. The plan in its entirety has been described as lacking in scale and ambition by SME Recovery...

Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: First, I ask that the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, pass on my best wishes to the new Minister, Deputy Foley. I think everyone agrees the opening of our schools is, perhaps, the most important issue facing this country in next few months. It is important that we get it right, not just that children go back to school but that we can get keep the schools open. Education matters for...

Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: I wish the Minister well in her new role. It is a huge undertaking and I wish her the best. While people have commented on rural affairs being in with the rest of the Department but I have no doubt that a good Monaghan woman will see to it that rural affairs does not take second place. As far as the legislation is concerned, I am pleased that the PUP will be put on a statutory footing....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (28 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: The Minister of State said that we do not have an arms industry, and I understand that. However, we are part of the EU and we signed up to the EU Common Position. In fact, together with Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, we had a resolution before the UN to cease the arms supply to this conflict. We are on the same side here, but that is not the question I am putting to the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (28 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken by Ireland and the international community to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen; the nature of discussions with international partners regarding facilitating a permanent ceasefire in Yemen; the value to the EU of arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, UAE, to perpetuate the conflict; and...