Results 261-280 of 370 for sligo speaker:Marian Harkin

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (29 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: 119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the request from Sligo Airport for financial support to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34663/21]

Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (16 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: ...the same actions under greening and one farmer could be paid €60 or €100 more per hectare. That is wrong. It impacted negatively in the Minister's constituency of Donegal, as well as in Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and elsewhere. Under the previous CAP, Ireland did the minimum on convergence and yet farmers were sold a pup, especially those in the west. They were assured...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Arts Centres (16 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive reply, from which it is clear that she is actively engaging with the Yeats Society Sligo, which I know, and that she and her Department are putting serious thought into this matter. It is always valuable to get a response from a Minister that shows that he or she is engaging rather than simply reading out a prepared speech. In many ways, the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Arts Centres (16 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, for taking this matter. In October last, she hosted a Zoom meeting to consider the matter of core funding for Yeats Society Sligo. At that meeting, attended by the director, Susan O'Keeffe, board members and all the local Deputies, it was clearly outlined to the Minister and her officials the urgent need for core operational funding to keep the...

Pyrite and Mica Redress Issues: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: I move amendment No. 1: (a)To insert the word “Sligo” after “in Donegal, Mayo and Clare”; (b)To insert the word “Sligo” after “homeowners in Clare”; and (c)To insert the word “Sligo” after “provide those affected by defective blocks in Donegal, Mayo, Clare,”.

Pyrite and Mica Redress Issues: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: ...pit of our stomachs. I thank Sinn Féin for this timely and important motion and I recognise that the Government is not opposing it. I will table an amendment to include homeowners in County Sligo. I hope that it will be accepted by all. I have written to the Minister of State about this issue. I ask that he meet all four of the Deputies from the constituency. Nearly two...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: ...of houses and the holes appearing under windows and doors. We know that the level of financial distress and stigma is huge. I raised this issue with the Tánaiste nearly five weeks ago because Sligo County Council had written to the relevant Minister stating that a minimum of 140 houses in west Sligo have been significantly damaged by pyrite. I am asking for Sligo to be included in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: I want to raise the issue of the complete downgrading of Sligo from the perspective of policing. Approximately 18 months ago, there was a complete U-turn on building a new Garda station. The OPW had purchased a new site and plans were drawn up to build this badly needed Garda station. Even though all that money was spent and promises were made, a complete U-turn saw the entire project...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jun 2021)

Marian Harkin: .... It is the case that many of these decisions are operational. However, I have a letter from the Minister dated 16 February telling me that a review of the decision to build a new station in Sligo determined the project to be no longer justified. What does that mean? Back in 2017, more than 150 gardaí walked out of Sligo station because of deplorable working conditions. How bad...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: ...have heard is incorrect. Yesterday, I spoke of the importance of the aviation industry, of Shannon Airport and of the transatlantic connection to the whole west coast. I am from the north west - Sligo - but I recognise the value and the importance of that service. Our aviation industry is on its knees. I am calling on the Minister to ensure that the green certificate introduced here is...

International Travel and Aviation: Statements (25 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: ...Way has taught us anything, it is that where regions co-operate, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. While it is not specifically relevant to the debate, I will very briefly mention Sligo Airport. I have brought this up with the Minister of State on a number of occasions, but not in the context of connectivity or Covid. It was in the context of search and rescue provision...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: ...to be cared for in a public nursing home. Nonetheless, the vast majority of people are being cared for in their locality. In my constituency, public nursing homes cost the State 60% more in County Sligo, 68% more in County Leitrim, 70% more in County Roscommon and 81% more in County Donegal. All nursing homes, public or private, must operate to the same standards and I am not, for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Institutes of Technology (20 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: ...the same issue. Deputy Pringle asked about the plans in place for the development of LYIT. That is, obviously, in the context of the submission from the Connacht-Ulster Alliance, which includes Sligo IT, the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, and LYIT. I ask the Minister for the most up-to-date timeline as to what is happening.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Institutes of Technology (20 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: ...from the TUI. I will ask the Minister a question in the context of St. Angela's College. Assuming the application from the alliance goes ahead, we have a memorandum of understanding between Sligo IT and St. Angela's. Can the Minister give any indication as to when he would be in a position to give his approval to the incorporation of St. Angela's into Sligo IT? Part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (19 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Sligo rail freight yard is to let when the strategic rail review of the network has yet to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26704/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: Sligo County Council has written to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, stating that several hundred homes, mainly in rural Sligo, are affected by pyrite. As the Tánaiste knows, this has a catastrophic effect on the stability of homes. Sligo County Council has asked that Sligo be included in the defective concrete blocks grant scheme, which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal that can access substitute teachers specifically through one of the 115 substitute teacher supply panels; the percentage of schools that cannot access the substitute teacher supply panels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24829/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (11 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Sligo Airport will be reimbursed for mandated safety works carried out in 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24508/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: This is my third time to raise the issue of payment of moneys to Sligo Airport for completed, essential safety works required by the Irish Aviation Authority. Since 2011, Sligo Airport has not received €1 of public money and yet it operates the busiest coastguard service in the country. At a meeting last December, which I and a number of public representatives attended, a mechanism...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (5 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Bus Éireann buses are not wheelchair accessible on the Galway to Sligo and Sligo to Galway bus route; when disabled passengers can expect to be in a position to use these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22627/21]