Results 301-320 of 349 for sligo speaker:Marian Harkin

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Marian Harkin: .... It needs to be large enough to make a difference and we need to efficiently and effectively get that money to SMEs. I have two brief further comments with regard to giving hope. I remember when the Tánaiste, in his then role as Taoiseach, came to Sligo to launch the 2040 plan. On that day, he designated Sligo as a growth centre. I looked carefully at the regional development...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Marian Harkin: 337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a full assessment has been carried out on the refurbishment costs for Sligo Garda station, including costs such as those incurred for deep retrofitting and procurement of space when refurbishment is ongoing; and the details of same. [13691/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Marian Harkin: 338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a comparative assessment has been done on the cost of a full refurbishment of Sligo Garda station; the cost of a new build on the site already purchased for this purpose; and the details of same. [13692/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Marian Harkin: .... To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale and time frame for reversing a decision in view of the fact that political commitments to construct a new Garda station in Sligo were in place, including the purchase of a greenfield site for same. [13694/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (30 Jun 2020)

Marian Harkin: 524. To ask the Minister for Health the range of services that will be provided in the primary care centres in Grange and Drumcliffe, County Sligo. [13447/20]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (17 Jun 2020)

Marian Harkin: The Minister's luck is in. He has three Deputies from the same constituency of Sligo-Leitrim, north Roscommon and south Donegal, namely, Deputies MacSharry, Feighan and myself, all raising the same issue, which is the promise of the new Garda station in Sligo. I will not labour it as I have heard the Minister's responses. I was very pleased to hear the Minister refer to it as a very...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Marian Harkin: ...what is in this report. The report looked at 64 settlements throughout the country and their exposure to significant economic disruption caused by Covid-19. The two top towns are Bundoran in Donegal, at 75%, and Strandhill in Sligo, at 70%. Carrick-on-Shannon comes 17th - mostly in Leitrim and a tiny bit in Roscommon - out of 64. The report makes it clear that the economic impact of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (27 May 2020)

Marian Harkin: 1031. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of capital grants provided to Sligo County Council in 2018 and 2019 respectively, under the Social Housing Investment Programme to assist in the construction and renewal of social rented accommodation for persons and families that have been assessed as in need of housing support under categories (details...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (20 May 2020)

Marian Harkin: ...many of us on the importance of bees to our entire ecosystem. My question is on the progress of the technological university, TU, for the north west. There are three institutes of technology: Sligo IT, Letterkenny IT and Galway-Mayo IT. They are awaiting their technological university research network, TURN, funding. I know it normally comes later in the year but with Covid and so on...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)

Marian Harkin: ...them. There are concerns around supply and cost, but homemade masks require a needle, thread, a piece of material and, for some of us, a little tuition from YouTube. A group of volunteers from Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal, known as North West Sews Masks and Gowns, has supplied 500 scrubs and 4,000 masks nationwide with the help of the Garda. They have fund-raised and they and...

Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (6 May 2020)

Marian Harkin: ...tourism businesses get clarity around what is going to happen. As I said, tourism is crucial in rural areas, including in my constituency, and it provides over 30,000 jobs in the north west, in Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal. It is important to listen to what that industry is saying. One of the things it is saying is that while the announcements last weekend were welcome, they do...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Marian Harkin: ...violence prior to the Covid-19 crisis. That is great reassurance for people. However, some individuals still have to leave their homes. There is no emergency refuge accommodation in my constituency of Sligo-Leitrim so people have to access rental accommodation. We need a timely way of helping those people, and one way is to allow them to avail of short-term rent supplement. I ask the...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Marian Harkin: ...concerns about those in nursing homes receiving appropriate care. We have seen many examples of people in the community who are older surviving Covid-19. We had an 82 year old man walk out of Sligo University Hospital. In that context, and in terms of my second question, the HSE has told us that approximately 20% of those in the community who contract Covid-19 access hospital care. Can...

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Mar 2020)

Marian Harkin: This is not my maiden speech but it is my first speech in the Thirty-third Dáil. I start by thanking the people of Sligo-Leitrim for electing me to this House and, like every other Deputy, I cannot wait to get stuck in. When I looked to my right a few minutes ago, I saw Deputy Matt Carthy, and it was precisely the same in the European Parliament. It is interesting that both of us...

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Marian Harkin: ...instinct is that 90% would vote against it. Perhaps the people and I are wrong, but I do not think so. This is the yardstick at which the Minister of State should look. How would the people of Sligo, Leitrim, Mayo, Galway or Donegal vote if this issue was put to them? Would they trust any Minister to do what is outlined in section 2 of the Bill? It states: (a) make provision for...

Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed). (1 Feb 2007)

Marian Harkin: ...'s old area or a larger north-west catchment area. Why will the Minister not give fair and equitable treatment to patients who require radiotherapy in the north west? The combined population of Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry is higher than the critical mass needed to provide these services with best practice. The Government is spending billions of euro on...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Nov 2006)

Marian Harkin: Question 390: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if all outstanding payments due to sheep farmers in commonage areas in destocked counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Mayo and Galway, will be awarded in full within the next two to three weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40329/06]

Written Answers — Public Service Charges: Public Service Charges (28 Nov 2006)

Marian Harkin: Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 628 of 1 November 2006, he will instruct Sligo County Council to cease charging for individual water meters on multiple fragmented small farm holdings until he has completed his examination on the impact of these charges; and if he will make a statement...

Schools Building Projects. (23 Nov 2006)

Marian Harkin: ...State give a commitment that it will be provided within a specific timeframe. I am also pleased to have the opportunity to raise the urgent need to provide a primary school at Dromore West, County Sligo. Parents of children who attend Dromore West central national school are extremely frustrated by the continuing delays. Plan after plan for their new school has been submitted and then...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (1 Nov 2006)

Marian Harkin: Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation with regard to an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if this person has one year's continuous reckonable residency in the State. [35345/06]