Results 821-840 of 2,712 for speaker:Marian Harkin
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: The Minister of State quoted many figures. One was the €443 million to cut waiting lists by 10%, yet since the beginning of the year, as I said a few minutes ago, waiting lists have increased by 3% in the Saolta region. Some 3,400 people have been added to the main hospital waiting lists in the region since the start of the year because the shortage of beds is so severe that severely...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: Do we get extra time here or do we just keep going? Just over six months ago 50 consultants from Sligo University Hospital, wrote to the Minister for Health to highlight the severe pressure being experienced at Sligo University Hospital. Just one sentence from that letter basically says it all. It sates, "We have never seen the demand on our services so high nor the morale of our staff...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: I recently attended an agricultural meeting to discuss the draft EU nature restoration plan, which proposes the restoration and rewetting of approximately 700,000 acres of drained peatlands. Even if we restore all the available Bord na Móna and Coillte lands, we are still looking at approximately 500,000 acres to be restored and rewetted by 2050. This is enormous. It is the biggest...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Unified Patent Court (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: We move back to Question No. 66.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: We are back to Deputy O'Reilly again.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: The Deputy is earning her salary today.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: This is Deputy O'Reilly's question.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: I am just dealing with the people in the Chamber who have questions.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: We are now back to Carlow.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Disputes (11 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: I thank the Deputy for stepping into the breach. We now move back to question No. 60.
- Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion about escalating food costs and out-of-control grocery bills. When we spoke about Europe Day, many Deputies said most people would not even know it was Europe Day whereas everybody knows what we are talking about here this evening because food inflation affects every single family. However, it has a disproportionately negative effect...
- Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: The next slot is for the Labour Party. Deputy Howlin has six and a half minutes.
- Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: I thank the Deputy. We will move to a Government slot. Deputy Haughey has 11 and a half minutes.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (9 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: 482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a timeframe for implementation of the legislation banning 18 m vessels within the six-nautical-mile zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21266/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (9 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: 713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra inpatient beds allocated to each hospital nationally for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21851/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (9 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: 714. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of inpatient beds by hospital nationally for the years 2006 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21852/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: 715. To ask the Minister for Health the number of newly employed, full-time medical staff by hospital in the Saolta region for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21853/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on bus route 981 in Sligo, which runs from Coolaney – St. Angela’s College; and if the Maugheraboy area of Sligo will be included in this route without further delay, as was promised when the route was announced and was included in all media releases at that time. [20373/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (4 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what actions are planned to address the gap in pensions for An Post workers employed after 1984, as opposed to those employed pre 1984 who will receive a Public Service Pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20982/23]
- Urban Tree Protection and Sites Locally Important for Ecology Bill 2023: First Stage (3 May 2023)
Marian Harkin: Is the Bill opposed?