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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: This always happens. The Tánaiste lists a few projects. Of course, I do not dispute that they are happening but he ignores the overall abysmal picture. He ignores the facts and does not deal with them. He does not come back to me and say "Well, Deputy Harkin, actually you are wrong about the completions in housing, wrong about the fact that we do not spend a reasonable amount in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (17 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: An easy question for the Minister to answer.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (17 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: No, the Deputy is finished. The Deputy has had his interventions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (17 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: I am sorry. Apologies, I cannot.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: Twice in his response the Minister mentioned balanced regional development. Then he went on to tell us about projects in Cork, Galway, Waterford and Limerick as well as Dublin. There was no mention of Sligo. My question is about the Sligo to Dublin rail line. There are two issues that are crucial. We need a train to arrive in Sligo, at least from Longford or Carrick-on-Shannon, for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the addition of an early morning train service between Longford and Sligo that would allow arrival in Sligo for workers, students and people with early medical appointments, before the current first train which arrives from Dublin at 10.17 am. [41698/24]

VAT Rate for Hospitality Sector: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: I thank Deputy Fitzmaurice for drafting this motion, which I fully support. The motion proposes maintaining the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector. This is in the wider context of the huge increases in the past 12 to 18 months in the cost of doing business but specifically this morning, we are looking at the 9% VAT rate. In that context, let us look at our VAT rate on hospitality in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Infrastructure (15 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to clarify his policy position ahead of a planning application decision by An Bord Pleanála, given his recent comments about the fact that a liquified natural gas, LNG, storage facility may no longer be needed as back-up in a natural energy crisis, and given that An Bord Pleanála's decision on a current...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (15 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 622. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 29 May 2024, the reason for the delay in appointing a temporary consultant for the pain clinic at SUH (details supplied); when in 2025 the consultants will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41221/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 623. To ask the Minister for Health if it is envisaged to reopen the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital when the temporary consultant is appointed in early 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41222/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (15 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 624. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline to fill the two vacant consultant anaesthetist posts in the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41223/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (15 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 627. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 29 May 2024, the number of patients referred to the pain relief insourcing initiatives (details supplied) to the pain clinic in Sligo; the number on the waiting list that have been referred to the three-pain relief insourcing initiatives since the pain clinic closed in June 2024; the total number on the waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Recreation Policy (10 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 100. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if, given the current LEADER programme is worth €70 million less than the last programme, excluding the transition programme, there are plans to increase funding to the current LEADER programme. [40501/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union-United Kingdom Trade: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: I welcome the witnesses. It is great to see them here. Those of us who live in the Border counties are aware of many of the challenges that businesses face because they speak to us daily. It is important for us to know that organisations like those represented here today are working in the background to support them. I have two questions. Ms Hearty mentioned the 11,000 businesses that...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: When I made my initial comments on the previous five budgets, I always made the point that it is not just how much money we spend that matters. How we spend it is crucial. The question always is whether it delivers value for money. I am not just saying that here tonight. Sometimes we get the impression that whoever is Minister is putting their hand in their own pocket and handing out...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: I raise once again the issue of the reinstatement of the 9% VAT rate on the food part of the hospitality sector. I know a decision has been taken in the budget but the finance Bill can still be amended. I am asking the Government to consider this. My own experience in Sligo-Leitrim shows very clearly that small, indigenous Irish-owned cafés and restaurants, many with a local or unique...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (8 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the numbers of speech and language therapists employed in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal for the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39773/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (8 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: 654. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next community support fund will open for applications; the costs this funding will support; if other funds due to open or are currently open for applications by community groups that will support running costs such as energy costs, rent, lease and insurance costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40092/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Primary Care Centres (3 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister. The people in Tubbercurry and Ballymote will be very pleased with that. What is at issue here is the Gurteen health centre. They told me the HSE maintenance manager has been as helpful as he can. He has done everything he can but the problem is a severe one and it is just papering over the cracks. I know the Minister is really interested in women's health. Dr....