Results 81-100 of 163 for long speaker:Marian Harkin

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...on energy costs. However, for independent food retailers energy costs are the second highest after wages. That sector is hit so much harder by increasing energy costs. The Tánaiste talked about long-term schemes that are available, but when your back is to the wall and you have no working capital, a long-term scheme - good and all as they may be - is not as attractive as it might...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...many energy providers are making huge profits. The Government needs to look at some intervention here. A temporary suspension of commercial rates would help. They are short-term measures. They have long-term proposals as well. I would like to hear if the Tánaiste can give them any respite for the serious few months that lie ahead.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...Drumkeeran and met the farmers affected and said there would be a compensation package. Since then no offers have been made. Farmers have lost patience. I do not blame them. It has been far too long. I ask the Taoiseach to raise this issue with the Minister and ask him to make good on his promise of compensation in the immediate future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Food Security in the European Union: European Commission for Agriculture and Rural Development (13 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...in that context and agriculture must also. I am going to ask a few questions about this country in particular. In Ireland, how can we reorient our agricultural models both in the short and in the long term to try to ensure greater sustainability? I am not asking Mr. Scannell to pre-empt the agriculture Council on Monday but just to give a general overview on that. Third, and this is...

Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...and have been for many months. Families are trying to set a few bob aside week by week to buy books, or it might be a pair of trainers for PE, a new uniform jumper or a school tracksuit. There is a very long list of back-to-school requirements. Parents are counting how many weeks it is until the end of August so they can have enough money set aside in order that their child can go back...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...Deputy Rabbitte, is doing her best with it and, fair dues, she came to Carrick, but the question is why did this happen in the first place? People are still waiting and asking why it is taking so long. I will raise a final point regarding a major problem in the care services. The Minister of State and I know carers travel from one home to another for a half-hour here and a half-hour...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 1469. To ask the Minister for Health if a long-Covid clinic will be established in Sligo University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29301/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 May 2022)

Marian Harkin: 26. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that is being made to provide a nationwide network of multidisciplinary long-Covid clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20530/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 May 2022)

Marian Harkin: 472. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the interim model of care for long Covid as developed by the HSE; the way in which persons can access this model of care throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21916/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: 1622. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with long-Covid on a three-monthly basis for 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20316/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Agriculture Schemes (6 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...last year and the year before and people are pleased about that. The Minister of State and I both know, however, that it is highly unlikely that it will happen this year. They have waited too long. I expected that we would get something more tonight than hearing that the engagement is continuing and the Minister's Department will contact them, etc. That is what we have been getting...

Vacant Properties: Motion [Private Members] (6 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...need other actions parallel to Housing for All that can be implemented immediately and that will deliver accommodation in the short and medium term. I strongly support the proposal to introduce 0% long-term loans for retrofitting homes. The proposal that repayments be made through utility companies based on energy savings, to include microgeneration technologies, is good and should be...

Services for Children with Disabilities: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Mar 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...difference. I do not need to tell the Minister that the numbers of children who are awaiting services under CAMHS increases year-on-year. Yesterday, I received one of the saddest letters I have had in a long time. It was about the total inadequacy of youth mental health services in Sligo and Leitrim, including the lack of beds, the lack of communication between professional teams and...

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers: Motion [Private Members] (23 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...not hold the same view as the Rural Independent Group on carbon tax. To me, this is a ring-fenced fixed tax which will go to those who need it most when it comes to retrofitting homes. Retrofitting is a medium and long-term solution. It is never easy for the Government to fund good outcomes in four, five or ten years. That is a positive step, but the Government has a responsibility to...

Tackling the Cost of Living - Institutional Investors in the Residential Property Market: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...to ensure a sense of security that is fundamental to all of us as human beings. Being able to open, step through and close our front door behind us gives those of us in that position a real sense of belonging, a sense of place, the feeling that we are at home. The word "home" is so powerful and it means so much in so many different ways. As a person or family without a home, either one...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...; She went on to state, “My hope would be that legislation could be put in place that will remove the medicine from behind the counter and be available ... only through consultation with the GP.” It is a long email and it is heart-breaking because it tells how the 39-year-old woman died painfully from addiction. Her sister names the over-the-counter medication. I will...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...progressed soon. If not, there is a real possibility that could have significant and unforeseen outcomes for the incorporation of St. Angela's College and IT Sligo because after 1 April it will no longer be IT Sligo. I ask that the Minister provide a timeline for the enactment of this Bill and if he, as Minister, and the Government will ensure that this legislation is in place in time...

Leaving Certificate: Motion (25 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...while others might have been living with vulnerable people. Some students might have had to take on certain extra responsibilities in the home that were Covid related. The students may have suffered long Covid. There is a very long list of valid reasons for students seeking a hybrid leaving certificate. I listened carefully to what the Minister, Deputy Foley, said, and I am happy to...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...to have further engagement. Where, precisely, are we now in this process of further engagement? Have we the assurances and guarantees to which the Minister referred? This has gone on far too long. In the final analysis, the national maternity hospital must be in public ownership, a 100% publicly owned hospital - no ifs, no buts, no maybes and no "complex" situations. This whole debate...