Results 1,101-1,120 of 2,712 for speaker:Marian Harkin

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Special Educational Needs (9 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Question No. 461 of 15 February 2022, if she will include the CHO 1 area in the extension of the pilot of the school inclusion model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55681/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (9 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date for the publication of the Child Maintenance Review Group Report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55754/22]

Home Care: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this timely and important motion. For many families, this is a priority. Indeed, many families are trying to provide home care either part time or full time and they find it exceptionally difficult to do so. Many are struggling. As more and more people live longer and demand for home care increases significantly, this is the issue. Everybody wants to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: I again raise the issue of the large numbers of people waiting for beds at Sligo University Hospital, SUH. Since January of this year, SUH has had the third highest number of people waiting for beds. The headline for figures for Cork are worse, but bed capacity in Cork is more than twice that of Limerick so in real terms, in terms of capacity, SUH is second only to Limerick. Time and again...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the preferred option will be selected for approval on the section of road on the N17 between Castleoye and Temple House Crossroads, County Sligo; when the junctions on this section of road will be improved and made safer for local residents as was promised in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54834/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the VAT turnover threshold from the current €37,500 to at least €50,000, given the increase in the cost of services and the increased cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54640/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be taken to alleviate the issue of overcrowding on school buses from Kinlough and Bundoran to Ballyshannon, given that there is insufficient space due to an intake of new students from Ukraine, with insufficient space on existing transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54145/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new school bus route can be established between Grange and Ballyshannon to cater for the demand for school transport in that area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54146/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the repair of the wheelchair lift at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54147/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available for a school (details supplied) to install solar panels on the roof of its building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54148/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 653. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending illness benefit to those workers who are also in receipt of another social welfare payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54659/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Mortgage Resolution Processes (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 667. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when funding will be put in place to continue the abhaile scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54868/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 742. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to develop a new National Child Poverty Plan to address high levels of poverty in households headed by one parent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55755/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 767. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated timeline for publication of the codes of practice under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. [54865/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 768. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated timeline for the publication of the court rules under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. [54866/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 801. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider adding graduate-entry medicine students to the SUSI grant scheme to help alleviate the costs of that programme for low-income students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54150/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 802. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the omission of graduate-entry medicine students from lowered contribution fees for higher education students announced in budget 2023, during a time of a shortage of doctors and medical staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54151/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 803. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to students to alleviate the high cost of the graduate-entry medicine programme at University College Dublin (details supplied); the plans in place to bring the fees down in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54152/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 952. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who have been recruited in Sligo University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital as of 24 October 2022 to implement the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54344/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 966. To ask the Minister for Health when named day centres (details supplied) will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54410/22]