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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Assisted Decision-Making (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of agents acting on behalf of a person who cannot manage their own financial affairs within the Department; and if she will provide a breakdown of the number of agents categorised across social protection schemes in tabular form. [52386/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Assisted Decision-Making (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if current arrangements with regard to the appointment of agents acting on behalf of a person who cannot manage their own financial affairs will remain valid in view of the commencement of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 or if amendments will be necessary. [52387/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank the guests for their presentation. What we are talking about here is massive. Land use and land use change and, as Mr. Keane just said, it is not just the farms or the lands where it happens, but it is adjoining land as well. We can basically say we are looking at much of the country here. My questions arise from the countries that are objecting. What is our position? It is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: Twelve months means going through the Parliament and agreeing with the Council. There is an eight-week window to object from when the Commission comes forward with a proposal. Is that what matters here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank our contributors. I missed some of the presentations at the beginning. From what I have heard, I am not sure if that is good or bad. I have heard enough in the meantime to have loads of questions and if they have already been asked, please ignore them. I will address the first question to Mr. O'Donoghue. At the meeting on 25 October the energy ministers will look at a number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I agree about people needing information, but who delivers the message is crucial. I have met too many people who feel the responsibility is being put almost exclusively on their shoulders as the Government is unable to take any meaningful short-term measures. Any message must be definite, "realisable" - that is the word Dr. Deane used earlier about the floating offshore energy terminals -...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank both of the witnesses. Everybody is saying the same thing. We attend many meetings but the clarity of their answers and the scope and breadth of their knowledge is coupled with the ability to share it in a way that I understand. I thank them for that. I have one or two brief questions. What is the possibility of small co-operative windfarms or even individual turbines perhaps...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: Regarding solar, are there any issues around the materials themselves, the supply of them, etc.? I asked another question about the wind. I am talking about individual homes. I have seen the odd small wind turbine around, although you would not even call them turbines. Do these have any potential for individuals? Are they cost reasonable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: What about the cost? Is the cost feasible for farming families, let us say?

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion, which contains a number of very sensible and doable proposals. I want to address some of the remarks from the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who has left us. He quite rightly informed us of the global and European situation which is worsening day to day as Russia not only sends drones to murder people in their homes, but also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (18 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of regularising the terms and conditions of adult education tutors employed by education and training boards; the timeline to address the outstanding commitments, recommendations, awards and claims within the terms of the quantum of the sectoral bargaining fund available for agreed sectoral bargaining units; if an agreed approach...

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Regulations (18 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 790. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken around the new medical device regulation, MDR, which came into effect on 26 May 2021 (details supplied); the specific actions which he is taking to address this urgent matter at both Irish and EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51757/22]

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I am pleased to see this legislation before the House because I worked on the directive for many years in the European Parliament, not just in its final stages when it was a draft document, in committee and in the Parliament itself, but in trying to ensure it got on the Statute Book in the first place. When I was first elected to the Parliament, Kathy Sinnott and I founded the carers...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: There is a severe shortage of radiation therapists in the HSE. I put down a number of written questions asking for a progress report but the only response I have got is that there is a review ongoing in the Workplace Relations Commission. Despite a real crisis in the sector, very little progress has been made in getting this review up and running. Approximately half of people with a cancer...

Community and Voluntary Sector Workers: Motion [Private Members] (12 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this motion regarding the fact that workers in the community and voluntary sector have not had a pay rise for 14 years. When you say it quickly, 14 years slips off the tongue, but that is a very long time. As somebody said at yesterday's briefing on the issue, they are tired asking for equity, justice and a bit of respect, and for an...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I am very happy to support this motion from Sinn Féin. It forensically looks at some of the major gaps in our system of supports for people with disabilities and it asks some of the hard questions. In many ways, the context is set by the failure to publish the capacity review action plan. It is already badly delayed. I listened to some of this debate in my office but I did not hear...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: I heard the Minister of State outline some of the specific measures taken in the budget to help alleviate the cost of living and increased energy costs for some people and specific sectors. Those were very welcome but they were the targeted measures. Tonight we are looking at universal measures, or the safety net for the general public. All the payments we are speaking of tonight are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (11 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline and date for the roll-out of broadband in an area (details supplied) of County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50060/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (11 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for their driving test; and if this date will stand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49627/22]