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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (4 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48641/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify, in the context of a review of solar panel planning exemptions, if planning permission is required for the installation of solar PV panels on listed buildings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48640/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Courses Accreditation (4 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an accreditation issue with a course (details supplied); and the plans that are in place to deal with this matter. [48188/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (4 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 727. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the independent review of radiation therapy; if he will provide a timeline for the commencement of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48642/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (4 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 728. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to deal with the severe shortage of radiation therapists in the HSE, of which currently, 15% of positions are vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48643/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: Yes:

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: In regard to the electricity credit scheme which will be a big help to many families, we have a situation in Sligo and I expect elsewhere in that a significant number of Traveller families will not receive the full amount payable of €200 per household, if they happen to share their MPRN connection with other families, as many of them do. If they share with three other families each...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Tánaiste. On 28 September, the INMO branded Sligo University Hospital a safety hazard. That is not politics and it is not me saying it. The INMO does not do this lightly. That is where we are at the moment. The INMO has called for an urgent inspection by HIQA because of the increased overcrowding and safety issues for patients and staff. I hear what the Tánaiste...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: For the seventh time in the past year and a half, I am raising the issue of the serious, chronic and worsening situation at Sligo University Hospital, SUH, regarding the numbers on trolleys and waiting for beds. There is no shortage of statistics thanks to Trolley Watch. While numbers fluctuate day on day, if we look at the trends, we will see what is happening. If we look at this year,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: I know about the work that is under way on insurance reform. It will be useful, but what will happen before those recommendations are made and put in place? The Minister of State spoke about the funding that the Government had given local authorities. In the interim, could work be done to ensure that at least some of that funding is made available to local communities so that they might...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: 3. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the assistance that is available to community festivals and shows to help with their running costs, including insurance. [47526/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: I want to ask about the assistance that is available to communities that run festivals, fairs, shows and so on to help with their running costs. In particular, I want to focus on insurance costs and the fact that many local communities right now, in the Minister of State's constituency the same as in mine, and across the country, are facing the awful fact that they cannot even get insurance,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: I take the Minister of State’s point that the Government supports many local festivals, fairs and so on. However, the issue for many of them is that they cannot get an insurance quote. Some of the money the Department is making available will never get to local communities. The Mohill horse fair in County Leitrim has run for hundreds of years and was reinvigorated 25 or 30 years...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Disability Matters
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank all the people who presented this morning. I was speaking in the Dáil so I had to chase out so if I ask a question that has already been asked, please let me know. We are told the obligations and duties of public bodies are clear. They are fairly simple and straightforward. There are common things that people get wrong. How easy would it be to deal with some of the more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Disability Matters
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: Earlier Mr. Cawley spoke about the fact that many videos have captions and auto text. The idea was put forward to have a disabled person on the team. This is a good idea. I suggest, in light of the web accessibility legislation, that this is a real business opportunity. Such a business could be established. An individual Deputy or a small company might not be in a position to employ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Autism
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank all the people who presented this morning. I was speaking in the Dáil so I had to chase out so if I ask a question that has already been asked, please let me know. We are told the obligations and duties of public bodies are clear. They are fairly simple and straightforward. There are common things that people get wrong. How easy would it be to deal with some of the more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Autism
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: Earlier Mr. Cawley spoke about the fact that many videos have captions and auto text. The idea was put forward to have a disabled person on the team. This is a good idea. I suggest, in light of the web accessibility legislation, that this is a real business opportunity. Such a business could be established. An individual Deputy or a small company might not be in a position to employ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: 170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider increasing the income threshold to a minimum of €50,000 to qualify for council housing assistance supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47810/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: 244. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of on-call services for the HSE in the community at weekends from Friday evening until Monday morning (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47678/22]

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: Yesterday, I raised the issue of the chronic and worsening imbalance between the northern and western region and the rest of the country. I have been banging on about this for a long time. The statistics and figures show it. Europe has downgraded the region vis-à-visother European regions for the second time in three years. It has now gone from a region in transition to a lagging...