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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (26 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: 910. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the application for DEIS status for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20418/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (26 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: 913. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the DEIS status of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20448/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (26 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: 921. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review an application for DEIS status for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20574/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (26 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: 922. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review an application for DEIS status for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20575/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (26 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: 923. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review an application for DEIS status for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20577/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (26 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: 1140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care in hotel accommodation by month in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20243/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (26 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: 1297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20554/22]

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]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (7 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: 95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific concrete measures that will be taken by the Government and An Post to ensure the viability of the post office network, particularly given the new contract for postmasters which is due to start in January 2023. [18219/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (7 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: What specific concrete measures are being taken or will be taken by the Government and by An Post to ensure the viability of the post office network? The context in which I ask that question, as the Minister is well aware, is that recently there was a meeting of the Irish Postmasters Union, IPU, at which there was overwhelming support for industrial action. They are balloting their members...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (7 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: I heard what the Minister of State said. She said that the Government is committed to a sustainable post office network. The next thing she said was that she met representatives of An Post and that they fully understand the Government's position. The Minister of State probably has clarified it a bit there but why has she not met the Irish postmasters? The sentence the Minister of State...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (7 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: I do not doubt that the Minister of State wants to see a sustainable post office network. My issue is not with her personally. It is with how this is being done, or, how it is not being done. We have a situation where next year, postmasters will be basically relying on payment for transactions. Has the Government looked at a public service obligation, PSO, levy? Why has the...

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

Marian Harkin: I appreciate that the Minister of State came in here and read out what is in front of him. I will not direct my sheer annoyance and anger at him. This is completely unacceptable, however. If we look at what happened when other landslides occurred in the Minister's constituency in Inishowen, we will see that the whole thing was processed and dealt with in just over five months. If we look...

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

Marian Harkin: It is correct. Which Minister is taking this matter? We addressed it to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I have huge respect for the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, and his portfolio, but I had hoped we would have a Minister or Minister of State from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. However, like Deputy Michael McNamara, I will keep my powder dry...

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

Marian Harkin: This motion contains some good proposals. Will the Minister of State please tell us he will take some on board?

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

Marian Harkin: I thank the Regional Group for bringing forward this well-thought-out and comprehensive motion, which outlines a series of proposals to utilise the many vacant and derelict properties throughout the country. In my opinion, the proposals outlined here are reasonable, practical and could be implemented in a timely manner. I believe the Government will not oppose this motion, but as so many...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: Many individuals and families are struggling to cope with the cost of living increases, but some are especially heavily burdened. Included in that group are families who support and care for persons with disabilities. Yesterday, Family Carers Ireland launched a report compiled by the Vincentian Partnership that detailed the additional costs to a family caring for an adolescent with a...

Address by H.E. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (6 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: I welcome Ambassador Gerasko to the Oireachtas today. I thank President Zelenskyy for his courage, leadership and ability to inspire confidence and hope in the Ukrainian people. Most especially, I thank him and the Ukrainian people for their defence of liberal democracy, something too many of us take for granted. We sit comfortably in our seats in Dáil Éireann today as...

Seanad: Comhshuí de Dháil Éireann agus de Sheanad Éireann - Joint Sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas - Address by H.E. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (6 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: I welcome Ambassador Gerasko to the Oireachtas today. I thank President Zelenskyy for his courage, leadership and ability to inspire confidence and hope in the Ukrainian people. Most especially, I thank him and the Ukrainian people for their defence of liberal democracy, something too many of us take for granted. We sit comfortably in our seats in Dáil Éireann today as Ukrainian...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion and giving us the opportunity to debate it. The provision of a quality, universal, public childcare system is essential for families, not just for parents who want to go to work, but for all families because quality childcare has a significant positive impact on the development of young children. In Ireland, historically, we have had...