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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2021)

Marian Harkin: Yesterday an Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation protest at Sligo University Hospital was averted at the last minute because there is to be an emergency meeting of the Workplace Relations Commission and an independent assessment of staffing requirements. We should never have allowed this situation to fester to this point. Today's Trolley Watch figures show a total of 25 patients waiting...

Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2021)

Marian Harkin: I thank Deputy Paul Murphy and People Before Profit for bringing this Bill before the House. It is a practical, down-to-earth Bill that will achieve real progress. I am pleased to hear that the Government supports the Bill in principle. However, I hope to see real urgency in progressing it. Earlier, the Minister of State, Deputy English, mentioned that there may be some legal...

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: Yes, we are. Tonight we are speaking of the value of community-led local development, of community knowledge, response and support to our long-term unemployed. The Minister’s proposal will undermine this community approach and replace it with a for-profit model that will not put the unemployed person at its core. This model will force the providers to provide inadequate services to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: 138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the further supports being developed to enable the hospitality sector to function effectively while the pandemic persists; if he will consider supports for the implementation of an affordable ventilation scheme for this and other high-risk environments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58322/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wind Energy Guidelines (25 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister of State for his response. He said peatlands can be damaged. He and I know that peatlands will be damaged by wind turbines. The Minister of State saw peat stability and the side of Shass Mountain. We built homes on floodplains in this country, thinking that we had ways and means of directing the movement of water. We cannot. The same is true of peat on the sides of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wind Energy Guidelines (25 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: I want to raise issues relating to the siting of wind farms, particularly on mountainsides and largely on peaty soil. I will begin with some general points about wind farms, their siting and how we do business in this regard. In addition, I will focus on two proposed wind farms, one at Dough Mountain near Lissinagroagh, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, and the other close to the top of Corry...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: Apology accepted. In recent weeks, 50 townlands in or near Lough Melvin, County Leitrim and 69 townlands near Templehouse in the Ox Mountains, County Sligo, were finally officially designated special areas of conservation, SACs. That means there are approximately 37 different constraints on these lands. For example, they apply to any construction, alteration or removal of stone walls,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (25 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: 23. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position with regard to staff currently employed in job clubs; and if they will be treated fairly and be eligible to redundancy payments when the new local employment services are established. [50098/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (25 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: 40. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the criteria for entry to the Tús and rural social schemes in terms of restrictions on time limits, for example, a person who has completed a Tús scheme for one year cannot apply for another three years. [50099/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Pension Provisions (25 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: 205. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has met with an organisation (details supplied) since the postponement of the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; if not, if a commitment will be given to hold such a meeting as part of the consultation process; if a timeline will be provided for this meeting; and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: 83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application of a person (details supplied) [57692/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider, in view of the severe shortage of substitute teachers available, putting forward members of the inspectorate as well as teachers currently in seconded positions for the next three months as members of the substitute panel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57881/21]

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: Climate change and how we deal with it is the defining issue of our generation, an issue that will impact forever, at least in human terms, on future generations. While we recognise and accept individual responsibility, as we must, we must also look to our Government to put systems and structures in place to facilitate us as citizens to play our role, not to absolve us from responsibility...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: As the Taoiseach said, it is a once-in-a-century happening. He said that all stakeholders have to show flexibility. Has there been inflexibility and, if so, how does he believe we can get over this issue? I agree the Minister has given resources but the truth is they are not enough because it is a once-in-a-century happening - the Taoiseach said it himself. Therefore, in a situation like...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: I also extend good wishes to the Ceann Comhairle. Like many in this House, I have had countless emails and calls from school principals, parents, students and teachers, all of whom are extremely concerned about the issue of substitution for teachers who are sick or self-isolating due to Covid. It is important to say this is not a new or unexpected problem. Covid has exacerbated it, but it...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Industry (23 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: 194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 39 and 49 of 4 November 2021, the timeline for a decision on the granting of prospecting licences in north County Leitrim following the closing date for submissions on 7 November 2021. [57114/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (23 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: 198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the clean export guarantee payment for exported renewable electricity will be in place in January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57176/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a house affected by pyrite owned by an Irish family that are now living outside of Ireland can be included in the defective concrete blocks scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57104/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: 669. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available as a matter of urgency for a family (details supplied). [57485/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: 742. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the provisions of regulation Statutory Instrument S.I. 538/2001 are active and applicable to all current proposed afforestation applications. [57416/21]