Results 141-160 of 370 for sligo speaker:Marian Harkin

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...done. He is not responding in any way to the fact that 34 senior consultants signed an email that was absolutely incredible. The Taoiseach talked about the €30 million increase in funding to Sligo hospital. How does this compare to elsewhere? He talked about staffing increases, but he did not compare them to what is happening anywhere else. We are not at the races. After the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: We need a proper focus on Sligo University Hospital. Saolta University Health Care Group is too Galway-centric and this needs to change. I do not believe in beggar-my-neighbour politics, but this needs to change.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: In my 20-plus years in politics, I have never experienced anything like the tsunami of emails from consultants across all disciplines. So far, I have received emails from 34 consultants at Sligo University Hospital, SUH, highlighting the completely unacceptable and unsafe conditions for patients and staff, the consistent underinvestment in the hospital and the unfair and unjust sharing out...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a bus stop at Maugheraboy, County Sligo, was excluded from the new 981 bus route from Coolaney to Sligo, even though it was included in all media releases in regard to the new, long-awaited route; if this stop will be included as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57913/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 587. To ask the Minister for Health the number on the waiting lists to access CAMHS in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and the waiting times involved to access these appointments. [57378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 588. To ask the Minister for Health the speech and language therapy, social work, physiotherapy and occupational therapy positions allocated and filled in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form. [57379/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 645. To ask the Minister for Health when the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital will return to full capacity; the plans that are in place to deal with the extremely long waiting lists for pain management, with patients waiting up to three years for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57678/22]

Retained Firefighters: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...years, County Leitrim has lost ten out of 48 firefighters and there has been enormous difficulty in replacing them. It took three rounds of recruitment to find just three replacements. It is the same story in Sligo and until a significantly improved basic wage and structured time off is put in place it will be increasingly difficult to keep experienced firefighters and attract new ones....

Science Week: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: Last Sunday I joined an energetic and happy group of people, mainly families, heading into in Atlantic Technological University Sligo, ATU Sligo, to attend one of the first programmes of Sligo Science Festival 2022. I could hardly believe the crowds and the real interest that so many people had in all of the different events from the exploration dome to the Its Like Magic but Real event,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: I want to raise the inadequacy of the service provided by the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital. Over the past two years, I have submitted a number of questions about this service and the most recent response stated that the HSE had received funding to establish the clinic on a permanent basis. Previously it was established on a pilot basis. However, 11 months after the pilot...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs (10 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: ..., as it were. We already know from many businesses that they are in trouble. The Minister knows that in his constituency, as I do in mine, businesses are closing. A very well-known butcher in Sligo closed one of its shops yesterday. They said it was because of increased electricity and operational costs. They are just one of many. We know now it is not going to be enough. I know the...

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...as an occupational injury for healthcare and front-line workers. I have contacted the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, about the need for a long Covid clinic for the north west, to be located in Sligo, but so far there has been no progress. Nationally there are an estimated 336,000 adults affected by long Covid. This number keeps increasing. We need a long Covid clinic in Sligo. I...

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: ...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 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]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...naiste give me some definite word for the people who contacted me about providing accommodation for Ukrainians in my constituency both on a commercial and a non-commercial basis? One lady from Grange, Sligo pledged a room last March. She was Garda vetted in the summer. The house was inspected in September. She was asked to install smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms and a fire...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application for school transport for a number of pupils (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50153/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: Yesterday, Monday, 3 October, dermatology clinics were cancelled at Sligo University Hospital, SUH. A letter was sent on 22 September by Dr. McKenna, the consultant dermatologist at SUH, to healthcare providers telling them the clinics would be cancelled. The reason we have got to this point is more than 3,500 new patients are waiting for their first appointment and there are 100 new...

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...