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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: Once again, I raise the issue of the significant inequitable financial treatment under the fair deal scheme meted out to public nursing homes on the one hand and private, community and voluntary nursing homes on the other. As a result, many small, family-run, often rural nursing homes are finding themselves in real financial trouble. Last week, two former TDs, Dr. Jerry Cowley and Dr....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: I agree with most of what the Taoiseach said. I certainly have not heard anyone in the Chamber today conflate terrible crimes with migrants. There is no evidence to support that. I am also not grandstanding and looking for the head of the Minister. As I said to the Taoiseach at the end of my initial comments, this is the time for cohesion and we need to see how we can work together. ...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: This afternoon our first thoughts are with a little girl and her carer who are gravely ill in hospital following a horrific knife attack. Second, we extend our heartfelt thanks to those who intervened, and to all the services for helping protect our capital city from mindless violence, and far right-fuelled hatred and fury. However, I want to raise the broader issue of migration policy in...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: Today, for the first time, there is some glimmer of hope, a faint ray of light as there seems to be an agreement between Israel and Hamas for a four-day ceasefire and the release of hostages. Every hostage released and every hour of a ceasefire is a positive. It is not a solution but it is a start and we have to start somewhere. As this process continues every hour of every day must be...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: This motion from Sinn Féin highlights many of the critical issues facing our health service. The Government's amendment, on the other hand, outlines much of the work undertaken by the Government and indeed, there is some progress. However, it is from a very low base in that the number of inpatient acute beds per capitain Ireland was one of the lowest in Europe and just to start...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: I raise the crisis faced by a number of childcare providers, especially the smaller, independent ones, in my constituency and elsewhere. This relates to the fact that the Department will not accept the set of accounts from these providers that Revenue has already accepted. The Department wants much more detail and requires the accounts to be prepared by a chartered accountant, at an extra...

Science Week: Statements (16 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: Who would ever have thought that Science Week would generate such energy and excitement? As a former maths and science teacher, I am personally excited to see this, mainly because Science Week is primarily about making science fun, accessible and interesting, particularly to our young students. Earlier we heard the Minister list off the work of his Department. He promised not just to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: Just over a year ago, I raised the crisis in the dermatology service at Sligo University Hospital, SUH, with the then Taoiseach, now Tánaiste, Deputy Micheál Martin. Back then, Dr. McKenna, the consultant dermatologist at SUH, had contacted all healthcare providers to inform them his clinics would be cancelled as there were more than 3,500 new patients waiting for their first...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Social Democrats for tabling the motion. I support all of its asks with one exception. I agree we must intensify our efforts for an immediate ceasefire, suspend the EU-Israeli Association Agreement, suspend the EU-Israel Horizon Europe association agreement and pass the occupied territories Bill. I cannot support the call to expel the Israeli ambassador for a very simple...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: This week we had the historic incorporation of St. Angela's, Clogherevagh, into Atlantic Technological University, ATU. This was a most special occasion for the Ursuline Sisters, who founded the college back in 1952 and who championed third level education for women in very different times such that now St. Angela's, as part of ATU, can continue to provide the highest levels of academic...

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: First, I thank the Labour Party for a most comprehensive and clearly thought out motion on the need to radically improve our home support service in order that those who avail of the service and those who provide the service can work together to ensure a much more sustainable and accessible service for all of those in our communities who need care. I am disappointed that the Minister for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister of State. I have had a look through his response. He tells me that, back in 2021, a new mainstream en suite classroom and special education teacher room, etc., was completed at Sooey National School. That is absolutely correct. The school got rid of its prefabs. Basically, what the Department is asking of the school is to now go back to having prefabs or modular...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: Just before that I ask the Ceann Comhairle to give me ten seconds.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: I am well aware of the case of Dan Brennan because I was in the European Parliament's Petitions Committee when Dan Brennan made his case there on several occasions. I am from Sligo so I had no political interest in him or what was happening. The Minister talks about no new evidence but he should review the old evidence. As many of the Deputies said, it is the same old line coming from the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Emergency Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: 53. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in terms of resources to accommodate and provide related support, what plans does his Department have in place to manage the increased flow of Ukrainian refugees and other international protection applicants over the coming winter months. [48375/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Emergency Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: The Ceann Comhairle caught me by surprise. It is the same question again. I ask the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, what plans he has in place to manage the increased flow of Ukrainian refugees. He said that a message will go out to Ukrainian communities across Europe but I am asking what that message is. What are we now saying? Is the Minister in a position to tell us this evening or is the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Emergency Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: I hear what the Minister is saying about the State investing, but he and I know that takes time. It is unlikely that he will be the Minister when much of this comes on stream. It will take quite a bit of time, so what can we do in the meantime? The elastic is well stretched at this stage. The payment to people to have a Ukrainian family or one of two members of the Ukrainian community in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Emergency Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: I congratulate the Minister on the speed with which this has happened but it is a tiny amount compared to what is needed. We know that. That is why I put forward that suggestion. Perhaps I am talking more about people taking Ukrainians in their own private homes rather than people who might be letting their homes or letting an apartment. I understand we do not want to interfere with the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (7 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: 48. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many modular homes have been provided for refugees in 2023; and what plans his Department have to provide additional modular homes. [48376/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (7 Nov 2023)

Marian Harkin: I ask the Minister about his plans for the coming winter for housing refugees. What plans does he have in place regarding modular homes, in particular, and in the wider scheme of things as well? I hope he refers in his answer to the proposal around the offering of 90 days' accommodation to those who arrive here from Ukraine.