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Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: Okay. I have been flying but that does not matter. The other issue is the rolling sunset clauses. These are not acceptable. I have listened to a good bit of this debate but I did not catch it all. I believe I might have heard somewhere that the Minister is willing to amend the wording. I am not sure about that but I hope he is. In truth, however, it tells us a great deal about the...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: I am up here in the Gods. Like many other Deputies, I have real concerns about the proposed amendments. As Deputy Stanton has told us, we are looking at four amendments. Two relate to health, one relates to emergency measures in the public interest and one relates to criminal justice enforcement powers. These amendments were put in place to deal with an emergency. As the nature of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Process (27 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 45. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. [28657/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Carer's Leave (27 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 87. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider extending carer’s leave as a result of Covid-19. [28655/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: United Nations (27 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 91. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the ratification of the optional protocol under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [28656/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: I raise the urgent need to provide independent living accommodation for adults with intellectual disabilities in Manorhamilton in County Leitrim. The Taoiseach will not be familiar with the specifics, but I have emailed his office and the Minister of State with responsibility in this area, Deputy Rabbitte, with the facts. Seven years ago, a few families in Manorhamilton started working with...

Independent Beef Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: It has been obvious for decades that practices in the meat processing sector have created fortunes for factory owners, with continuing low incomes for all beef farmers from weighmen to sellers to finishers. Beef farmers have consistently been unable to earn a living wage and are only sustained by direct payments from CAP. Factory owners have acted in concert to keep prices to farmers down...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: I thank Deputy Brady for bringing forward this motion, to which I was happy to add my name. When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there are no easy answers. If there were, we would have found them by now. A two-state solution is the only solution but it only works where there is trust. There is no trust. We have seen one UN Security Council resolution after another...

International Travel and Aviation: Statements (25 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: Whoever said it was easier to lock down due to Covid rather than to open up was not wrong. We have, however, come to a point now where we must bite the bullet. All our actions take place in context and while the situation is fluid, the headlines around vaccination, hospitalisations, antigen testing, and now the EU green certificate, are all encouraging. Biting the bullet means that we now...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (25 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance the section or subsection of the Finance Act 2001 that grants the Revenue Commissioners VRT enforcement officers the power to offer and accept payment of a compromise penalty when the Revenue Commissioners have not received a notice of claim as specified by section 144(3)(a) of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28181/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (25 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of VRT warnings, detentions, seizures and compromise penalties in each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form as outlined under sections 141, 144 (3)(a) and 153 of the Finance Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28182/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a specific plan to tackle family homelessness in the forthcoming Housing for All strategy; if the key issues and suggestions made in a strategy by an organisation (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28410/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (25 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to extend the Shannon–Erne waterway to the Erne estuary-Atlantic coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28036/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the disability capacity review and the report by a company (details supplied) on the cost of disability will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: 563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the decision to weigh fish at the location they have been landed will be reconsidered given there are no facilities available to carry out same (details supplied); if his officials will discuss the matter with the fishing industry in order to find a workable solution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28233/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: I appreciate the Chairman allowing me to intervene. Ms Nally answered the question on carbon credits and said that there is no policy or measure in place to trade carbon credits. Will the carbon credits be attributed to the agri sector? On the rewetting of bogs, as the Turf Cutters and Contractors Association liaised with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, on rehabilitation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: Ms Nally said in response to an earlier question on carbon credits that there is no policy and measure to trade carbon credits. Will whatever carbon credits there are be attributed to the agricultural sector?

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: I am sharing the last three minutes with Deputy Fitzmaurice. Yesterday, at the start of my intervention, I welcomed this Bill and I thanked the Minister of State for bringing it forward. It is good legislation which protects the productive income from the farm or business and that is what is most important. My understanding is that if someone has been in care for over three years, once...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Institutes of Technology (20 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: I will take Deputy Pringle's question and, with the Minister's permission, I will incorporate aspects of a question of my own on the same issue. Deputy Pringle asked about the plans in place for the development of LYIT. That is, obviously, in the context of the submission from the Connacht-Ulster Alliance, which includes Sligo IT, the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, and LYIT. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Institutes of Technology (20 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister. That was a lot of information in two minutes. As he said, we are in the final stages. The TUI is voting at the moment and nobody wants to pre-empt the result of that ballot but we can all be hopeful that we will have white smoke, perhaps by tonight or tomorrow morning. It is my understanding that the three governing bodies will meet tomorrow to submit their...