Results 1-20 of 157 for long speaker:Marian Harkin

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (2 May 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...they are being treated by the Department of Social Protection. This situation is an anomaly. It involves three different Departments and the matter goes over and back between them. This has been going on for a long time. Can the Minister give me any timeframe in respect of when he hopes to deal with this matter in a fair and reasonable way?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (2 May 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...work, they will have no entitlement. I am pleased to hear, therefore, that the Minister is hoping to have an outcome by the summer because we absolutely need it. As I said, this matter has dragged on for far too long. We simply want a reasonable way to deal with this situation so those who have served their full time can receive their pensions in a fair manner.

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...When will these prices stop soaring? The difference in price was so great I checked and double checked my figures. I have spoken to people throughout my constituency, in particular local forecourt owners along the Border. It is clear that workers and families are not only bracing themselves for the next increase in excise, VAT and tax on fuel, they are actually dreading it. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...issue was raised here the last day. If we have judicial reviews, that the timeframes that are spoken about in the pact simply could not apply here because no Government can put a timeframe on how long it takes for a judicial review.

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...that has dogged the west and the north west since August of last year. It is not just about keeping going; it is about seeing a viable future for their farm with the weather-related challenges alongside all the other challenges they face. While it is not directly linked to bad weather, I want to mention the increasing level of bureaucracy farmers have to manage, which is putting a severe...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...in the next two budgets in order that by 2027, we will be able to introduce a non-means-tested participation income for family carers. Care is central to how we live and how our societies function, and for far too long, family carers have carried the burden, saving the State approximately €20 billion per annum. That is equivalent to a second HSE. Family carers in Sligo save...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (17 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...issue. To build a new Garda station in Sligo is an urgent matter. Every couple of months a colleague of mine, Councillor Marie Casserly, contacts me to keep it on the agenda because this is a long saga. We need to get it sorted. I have raised it so many times with various Ministers, the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach. In fact, the last Minister for Justice to visit Sligo Garda...

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...the purpose of that. Competition does not help anybody and there is no need for it in this instance. Deputy Kenny spoke about a solution. If it is the policy in Mayo that they want to build a greenway alongside the railway, then let them go ahead but we found a solution in both Sligo and Leitrim. We have reached the end of stage 2 of the Sligo greenway project and the Sligo, Leitrim,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reviews (10 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...alternative gateway when we look at the criteria that will be in place, to ensure it will be there for people who suffer from very different kinds of disability? Too many people have been waiting a long time. Many people could never even think of accessing this scheme because of the medical model. All of those people were excluded anyway, but, right now, so many people are waiting....

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...society. Care is not an add-on. Care is central to our lives, from the very beginning to the end. Society, as we have constructed it, could not function without care provision being at its core. For too long, care happened behind the closed doors of the family home, with little support, largely invisible and hugely undervalued. While that has changed to some extent, the burden of care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 Mar 2024)

Marian Harkin: 624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give a commitment to extend the special pay with leave long-Covid scheme for healthcare workers past 31 March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9984/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)

Marian Harkin: I want to raise the issue of the termination of the special scheme of paid leave for those who suffer from long Covid. In fairness, the payment has been extended on several occasions over the past number of years. Despite the Minister for Health asking for an extension to the end of June this year, the request was denied by the Minister for public expenditure. A number of my...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2024)

Marian Harkin: ..., a durable partnership will tend to be one of some duration, but that is not to say that the duration of the relationship is, in itself, a defining feature...it is perfectly possible for a committed long-term, what is often called a “serious” relationship, to exist between persons who have known one [another] for a short time. That conflicts with what the Tánaiste...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...ask the Minister of State what is the hold-up. What is causing this delay? I will speak more on residential accommodation in my next intervention. Many parents are really concerned about the long term for their children who are now adults with special needs. Thus far, despite the Minister of State stating there have been quarterly meetings - there have been - there is no progress on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...says is that it is advised that investigating residential properties is for follow-up. That is all it says in those minutes. Parents are really losing patience at this point because it is going on too long. Already, one of the parents of these children has died. All parents are concerned about is what will happen when they are not here. That is why they want to hear that real progress...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (15 Feb 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...was being drawn up to, hopefully, include Sligo in the scheme. Where are we with that? Will the Minister give me an update? Will he give certainty to those people who have been waiting a very long time and find themselves in a really difficult position?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Feb 2024)

Marian Harkin: We now have the totally unacceptable and unbelievable situation where a new €37.6 million community hospital in Ballyshannon, with 52 long-stay beds, 20 short-stay beds, eight dementia-specific assessment beds and a day hospital service, has been ready to open its doors for several weeks now. However, because of a dispute between the HSE, SIPTU and the INMO on planned staffing levels...

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (25 Jan 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...this, it might help. If the greenway was preserved or whatever, it might be in a better place if it was to be upgraded. I hear what the Chair says. Nothing can be done tomorrow, but this is a long time in gestation. I have had debates and discussions with some of the people here and I changed my mind when I could see the reality of what they were saying. Mr. Cunniffe spoke of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Marian Harkin: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the long-outstanding issue of regularising the terms and conditions of adult education tutors employed by education and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2048/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (18 Jan 2024)

Marian Harkin: 64. To ask the Minister for Health in response to the recent ESRI report on the provision of long-term residential care, what plans are being put in place to secure sufficient long-term care capacity in the north west region, in particular, and in other more rural counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2085/24]