Results 1-20 of 328 for sligo speaker:Marian Harkin

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...force as it stands, that would have to stop. I was not listening to the radio all day but I did hear some of it. The other advertisement I heard was for Western Gaels hurling and camogie club in west Sligo. It was advertising a dream holiday with a total prize fund of around €26,000. Advertising that on local radio is the club's lifeblood. It wants to build a home ground for...

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

Marian Harkin: ...clearly that increases in fuel prices hit families in rural areas harder. If we examine the average numbers of kilometres driven each year, we see that the national average is 16,300 km whereas the average in Sligo and Donegal is 17,500 km and that in Leitrim and Roscommon is 19,000 km. This indicates that the price increases hit those in rural areas harder. While I agree that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (30 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: 410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the inclusion of County Sligo in the defective concrete blocks scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19207/24]

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

Marian Harkin: ...from Donegal, the Minister will be aware that many farmers in the west and north west are running short of fodder. The Minister has put a transport subsidy in place, but from what I am hearing in Sligo, Leitrim, south Donegal and north Roscommon – perhaps the Minister’s area of Donegal is different – the subsidy will be of little benefit to farmers because there are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: They are not in Sligo.

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

Marian Harkin: ...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 the State about €260 million every year. In Leitrim, it is €120 million; in Roscommon, €250 million; and in Donegal, €600 million....

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

Marian Harkin: Obviously, certain things are happening because we now have the divisional change and the Garda Commissioner and the Minister are supportive of a new Garda station in Sligo. I am sorry that the Minister is not here today but to be fair, she did send me her apologies that she could not make it. One always likes, if and when possible, to hear the Minister responsible speaking on these issues....

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

Marian Harkin: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Minister of State. This is perhaps the fifth or sixth occasion I have raised this 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...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...west. We have the worst outcomes and it is the responsibility of this Government to deal with that. The national development plan has Galway as the cancer centre of a cancer network encompassing Sligo University Hospital, Letterkenny University Hospital, Castlebar and Portiuncula hospitals. Some progress, to be fair, has been made. A project lead was appointed this week to support...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (11 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...on his appointment. I look forward to working with him. I would suggest, if Deputy Flaherty does not mind, while he is looking for a windfall in Longford, to look at his neighbours first, in Sligo, Roscommon, Leitrim and so on. I want to raise the issue that the Minister of State has raised before now, which is the need for staged payments for the Croí Cónaithe grants. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...like Kildare. For every 80 people in County Kildare, one house was built. It is important to state that these numbers are on a per capita basis, which means they are fair to begin with. In Sligo, there was one house built for every 273 people. Leitrim had one house built for every 248 people. Roscommon had one for every 570 people. Yes, houses are being built but the vast majority of...

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: ...to some extent, the overall question we are looking at will be answered by what is in that review. It is important the Department should be here. In the more general context, for example, for the Sligo-Dublin rail link, we are looking to see whether double-tracking from Mullingar to Maynooth will be approved. It is my understanding, and Mr. Kenny can confirm this, that Irish Rail is...

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: ...does leave us in a flux, it is nonetheless very important to say that putting a greenway in place will not in any way negatively impact on the possibility to build a rail link from Claremorris to Sligo. To a large extent that is the basis of the petitioner's case here today. I will now leave it to other members.

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: .... However, we can only deal with the current Government as it is the only one we have. If the Government were to fund this line, as its policy, from Galway to Athenry, Claremorris, Charlestown, Sligo and right on to Enniskillen and wherever, if that were seen to be the plan and if we knew it would be funded in some sort of a reasonable timeframe, nobody would say we do not want that. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fuel Prices (10 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...along the Border that are affected. If one looks at the figures for the average number of kilometres driven each year by car owners, one will see that the national average is 16,300 km, but in Sligo and Donegal it is 17,500 km and in Leitrim and Roscommon it is 19,000 km. The cost to ordinary car owners is much greater in rural areas. Finally, I come back to what I said earlier. Right...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...like the north west lag behind. The Government has not addressed or delivered housing for the north west. CSO housing commencement figures show that in 2023 the four counties I represent – Sligo, Leitrim, north Roscommon, and south Donegal – were in the bottom ten counties when it came to housing commencements on a per capita basis. The Government has not delivered on...

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

Marian Harkin: ...my opinion such a scheme would be more cost-effective and probably cost the State far less than the fair deal scheme. Second, the carer's allowance should never be means tested. A family carer in County Sligo described the process to me many years ago as the "mean test". Support for carers should be based on the care they provide - full-time care to a person who needs full-time care...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Feb 2024)

Marian Harkin: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the provision of fast bus services from Sligo to Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8943/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 Feb 2024)

Marian Harkin: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the upgrade of the train line from Sligo to Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8944/24]

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...patients under the dental treatment services scheme in County Leitrim. This letter also confirmed that there has been significant reduction in the number of participating dental contractors in Sligo and Leitrim, with dentists already in the scheme not taking on any new patients. In effect, there is no dental service for medical card patients in Sligo and Leitrim.