Questions asked 8 total

• Social 2 questions

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will give consideration to an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42319/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection when the new measures and the disregard will be in place for social welfare recipients in order to avail of the rent-a-room scheme without affecting their social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42884/22]
• Health 2 questions

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the €1,000 healthcare recognition payment will be made to non-HSE staff, that is, section 39 workers; and the process to access this payment for staff who are not directly employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42885/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will make funding available to manage the long-Covid clinic in the Mater Hospital; if he will establish a long-Covid clinic in Sligo to service the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43305/22]
• Agriculture 2 questions

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with reference to Forest Service Circular 14 of 2019, Interim Standards for Felling and Reforestation, the reason the interim standard has not been reviewed; when a second version of the standard, which was due to issue in December 2019, will actually issue; when a consultation will take place on the interim standards; and when this will be a public consultation. [42656/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will as a shareholder in Coillte Teoranta clarify details regarding the area of the Coillte estate that is on peat soils. [42657/22]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to extend the Croí Cónaithe towns fund to include rural properties outside towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43077/22]
• Education 1 question

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education the plans that are in place to deal with the severe shortfall in school transport places for the 2022-2023 school year, in particular the number of children who previously had concessionary transport for the past number of years and who now find themselves without school transport this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43306/22]