Marian Harkin

Amendments and changes to the Sale of Alcohol Bill (2022) to better protect health, well being, public safety and children's rights.

Establish regular meeting of TDs & Senators with an interest in the rare disease community in Ireland. ::Increase awareness and understanding of needs of people living with rare diseases.::TDs & Senators to lobby government colleagues on issues of relevance and concern to people…

Reform of carers allowance means test::To speak in front of members of the oireachtas on the matter

invite accepted

PQs to Minister to seek commitment to deliver of prog for government promise to support genetic services for people living with rare diseases.

Improved supports for and acceptance of Autistic people. The publication of an Autism Strategy and the passage of legislation to provide for such a strategy

Maternity Leave for Public Representatives and Gender Quotas in Local, European and Seanad Elections.::Tackling abuse of political candidates and elected politicians::Updated research of the barriers to women's participation in politics::Increased number of women running for…

To ensure that, as set out in Food Vision 2030, there must be a balance between environmental, economic and social sustainability.::To ensure that rigorous assessments of all EU and national policy proposals are required to understand their impact on farm viability, the rural…

To insist that there must be an accurate measurement of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon removals at farm levels. It was accepted at the IFA Climate Summit that research is ongoing to facilitate more accurate estimates of emissions from Irish agriculture and land use. In the…

To ensure that the Government takes account of the potential for carbon leakage to arise from climate policies in Ireland. This is a requirement of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021.Carbon leakage occurs when food production is curtailed in one…

To emphasise that new funding is required to support farmers and the wider agricultural sector to achieve our environmental objectives. This must include renewable energy as well as research funding to maximise the potential for technology-based solutions to help agriculture to…

To brief Oireachtas Members of the details of the current Nitrates Action Programme::The EU Nitrates Directive requires Member States to review water quality at least every four years and to create a Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). This programme outlines a suite of…

To brief Oireachtas members on Water Quality in the context of the Nitrates Action Programme 2023

To understand if the government was intending to join the the CJEU case against Hungary on its anti-LGBTQ 'propaganda' laws ::To encourage Oireachtas members to support Ireland joining the CJEU case against Hungary's anti LGBTQ 'Propaganda' laws.

To inform the EU affairs committee of concerns regarding civil society freedoms in Georgia as raised by Georgian NGOs ahead of a parliamentary delegation speaking to the committee.