Results 1-20 of 59 for going forward speaker:Carol Nolan

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...for their futures. I, and many others, believe that we need to get to grips with the issue of generational renewal. The reason that has become such an issue and many people have been put off going into farming is there is not enough confidence that they will have a future and a viable and sustainable income from farming. Many of them are forced to only farm part time or abandon the idea...

Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (26 Apr 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...Independent Group have often highlighted the delays in bringing justice to the victims of the Omagh bombing. The wheels of justice turn slowly for victims and that is something we must address going forward. Collaboration and a spirit of friendship between our two islands is hugely important and is far too precious to be subjected to the kind of political game-playing we have seen in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, STEM, in Irish Education: Discussion (28 Feb 2023)

Carol Nolan: I thank the witnesses for their comprehensive briefing. It has raised many questions around pushing forward and promoting STEM subjects. Dr. Gormley mentioned the VEX Robotics competition. I concur with that. It was very much promoted in my constituency in County Offaly. Offaly County Council had a huge role in it I commend the staff and Mr. Ray Bell. It was a huge success. Some 1,500...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...Group introduced a motion as far back as 2020 calling for more transparency in the beef sector and fairness for our family farms to protect them and ensure their survival. We know the family farm got us through the bleakest times in this country. We know it certainly kept the lights on in rural Ireland. It remains the backbone of rural Ireland, but the way farmers have been treated for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022)

Carol Nolan: .... There is no clarity on where the authority to change the planning law resides. Is it with the EU or the Government? There is no certainty as to whether the horticulture sector can survive going forward. There are no adequate levels or sources of peat, or rather there are, but people are banned from accessing them. What has this Government got against the horticulture sector and why...

Energy Security: Statements (27 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...words, is needed from the Minister. I call on him to do just that. The situation we face is very concerning. I am one of only a few Deputies in this House who have attempted regularly to bring the Government and the general political conversation on energy back to reality and away from the hyper-utopian vision that has characterised the debate in recent years. What are we to make of...

Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Carol Nolan: ..., SENO, has now been put in place in County Laois. I welcome that. However, in County Offaly we are still waiting for one. I received a response from the NCSE on this matter a number of weeks ago, which was quite definite in its language. It stated a SENO would be put in place by early July at the latest. I then received a subsequent response, which was not as definite. That...

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...alleviate the pressure on the staff trying to deal with huge numbers of applications and working with a system that is not fit for purpose. The real disappointment is that this has been going on for over a year. There was ample time to do more and perhaps redeploy staff from other Departments, in addition to hiring 300 people. There was definitely scope and time for planning but,...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm labhairt ar na ráitis a mbaineann le printíseachtaí inniu. Tá sé soiléir go bhfuil béim i bhfad níos mó curtha ar phrintíseachtaí agus cuirim fáilte roimhe sin. I welcome the fact more of a focus is now being put on apprenticeships. It is long overdue. There are certainly many positive developments with...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...be asked. If there are 495 approved housing bodies and we still have a housing emergency that is getting progressively worse, it is high time questions are asked. We have to do this in order to move forward. I wonder whether it is becoming like the bloated NGO sector. Some 30,000 NGOs are funded to the tune of €5.2 billion and there is considerable duplication. Taxpayers' money...

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...It will cost farmers €600 this year alone, and this tax will increase. That is unfair to people who were already struggling to get by. This imposition of this tax is a serious injustice. Surely the Government realises that. Many of those in government are good, strong rural Deputies who represent their constituents very well in their constituencies but there is an injustice with...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Carol Nolan: I believe the Government does not appreciate the seriousness of the situation and the crisis in which we find ourselves in respect of the fuel, heating and energy costs that are facing every family in the State that is grappling with such costs. A proposal such as the one that has been put forward is a mere drop in the ocean. Taking 20 cent off a litre of petrol, 15 cent off diesel and 2...

National Driver Licence Service: Motion [Private Members] (2 Mar 2022)

Carol Nolan: I commend Deputy McNamara and his colleagues on bringing forward this excellent and timely motion. The Government and agencies with which people must interact are going out of their way to make life more difficult than it needs to be. There seems to be no sense of pragmatism or common sense at times. Where is the common sense in the NDLS? Ever since it was rolled out in 2013 it has been...

Forestry Sector: Motion (11 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: ...that target. That does not inspire confidence in any farmer to plant trees. The Minister of State needs to prove herself and listen to us. The frustrating thing for us all is that many of us put forward solid and good amendments asking the Government to put timeframes in place in terms of the processing of licence applications. It refused to do so. It refused to collaborate and...

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm an deis a fháil chun labhairt ar na ráitis eolaíochta anocht. Mar is eol dúinn go léir, tá eolaíocht fíorthábhachtach sa chóras oideachais agus caithfimid ár seacht ndícheall a dhéanamh chun dul chun cinn a dhéanamh maidir le heolaíocht agus maidir leis na daltaí atá ag staidéar...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Carol Nolan: ...has been shown to be a myth. In recent weeks, Ireland has been strong-armed into surrendering the jewel in the crown of its foreign direct investment policy and I am very concerned about that. The Government has the gall to try to sell this as a win for Ireland's finances and for our international standing, but it is far from that. That is the kind of apologetic tone and shrinking...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 762. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with HSE offices to offer the blind welfare allowance payment electronically to recipients going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46495/21]

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Carol Nolan: .... It seeks to restore those principles to the level of political primacy they deserve if they are to be taken seriously in a democratic society worthy of the name. My colleagues and I are tired of the lip service paid to those principles within this House and by the Government. From the outset of this pandemic, we have argued that the measures taken had to be proportionate and...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2021)

Carol Nolan: I am delighted to be able to speak on this motion. I commend the Regional Group on bringing it forward. We spoke on this issue ourselves only a few weeks ago, when we held a press conference outside of Leinster House. This issue needs urgent attention. There is much talk and gestures from Government and many references in the programme for Government about supporting our post office...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: ...brunt of a just transition. The Minister felt the need to only mention "transition" once in a 7,000-word document. As that is a huge insult to the people of the midlands, I suggest the Minister go back and revise this. It is shameful that the Minister has rejected amendments from all the Opposition, which put forward constructive amendments, reached out and tried to be collaborative....