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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant or unfilled consultancy posts for each of the seven clinical sites within the Dublin Regional Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42299/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (9 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card holders must pay for access to MRI scans; if he will address concerns that this disproportionately impacts persons on low incomes who may then avoid or be unable to seek urgently needed treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42377/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I have raised this issue already in the Dáil and many Deputies have been contacted by different soccer leagues. I was contacted by the midlands schoolboys and schoolgirls soccer league. Its members are very concerned and the children are finding it very difficult because they cannot play their matches. This restriction is completely unfair because, as has been pointed out, it is not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Services Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his position regarding the agreement reached at the Workplace Relations Commission in 2018 on a process of pay restoration for section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41510/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider requests by a club (details supplied) to allow underage grassroots football matches to be played, considering it has been able to engage in such matches since early October; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41473/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 440. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address concerns that organisations in receipt of State funding, including from his Department, are calling for the removal of legitimate political representation from Irish citizens (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41126/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Abortion Services Provision (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases in which a woman received a scan to confirm the gestation of pregnancy since the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41098/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disabilities Data (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 553. To ask the Minister for Health if there is data available on the number of pre-born children diagnosed with cleft lip, cleft palate and clubfoot for the period 1 January 2019 to date; if so, if he will make such information available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41099/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 554. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to a consultancy firm (details supplied) by his Department from 1 January to date in 2020, including consultancy work on the deterioration of the mental health of the population since the introduction of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41101/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Products Regulatory Authority (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 646. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority operates a national adverse reaction reporting system for all medications which members of the public and healthcare professionals are encouraged to submit any suspected adverse reactions to; if the Authority has been notified of any such adverse reactions with respect to mifepristone and or misoprostol in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 797. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calls made to the information line to assist farmers with their queries about current Covid-19 restrictions; the number of staff in his Department assigned to provide the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41102/20]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I welcome this funding, which represents a positive development. Earlier the Minister of State mentioned an additional €20 million for SUSI grants. That is certainly welcome but, on a connected matter, will the threshold regarding the amount of money students in part-time work can earn be increased? I understand it is currently €4,500, which is very low. This also leads to a...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate his response.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Abortion Services Provision (3 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: It is disappointing to hear, from his scripted response, the Minister of State has not dealt with anything we raised here. We raised issues such as babies being born alive without palliative care, conflict among doctors, and the issue of no pain relief being given even though the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 allows veterinaries to prescribe pain relief. This is going unnoticed. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Abortion Services Provision (3 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: We were all given assurances that there would not be an issue with aborted babies being born alive. We raised that issue in the Chamber and asked what would be done in that instance. We were dismissed, yet evidence and facts are now coming to light from GPs and other types of doctors. What is the Government going to do about this? It is shameful that the Minister for Health is not...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I will speak briefly on this amendment. Again, any tax or measure that the Government brings in discriminates against the people of rural Ireland. It talks about taxes all of the time and lowering CO2 emissions from vehicles. It did not think, however, that rural Ireland is not getting the same chances. There is regional imbalance. The Government is not addressing those issues. Instead,...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I too wish to raise my concern at the way student nurses are treated. Is it any wonder we cannot retain or recruit enough nurses? Who would want to take up the job given the way they are being disrespected and treated very badly? I call on the Government to try to redeem itself by making sure student nurses and midwives are awarded a pay increase and that the retention fee of €100...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I fully support the principle of the Private Members' motion and, in particular, those workers who have been looking forward to being able to retire in peace and security at a time of their choosing. The motion notes that "every worker in the State makes a considerable tax contribution throughout their working life and should have the right to retire at 65" and that while some workers want...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (1 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns following changes to credit union lodgment limits; if he will address concerns (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40275/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (1 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a disability allowance review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39923/20]