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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Veterinary Medicines (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response. The fact that change is suggested is neither fair nor evidence based. To suggest agricultural merchants represent a threat to the health of livestock, which is the assumption, is not fact based. It is a worry. The sector is a vital cog in the rural economy, as I have pointed out. I hope the Minister will take on board the following point. Given the...

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm labhairt ar an rún seo anocht. Gabhaim buíochas le Sinn Féin as é a chur os ár gcomhair. Tá sé fíorthábhachtach agus ba mhaith liom fuascailt a fháil ón bhfadhb seo. I am very happy to speak on this Bill. This issue has generated significant concern in the midlands and throughout rural Ireland. I am one of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. I understand that it is important to protect the lives and safety of the public. However, some of the restrictions do not make any sense. One that I am challenging is the restriction on the marts. Food production is an essential activity and I would like the restrictions on the marts to be questioned and challenged. The Minister, Deputy Eamon...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: In May this year Facebook announced that it is to build a 37,000 km undersea cable around Africa to provide it with better internet access. The cable will connect 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Europe, and at 37,000 km long Facebook claims that the cable will be nearly equal to the circumference of the Earth. Compare this to our own dire situation where, almost a decade on from...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 424. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the reintroduction and extension of the home renovation incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32986/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 505. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the call of an organisation (details supplied) for a substantial increase in the business continuity fund for coach tourism to reflect the real and actual damage done to the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32983/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will initiate a wide-ranging review of the current commercial rates regime and engage with stakeholders including an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32984/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with the calls of a charity (details supplied) for a €20 million rent arrears fund to be included in budget 2021 aimed at helping tenants facing a rent crisis as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32985/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 761. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a properly resourced taskforce to identify and implement measures that will support children and young persons in DEIS and non-DEIS schools to prevent further educational disadvantage as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32966/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 762. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expand on existing measures to address digital poverty, ensuring all low-income households have access to online teaching and pre-printed resources if required during the academic year as a result of Covid-19 safety measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32967/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 763. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the free school books pilot scheme to all non-fee paying primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32969/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Fees (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 764. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will conduct a review on the possibility of ending the voluntary contribution system in non-fee paying primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32970/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 765. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to restore the capitation rates to 2010 levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32971/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Support Services (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 828. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures taken to support persons with disabilities who are on low incomes and will be financially challenged by recent increases in the carbon tax; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32975/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 829. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will support calls for the wage subsidy scheme for persons with disabilities to be improved to boost employment opportunities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32978/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 889. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the reform of the child maintenance system; if she will address key issues such as calculation, facilitation and enforcement guided by international best practice and in view of the findings of the Murphy review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32987/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 890. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she is taking to prioritise and protect supports for lone parents, having regard to the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection’s Report on the Position of Lone Parents in Ireland in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32988/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Food Poverty (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 891. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to address food poverty in children and to ensure that no child goes hungry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32989/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 892. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will continue to support the annual Social Inclusion Forum as an important means of promoting engagement between persons experiencing poverty and exclusion, the community and voluntary sector and Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32990/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 893. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has considered supporting the introduction of returnships in partnership with employers to support women that have taken time out of work to raise their families or care for loved ones to re-enter the labour market through new education, training, and personal development programmes; and if she will make a...