Results 4,021-4,040 of 6,363 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 894. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider equalising the income thresholds for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance for one and two parent households and introduce tapering for the allowance to provide greater access to support with school costs for working poor households and to reduce poverty traps; and if she will make a...

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

Carol Nolan: 895. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider making child benefit payable to families with children over the age of 18 enrolled in secondary school in recognition of the higher cost of education in the senior cycle and as a measure to prevent early school leaving; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32993/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Special Educational Needs (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 951. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide funding to support Down's syndrome language development for young children aged three to six years of age in preschool. [32964/20]

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

Carol Nolan: 991. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that less than 5% of adults with Down's syndrome secure meaningful employment due to barriers in accessing further education; the measures he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32965/20]

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

Carol Nolan: 992. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is developing a strategy for re-engagement of learners unable to participate in further and higher education during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32968/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 993. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the income thresholds and means test to qualify for the SUSI grant and increase the value of the maintenance grant levels to 2011 rates in recognition of the increase in the cost of living and loss of part-time work for students due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32972/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 994. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider increasing the student assistance fund allocation by 20% to address the needs of students affected by Covid-19 income loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32973/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 995. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expand eligibility for the SUSI grant to part-time students studying in publicly funded further and higher education and training institutions to provide financial support to non-traditional, mature and part-time learners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32974/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1387. To ask the Minister for Health the specific evidentiary basis for the restrictions on public worship; if he will reconsider permitting physical attendance at religious services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33499/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1287. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the 5 km travel limit for persons who live in rural areas in view of the unreasonable restrictions this will place on persons who reside in isolated or low-population density areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32933/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1293. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding has been assigned in budget 2021 to address the digital divide to ensure that persons with disabilities and other disadvantages are not left behind during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32976/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1294. To ask the Minister for Health if additional support will be provided for specialist training providers for persons with disabilities such as National Learning Network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32977/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1295. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be given to fully implementing the report on the role of voluntary organisations in the provision of public disability services and to providing sufficient funding to address pay inequality among section-39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32979/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1296. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is only one dedicated nurse, focused on those aged 0 to 18 years that specialises in Down syndrome; if he will provide investment for a dedicated specialist nurse in each of the nine CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32980/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Suicide (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1297. To ask the Minister for Health if personnel or section within his Department or the HSE have ever conducted an ethical review of the Groningen protocol which originated in the Netherlands and which permits the active euthanasia or physician assisted death of premature and severely ill newborns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32981/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1298. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the use of do not resuscitate orders within the health care system here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32982/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32664/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I am grateful to the Chairman for allowing this opportunity. The fact that we have 12,000 jobs on the line because of this fiasco is nothing short of a national embarrassment. We are importing timber. One organisation has called that a national embarrassment but the entire lot from start to finish is an embarrassment. We have an opportunity now to get this right. I will say it straight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I want to go back to my original question, which was not answered. With regard to screening and assessments associated with felling licence appeals, Mr. Gowran made the point that the EU water framework directive is slowing things down. Does he believe, however, that other factors are at play? With regard to forestry expertise in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, does he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Oct 2020)

Carol Nolan: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarification on a pensions-related issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32195/20]