Results 4,381-4,400 of 6,363 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disability Services Provision (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1045. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider consulting persons that are blind and vision impaired at each stage in a project or large-scale service change in order that the process will be fully accessible to allow persons that are blind or vision impaired to take part independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4550/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disability Services Provision (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1047. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if resources will be provided to ensure that public transport services operate audible announcements on all public transport nationally and at platforms and stops to enable those with insufficient vision to have access to the same basic information as the sighted population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4552/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disability Services Provision (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1048. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it will be ensured that all public transport operators will prepare for the implementation of the EU Web Accessibility Directive which will ensure that all websites and apps are accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4554/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disability Services Provision (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1049. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be committed to embedding accessibility standards into the design of all new stations and bus stops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4555/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disability Services Provision (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1050. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to public transport providers in order to provide mandatory standardised disability awareness training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4556/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disability Services Provision (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1052. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to retrofit public transport vehicles that do not have an alert vehicular acoustic system and which have been purchased with public funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4583/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disability Services Provision (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1046. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider including an equality impact study in a large-scale transport infrastructure project or service change to assess the impact on persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4551/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1128. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the access inclusion model for pre-school children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5270/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1137. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects supported by the rural regeneration and development fund in 2019, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5241/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to discontinue the JobPath scheme at the end of 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4045/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Workplace Equipment Adaptation Grant (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the workplace adaption grant to those on community employment schemes will be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4549/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Workplace Equipment Adaptation Grant (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider administering the workplace adaption grant consistently nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4569/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Workplace Equipment Adaptation Grant (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a national awareness campaign will be funded in order to proactively promote the employee retention grant scheme and workplace adaption grant to employers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4570/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the basic social welfare rate will be increased for the blind pension and disability allowance by at least €20 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4563/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an organisation (details supplied) will be officially recognised as a complementary service provider to support and strengthen the structures already in place through the Intreo service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4572/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will engage with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to barriers in accessing Intreo services for blind and vision impaired persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4573/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the requirement that work is of a rehabilitative nature will be removed from the blind pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4574/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Support Services (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an organisation (details supplied) and blind and vision impaired persons will be consulted as part of the research process in view of the fact research will provide quantitative estimates of the cost of disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4564/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider changing the eligibility criteria for access to the free travel scheme to include those with a long-term eye condition which renders their level of vision insufficient to meet criteria for a driver licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4565/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Blind Person's Pension Payments (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the income trough caused in cases in which the income of a blind or vision impaired person exceeds eligibility for the minimum blind pension rate due to the loss of their fuel allowance, living alone allowance and household benefits package will be re-examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4566/20]