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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.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (9 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide data on the better energy warmer homes scheme administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; the average waiting times per county from when an application is made to the scheme and when an SEAI engineer approves the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42391/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (9 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount paid to Turas Nua and Seetec for the operation of the JobPath scheme in each year for the period 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42393/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (9 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual staff turnover rate within Turas Nua and Seetec from 2015 to date; if she will address concerns that the annual turnover rate in both companies is exceptionally high; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42394/20]

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

Carol Nolan: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the overall number of consultancy posts currently vacant or unfilled at the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42298/20]

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]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Crime (10 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the strategic measures her Department is taking to tackle and prevent burglaries in rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41657/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Crime (10 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I too congratulate the Minister on her good news. It is lovely to hear some positive news for a change during this pandemic. It is great news. What strategic measures is the Department taking to tackle and prevent crime in rural Ireland, particularly burglaries?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Crime (10 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I accept that Operation Thor has certainly led to a decrease. My question relates to other preventative aspects of the problem. I and many others believe that one of the key deficits is the lack of community policing. That has been raised in the Chamber on several occasions. The Minister of State referred to extra recruits but is community...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Crime (10 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I acknowledge that the number has increased. An increase is an increase but there were 44 community gardaí in the division in 2009 and there are currently 14. There is a need for more gardaí. There have been more instances of anti-social behaviour in estates. The issue was discussed by Offaly county councillors during the week. There is a desperate and urgent need for more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Effects of Covid-19 on Further Education and Training: Discussion (10 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The need for more tradespeople was raised at a select committee meeting on 8 November 2020. How do the witnesses propose to expand apprenticeships to meet the needs of the economy in the future? That is an area that is of huge concern. We are significantly behind in comparison with countries like Germany, where more value is placed on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (15 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will investigate the feasibility of a proposal (details supplied) in the context of the midlands just transition process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43427/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 567. To ask the Minister for Health his views on 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. [43278/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (15 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 566. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to a consultancy firm (details supplied) by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date in 2020; the reason for such contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43276/20]

Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (16 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I move: “That Dáil Éireann: recognises: — that the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting economic recession have negatively affected many peoples' mental health and created new barriers for people already suffering from mental illness and substance use disorders; — that many mental health organisations have reported significant increases in the use of their...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: The programme for Government commits to legislative changes to the fair deal scheme. The Tánaiste committed to these changes this month. It did not happen. Farmers have been led up the garden path. It was promised two years ago and did not happen then. Has a date now been set for these legislative changes? Farming families that are contacting me are under significant financial...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (13 Jan 2021)

Carol Nolan: 62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question 51 of 16 July 2020, if his Department will assist in the provision of compensation to peat harvesting contractors that made significant investments in peat harvesting machinery prior to the sudden and unexpected announcement of the suspension of all peat harvesting for the 2020 season...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Education Policy (13 Jan 2021)

Carol Nolan: 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that have been undertaken by her Department on foot of the recommendations of the Report on Tackling Childhood Obesity published by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs in November 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1044/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (13 Jan 2021)

Carol Nolan: 603. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will bring forward primary legislation to amend the Maternity Protection Acts 1994 to 2004 in order to provide that women who had already started or completed their maternity period would be entitled to take a further 13 weeks leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1040/21]