Results 301-320 of 2,474 for speaker:Carol Nolan in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (27 Sep 2016)

Carol Nolan: 297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the school transport application of a person (details supplied) who lives in Northern Ireland and is attending his nearest Gealscoil and had full medical cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27296/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 2016)

Carol Nolan: 298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the school transport routes B9004 from Aughrim to Arklow and route number 70810H from Rathdrum to Avondale with a view to increasing the capacity of the service in order to accommodate students who wish to avail of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27297/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 2016)

Carol Nolan: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any policy in place within the school transport system which prohibits the bus provider from providing a bigger bus even where there is demand for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27298/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 2016)

Carol Nolan: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any case whereby a school transport bus provider has been refused permission to increase the bus size on a transport route where students that previously used that route have been denied school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27299/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 2016)

Carol Nolan: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the school transport situation in County Sligo whereby a number of students travelling to schools (details supplied) have been refused school transport; his plans to rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27300/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 2016)

Carol Nolan: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons the school transport bus service (details supplied) has been downsized from a 33 seater to a 24 seater; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27301/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 2016)

Carol Nolan: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the school transport situation in east Cork where a number of children have been refused school transport; his plans to rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27303/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 2016)

Carol Nolan: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the school transport situation (details supplied); if steps will be taken to rectify the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27304/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 2016)

Carol Nolan: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of restoring the pre-2011 criteria of eligibility for school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27305/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Participation (4 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to create more equal access to third-level education. [28335/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (4 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if nursing homes are currently exempt from water charges; if not, if he will consider requesting such an exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28494/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (4 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 453. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department has taken to retain nursing staff and reduce the annual spend on agency staff within the health sector; if he has specifically considered any measures to reduce early retirement, in particular, among nursing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28493/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (4 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 454. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered any measures to incentivise nurses and health care staff to work public holidays; if the terms of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 has had any adverse impact on the availability of staff for public holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28495/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (5 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the changes to the HAP scheme in County Offaly. [28432/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (5 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will include in his quarterly homeless progress report data on the average length of time families in different local authority areas are spending in emergency accommodation. [28704/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the practice of requiring families at risk of homelessness to self-accommodate through sourcing their own emergency accommodation; and if he will instruct local authorities to provide this service where required. [28705/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (6 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes to the rent supplement scheme in County Offaly. [28432/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (11 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation with respect to student fees for cross-Border students in view of Brexit; if he will guarantee currently enrolled students from the North or Britain that they will not be considered as international students for fee purposes in view of Brexit; if he discussed this matter with his counterparts in Britain or the North; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (11 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans his Department has made to address the potential impact of Brexit on the education system, particularly in the areas of research and development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29737/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Meetings (11 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or any of his officials have met with any survivors of school sex abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29722/16]