Results 4,641-4,660 of 6,363 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (16 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the National Car Test Service requires the owner of a vehicle to present a driver's licence or public services card at test centres in order to be given their NCT certificate and disc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22449/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (16 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide in tabular form the funding provided to local authorities for the Non-National Roadworks Programme in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22615/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (16 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a public services card or other photographic identification is required to be presented in order to collect a social welfare payment from a post office; if so, the reason for this requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22450/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (16 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently claiming the State pension (contributory) and (non-contributory), respectively; the total estimated number of these people who have been issued with a public services card at any time since the introduction of the card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22451/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (16 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently in receipt of any disability payment at present; the estimated number of them who have been issued with a public services card at any time since the introduction of the card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22452/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (16 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit or jobseeker’s allowance; the number of these recipients who have been issued with a public services card at any time since the introduction of the card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22453/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (16 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that have been made by persons seeking to have their deportation order revoked, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), by year, in tabular form; the number of successful applications and the numbers of applications that have been rejected; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Freedom of Speech (16 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of submissions received in relation to the recent public consultation on hate speech and hate crime; the number of submissions which opposed any new legislation in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22454/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on proposals to establish an independent inquiry into the use of, and adverse outcomes related to, sodium valproate (epilim) in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22621/23]

Biodiversity Action: Statements (25 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: As the Minister of State will be aware, the recommendations contained in the Report of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss have not been met with universal approval despite the glow and spin that has been given to them. That also comes within the context of fears around the mandatory rewetting of drained peat farmland and the annihilation of many farmers' capacity to sustain a...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: The measures in this Bill would see Irish abortion rates soar, as the most basic protections and safeguards are stripped away from the legislation. Meanwhile, there remains a chronic lack of supports available to women with unplanned pregnancies. We know the HSE's My Options service, which is touted by the Government, is nothing but a hotline to have an abortion. Women who ring it and ask...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: The principle behind this Bill is sound in that it brings about additional motivation to ensure people have timely access to our courts and, where this does not happen, to provide for compensation through the office of a newly appointed chief court delays assessor and court delays assessors. However, we have similar legislation in other areas of Irish law and it has not worked out so well in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Professional Accreditation of Higher Education Courses: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: I thank the representatives. I have read through the briefing notes and it is good we are having this discussion here. We know we have a crisis with recruitment and retention in our health services. Has CORU been properly equipped with enough resources to make sure assessments are carried out in a timely fashion? There have been a couple of instances where healthcare professionals have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Professional Accreditation of Higher Education Courses: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: I thank both of the witnesses for being here. This has raised a number of important questions. I first want to ask if there is joined up thinking, and a lot of co-ordination between the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, the Department of Health and CORU. What is the current level of collaboration? Engagement has been mentioned, but it often...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: I welcome members of the IFA and ICSA from counties Offaly and Westmeath who are present for this debate. This is a very serious issue, as the Minister knows. There are well-founded concerns because he has not agreed with the calls for an impact assessment to be carried out. That request is reasonable. There are big calls for written assurances from Bord na Móna, which is a...

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: I will be brief. This is an issue I have spoken about a number of times in the Chamber. My concern is that the responsible persons are not being recognised as the qualified people they are in the proposed changes. In regard to animal welfare, the North operates a different system than that which will operate here in respect of veterinary medicines. Farmers may go to the North and get...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: As already mentioned, and as the Minister will be aware, carers do fantastic work. There is no doubt about that. I believe that every Deputy in the House would agree with that statement. Carers save the State €20 billion every year, in addition to the fantastic work they do. Family Carers Ireland support some 500,000 carers across the State. That is not enough, however, in the...

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill that is in line with the commitment in the programme for Government to criminalise adults who groom children to commit crimes. Grooming children in any sense is absolutely despicable. To use them and exploit them for criminal, sexual or commercial gain is a crime that cries out to heaven and has to be condemned in the strongest...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated number of housing units which were not commenced or completed during the period of Covid-19 restrictions which applied to the construction sector in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24022/23]