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Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: The decision regarding retention of the accident and emergency department at Portlaoise hospital is in the hands of the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, who should be leading by example. The approval of the proposed action plan submitted to the Department of Health is a policy decision for the Minister, so I urge him to take immediate action. It has been stated that lessons have been...

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Carol Nolan: The first point I want to raise is the lack of services and the dire situation of services where therapists are concerned. The waiting lists are so long. I have personal experience of this. In my great frustration, I have written to the Offaly school age team in Tullamore about a child. I would say I have written at least five times at this stage but have yet to receive a response. The...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: I want to raise again with the Taoiseach the issue of school transport again. I raised the issue a month ago and was told the findings would be published. We still have no findings. I attended a meeting with Bus Éireann officials last week along with the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Halligan, and many other Deputies from rural constituencies who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Inquiries (7 Apr 2022)

Carol Nolan: 408. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the engagements that he, his Department and the Office of the Chief Medical Officer had with Trinity College Dublin prior to and regarding the appointment of a person (details supplied) at their new post at the college; the costs that have been and will be incurred on an ongoing basis such as, the cost of their salary being covered by his...

Covid-19 (Mental Health): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: I commend the Minister of State for all of her work so far. She is doing great work and it is greatly appreciated. Mental health is an issue that I and my rural colleagues raised in our Private Members' motion in December, when we noted that Covid-19 was having a huge impact on people. We know that mental health is a serious issue in this State, without ever looking at any pandemic and...

Higher Education Investment and Costs: Statements (2 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: I draw the Minister's attention to the higher education report which was produced in 2019. I know the Minister is familiar with it. It showed that 15% of the student body at second level is disadvantaged, while 10% of the student body at third level is also disadvantaged. It is certainly concerning and confirms what we all thought all along, that there are students from less affluent areas...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (22 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: 250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers currently being accommodated at a location (details supplied); the number at this site who are single males with no other family members on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8464/24]

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: The findings of the CSO survey are, in many respects, deeply depressing, particularly for women and girls. They reveal a culture and society plagued by sexual violence, even at the upper end of the scale in terms of rape and non-consensual sexual contact. The survey also reveals that as a society, we have a long way to go in terms of normalising the reporting of non-consensual sexual...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (25 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review her Department’s decision that from September 2023, Leaving Certificate candidates will take paper 1 in Irish and English at the end of fifth year instead of at the end of sixth year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52822/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (18 Jan 2023)

Carol Nolan: 987. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list all locations at which more than ten Ukrainian refugees are being accommodated in counties Offaly, Laois, and Limerick city and county; the total number being accommodated at each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1415/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2024)

Carol Nolan: The Department of Education is placing many schools in a very difficult position of having to choose whether to fund caretaking services or secretarial services. I have been contacted by a number of schools in my constituency. They have expressed concern and were shocked over the fact the ancillary services grant would not cover the caretaking costs for this year. The CPSMA has carried out...

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 Education and Skills: Child Protection (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action which has been taken by his Department on foot of the allegations of sexual assault on a pupil at a school (details supplied); if all front-line staff at the school in question received training in Children First guidelines and legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41270/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new junior cycle Irish framework will reduce the percentage of marks for oral Irish at junior cycle level; his views on whether this will have implications for the preparation of children at senior cycle in which the percentage of marks is 40%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31853/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (19 Jan 2023)

Carol Nolan: 272. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that are being taken by the International Protection Accommodation Service to protect the safety and security of residents and staff at a location (details supplied); if such measures are also being rolled out at all other international protection accommodation service locations; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (17 Jan 2024)

Carol Nolan: 1104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who claimed asylum or international protection at Dublin Airport for each year since 2011; the number of persons who have claimed asylum or international protection at an International Protection Office after having entered the State for each year from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the reason recruitment for new genomic resource associate roles at the department of clinical genetics at CHI Crumlin, as specified as part of implementation of the national genetics and genomics strategy, is being held up, in spite of the fact that €2.7 million was allocated to implementation of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Carol Nolan: 326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to reports that over 5,000 persons arrived at Dublin Airport in 2022 without valid documentation or with no documentation at all (details supplied); if he agrees that this constitutes an egregious abuse of the immigration process; the steps he will take to combat this phenomenon; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2023)

Carol Nolan: 1465. To ask the Minister for Health in response to the Programme for Government commitment to supporting the genetics service at CHI, Crumlin; if he will allocate additional funding and supports to the department of clinical (medical) genetics at CHI, Crumlin to halve the waiting list for genetic services for people living with rare diseases in the next one to two years; and if he will make...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: I concur with Deputy Fleming. It is very disappointing that the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, is not present to deal with such a serious issue. If proposals are introduced by the Government to downgrade Portlaoise hospital, lives will be put at risk. There will be a knock-on effect on other hospitals, such as the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore. The emergency department in...