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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: May I respond please? The Minister's comments are absolutely outrageous as is the reckless policy he has in place. I will make my points very clear. Is the Minister saying that we welcome everybody in only to leave them sleeping on hotel floors for years? That is what he is saying. That is how reckless his Government has been. How dare he misconstrue what I have said. I asked him very...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: When is that going to happen?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: When?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: This is what we are talking about, leaving people on hotel floors.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: The Minister is outrageous. He should come to Laois-Offaly to do something rather than to look around amid the fanfare. He is an absolute disgrace.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: During Leaders' Questions last March, I called on the Taoiseach to clarify if Government had conducted any assessment of the impact of disability respite services following the commitment to provide disability-specific accommodation to citizens fleeing war-torn Ukraine. I have not received an answer three months on and still await one. Today, however, I ask if the Government has conducted...

Proposal for a Directive on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence: Motion (21 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak briefly on this subject. All too often, our laws are just not tough enough with regard to sexual violence against women or online threats and harassment. All too often, we hear of cases where there is undue leniency. We need tougher laws. We need to ensure we can curb this type of behaviour and prevent it. The only way we can prevent such...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (21 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when persons will be able to avail of the SEAI retrofit grants that were announced in February 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31816/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (21 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to amend the Freedom of Information Acts to make the office of President and Áras an Uachtaráin subject to FOI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31813/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (21 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address concerns that persons who are in possession of a free travel pass are not being notified that their travel pass is due to expire within three months despite assurances that they would be notified; if she will advise free travel pass users via direct mailing post to their home addresses that the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 622. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will elaborate on his plans for student accommodation to be used to house Ukrainian refugees during the summer months; the legal and contractual basis on which these arrangements will be made with both third-level institutions and the owners of privately owned student accommodation; the locations in which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: My apologies, I was held up in a constituency clinic this morning. One of my main questions is whether we know if much of the fall in SNA numbers is because people are leaving due to the pay and conditions. As Mr. Lambert has outlined, sometimes there is a bit of conflict that goes with the job. Do we have any indication of numbers that are leaving? Is this the issue we have with teachers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: In terms of trying to resolve those issues then, what does Ms O'Mahony think needs to be done to ensure SNAs feel valued in our educational system? They are a very important part of our education system and are vital in helping children with special needs within the classroom environment. I know, as a former teacher, I was blessed to work with a number of terrific SNAs and I could not have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: Thank you very much.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Religious Discrimination (16 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that Ireland is taking to combat the ongoing religiously motivated persecution of Christians and Catholics in Nigeria; if his attention has been drawn to the massacre that took place recently (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31651/22]

Annual Transition Statement: Statements (15 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: My position on the unjust transition has been very clear ever since the process was announced. The reason I maintain that it is an unjust transition is that it is absolutely reckless to initiate and to escalate a process in the absence of basic alternatives. People have no alternatives in respect of jobs in the midlands. There are very few job creation opportunities there. I welcome the...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm labhairt ar an rún seo ar maidin. Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an Teachta Michael Collins agus leis an bhfoireann go léir atá ag obair linn. Rinne siad sár-obair ar an rún seo chomh maith. No self-respecting Government would voluntarily destabilise or disown natural and long-lasting sources of energy dependence for the...

Special Educational Needs School Places: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important issue. I also welcome that I have finally received confirmation from the National Council for Special Education that a special education needs organiser has been put in place in County Laois. However, we are still waiting for a SENO to be put in place in County Offaly. This is a great source of frustration to the parents I meet...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (14 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his position on the role of liquified petroleum gas and bio-liquified petroleum gas in delivering a Just Energy Transition for rural homes and businesses off the gas grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29444/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (14 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the very considerable savings that would accrue to the Exchequer and consumers if a mixed technology approach was adopted for the Government’s retrofitting scheme, which currently only covers heat pumps, to include lower carbon fuel options such as liquified petroleum gas and...