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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: 467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that persons with ill health and other limiting factors in counties Offaly and Laois are being requested to travel long distances outside their counties and place for residence for receipt of the Covid-19 vaccine despite local vaccine centres being available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26611/21]

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: The motion states that there are now thousands of 65-year-old people on the jobseeker's social welfare rate of €203 per week instead of the State pension rate. There is a difference of €45.30 between the jobseeker's payment and the State pension, leading to an annual loss of €2,355.60 for pensioners. The urgency with regard to the pension age issue, as provided by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (22 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address concerns in relation to persons with mobility issues who face discrimination by an inability to travel on Irish Rail at weekends due to the fact that there are no members of staff to assist them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32949/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: 379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns being raised by some schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33263/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (22 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any Irish university, centre of further education or scientific research is currently engaged in research involving the use of human embryos; if so, if such research is funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33385/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: I come back to the just transition, which we have spoken about extensively tonight. Speaking about it is not enough and we need the Minister to seriously take on board what we have said. We represent tens of thousands of constituents in rural Ireland. We represent the real workers facing the brunt of this. Has the Minister met the peat contractors or Bord na Móna workers at any...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: We want this corrected. What we are asking for is reasonable. I attended last Tuesday and so did Deputy Michael Collins.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: No. He needs to correct it.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: We turned up and stayed for hours.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: On a point of order-----

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: We submitted 90 amendments and it is not right to just completely dismiss them.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: We are supposed to be in a democratic Parliament -----

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: -----where everyone is respected. That is unbelievable arrogance.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: That is what it is - arrogance and disconnect from ordinary people.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: I wish to speak to amendment No. 19 on the just transition. I come from a county that is bearing the brunt of a just transition. The Minister felt the need to only mention "transition" once in a 7,000-word document. As that is a huge insult to the people of the midlands, I suggest the Minister go back and revise this. It is shameful that the Minister has rejected amendments from all...

Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: There is massive anger and frustration among farmers. They genuinely feel that their concerns are not being listened to. The IFA is in Dublin today with members from all around the country, and many other organisations such as the Irish Cattle & Sheep Farmers Association, ICSA, and the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, ICMSA, have been sounding the alarm on these issues and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. Our healthcare staff certainly were commendable and did a fantastic job. This chaos we have is not of their making. However, an expert in cancer care, Professor O'Reilly, has pointed out that we will see higher numbers of cancer patients for the next decade because services that should have been operational, including screening services, were not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: There needs to be an assessment.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: As we all know, the impact of Covid-19 on the delivery of health services in the State has been catastrophic. We also know that waiting lists across nearly all medical specialties have increased significantly and that it will be years before we can finally determine the real magnitude of the crisis that has been created in non-Covid-related areas such as cancer, coronary and paediatric care....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (16 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: 241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commit to his Department engaging in dialogue with a farmer (details supplied) over concerns regarding the imminent ban on their farming activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32306/21]