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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Reviews (15 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: 1216. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by her Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30888/21]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: I am disappointed the amendment is not being accepted. We need to be reasonable and sensible, weigh up everything and make sure there is thorough assessment and evaluation. There have been several mentions of just transmission but I can tell the committee from one of the counties most affected, namely Offaly, that it is far from just. County Offaly will bear the brunt of the greatest job...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: No. We will review the amendment and seek to reintroduce it on Report Stage, in the hope that the Minister might reflect on his position.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: I move amendment No. 78: In page 10, to delete lines 37 and 38 and substitute the following: "(f) social and economic justice;". I will not press the amendment on this occasion but we will reintroduce it and we expect the Minister to give it serious consideration.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: I move amendment No. 86: In page 11, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "(s) the disproportionate burden that these climate change policies have on disenfranchised groups, communities and sectors, including rural and agricultural, and on those with the least means to adopt must be recognised in this legislation; (t) the need to protect rural residents and communities from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: I thank all the guests here today. It has come up at previous meetings, and through TUI research, that Irish children are less likely to experience bullying. In fact it is below the OECD average. That is positive. I was interested by a statement at a previous committee meeting that bullying has actually halved in the last 20 years, which is welcome. What we are dealing with is where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: I was not advocating that they would fill the role of therapist by any means. As someone who spent 12 years working in the education system, I suggest we need to acknowledge that we have very long waiting lists for kids to see therapists. I am suggesting that if a guidance counsellor is there, at least the child has somebody to hear them, listen to them and talk to them, and perhaps to put...

Mental Health During and Post Covid-19: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: I acknowledge the good work the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has done to date - it certainly needs to be said here and put on the record - but it is worrying that we have such a deep crisis in mental health that affects people of all ages in the State. Mental Health Reform has expressed concerns at the low priority given to mental health in the Sláintecare implementation and action...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Direct Provision System (3 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the inter-Departmental work engaged in by his Department with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with respect to the delivery of accommodation for those in direct provision in addition to the other accommodation commitments provided for in the White Paper on Ending Direct...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (3 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: 317. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the inter-Departmental work engaged in by his Department with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with respect to the delivery of accommodation for those in direct provision in addition to the other accommodation commitments provided for in the White Paper on Ending Direct...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (3 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: 318. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated costs of translating the White Paper on Ending Direct Provision into Irish, Albanian, Arabic, French, Georgian, Somali and Urdu; the service providers contracted for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30307/21]

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: I want to begin by saying that the national economic recovery plan is a scandal. It leaves workers and families behind. It is a betrayal of workers and their families. These people have already been devastated by Government and national public health emergency team lockdowns. I understand from a recent report that one condition of EU funding is that 37% of the money is spent on green...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm labhairt ar an rún seo, atá fíorthábhachtach. We must not forget that Ireland and our maternity services are recognised internationally for the level of care given to expectant mothers. It is also important to acknowledge that this results from the hard work and dedication each day of the midwives and nursing staff in our maternity services. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (1 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: 442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to review the changes in pension eligibility and contribution rules introduced in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29145/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (27 May 2021)

Carol Nolan: 150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28791/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (27 May 2021)

Carol Nolan: 161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the qualifying conditions a person must meet in order to be able to access supports for first time buyers under the Affordable Housing Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28971/21]

Independent Beef Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2021)

Carol Nolan: I move: “That Dáil Éireann: recognises: — theProgramme for Government: Our Shared Future acknowledgement that beef farmers have experienced serious hardship and low-income challenges in recent times; — the Programme for Government: Our Shared Future commitment to ensure fairness,equity, and transparency in the food chain by establishing a new authority...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (25 May 2021)

Carol Nolan: 233. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address concerns in relation to the lack of facilities catering for camper van and mobile home related tourism (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28358/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (25 May 2021)

Carol Nolan: 309. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 18 May 2021, the dates and the particulars of each occasion on which he has summoned the Chinese Ambassador to meet with him from 14 June 2017 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27923/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Carol Nolan: The first issue I wish to raise is turbary rights, which is a major one in my constituency of Laois-Offaly. Families depend on turf for fuel. Approximately 40% of the houses in County Offaly alone depend on turf as their own source of solid fuel and heating. One of the speakers made the point that it is important that turf cutters are respected. I would go further. Turf cutters have been...