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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 567. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the agreement reached at the Workplace Relations Commission in 2018 on a process of pay restoration for section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43278/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (15 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 566. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to a consultancy firm (details supplied) by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date in 2020; the reason for such contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43276/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Crime (10 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the strategic measures her Department is taking to tackle and prevent burglaries in rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41657/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Crime (10 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I too congratulate the Minister on her good news. It is lovely to hear some positive news for a change during this pandemic. It is great news. What strategic measures is the Department taking to tackle and prevent crime in rural Ireland, particularly burglaries?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Crime (10 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I accept that Operation Thor has certainly led to a decrease. My question relates to other preventative aspects of the problem. I and many others believe that one of the key deficits is the lack of community policing. That has been raised in the Chamber on several occasions. The Minister of State referred to extra recruits but is community...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Crime (10 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I acknowledge that the number has increased. An increase is an increase but there were 44 community gardaí in the division in 2009 and there are currently 14. There is a need for more gardaí. There have been more instances of anti-social behaviour in estates. The issue was discussed by Offaly county councillors during the week. There is a desperate and urgent need for more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Effects of Covid-19 on Further Education and Training: Discussion (10 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The need for more tradespeople was raised at a select committee meeting on 8 November 2020. How do the witnesses propose to expand apprenticeships to meet the needs of the economy in the future? That is an area that is of huge concern. We are significantly behind in comparison with countries like Germany, where more value is placed on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (9 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide data on the better energy warmer homes scheme administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; the average waiting times per county from when an application is made to the scheme and when an SEAI engineer approves the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42391/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (9 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount paid to Turas Nua and Seetec for the operation of the JobPath scheme in each year for the period 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42393/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (9 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual staff turnover rate within Turas Nua and Seetec from 2015 to date; if she will address concerns that the annual turnover rate in both companies is exceptionally high; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42394/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the overall number of consultancy posts currently vacant or unfilled at the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42298/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant or unfilled consultancy posts for each of the seven clinical sites within the Dublin Regional Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42299/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (9 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card holders must pay for access to MRI scans; if he will address concerns that this disproportionately impacts persons on low incomes who may then avoid or be unable to seek urgently needed treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42377/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: I have raised this issue already in the Dáil and many Deputies have been contacted by different soccer leagues. I was contacted by the midlands schoolboys and schoolgirls soccer league. Its members are very concerned and the children are finding it very difficult because they cannot play their matches. This restriction is completely unfair because, as has been pointed out, it is not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Services Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his position regarding the agreement reached at the Workplace Relations Commission in 2018 on a process of pay restoration for section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41510/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider requests by a club (details supplied) to allow underage grassroots football matches to be played, considering it has been able to engage in such matches since early October; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41473/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 440. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address concerns that organisations in receipt of State funding, including from his Department, are calling for the removal of legitimate political representation from Irish citizens (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41126/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Abortion Services Provision (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases in which a woman received a scan to confirm the gestation of pregnancy since the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41098/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disabilities Data (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 553. To ask the Minister for Health if there is data available on the number of pre-born children diagnosed with cleft lip, cleft palate and clubfoot for the period 1 January 2019 to date; if so, if he will make such information available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41099/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (8 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 554. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to a consultancy firm (details supplied) by his Department from 1 January to date in 2020, including consultancy work on the deterioration of the mental health of the population since the introduction of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41101/20]