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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will prioritise works at a school (details supplied); the status of the efforts of her Department to attain permanent accommodation for the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36937/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 685. To ask the Minister for Health if it is permissible under existing regulations for a shop or premises to display a "no mask, no service" sign with respect to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36235/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 703. To ask the Minister for Health if private chartered physiotherapy and foot health clinics can provide services during the current level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36234/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 763. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 4 November 2020, if expenses relating to consultant fees, scans, treatment and future medical expenses can be covered or reimbursed to front-line workers during their recovery from an illness contracted while working on the front line caring for patients with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (17 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 918. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason no LEADER funding has been provided for LEADER projects in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36938/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (17 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 919. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason no funding has been provided for the delivery and administration of the LEADER programme for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36939/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (17 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 920. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason no interim national rural development plan has been announced for 2021 to 2023 as provided for in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36940/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Development Companies (17 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 921. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider allocating funding to a company (details supplied) in order that it can maintain existing levels of service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36941/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I have one quick question because I know the Chair is under pressure with this session. In terms of the timelines, there are terrible delays. It is causing considerable frustration to the industry and to landowners who are also tied up in this debacle. What is the appropriate timeline that a licence should be issued in? Has Coillte any thoughts on that? Being realistic, what should that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Chair for facilitating me under great time constraints. We understand and are familiar with the contents of the Mackinnon report. We were hoping that the Minister of State would say, and perhaps she will say it on Thursday, that the report will be fully implemented. This is what needs to happen. The Minister of State and I are in the same constituency, Laois-Offaly. People...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Priorities and the Effects of Covid-19 on the Education System: Department of Education (17 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I reiterate the importance of fair treatment for DEIS schools. I have sent petitions which came from DEIS schools in County Laois to the Minister's office. They are concerned and want to ensure that they are also included in class size reductions. We must be fair across the board. I sincerely hope that the package to be announced will include reductions in class size. I welcome the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Priorities and the Effects of Covid-19 on the Education System: Department of Education (17 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: That is it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Priorities and the Effects of Covid-19 on the Education System: Department of Education (17 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: Special education schools have benefited, but has any further work been done on setting up a multidisciplinary approach whereby occupational therapists would be based on school sites?

Regulation of Private Security Firms Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I welcome this Bill. Along with Deputies Mattie McGrath and Michael Collins, I met the PSA and we dealt with several issues. What occurred at that meeting was a realisation that the current legislation from 2004 is far too weak and needs to be strengthened. I support what this Bill is trying to do, because this is exactly what we must do to protect people in repossession cases or where...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: Page 47 of the programme for Government states that the expansion of primary and community care is at the heart of the Sláintecare programme. After spending a significant period trying to get an update on a proposal to have a primary care centre in Birr, I finally got an answer yesterday and was informed that the proposed site for a primary care centre was rejected. This contradicts...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will prioritise midland counties, specifically counties Laois and Offaly, for the roll-out of the next tranche of rural broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35893/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Nursing Home Accommodation (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the challenges facing the nursing home sector following the withdrawal of a major insurance provider to nursing homes that have fewer than 40 beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35896/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to address the two pinch points on the River Shannon at Shannon Grove and Derryholmes; if they will be prioritised under any emergency legislative provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35894/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding aimed at compensating Offaly County Council for lost rates revenue following the closure of Shannonbridge and Lanesboro power plants will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35895/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 327. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of an independent external facilitator to engage in a consultative process in respect of the Midland Regional Hospital, Port Laoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35892/20]