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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Programme (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Education (Student and Parent) Charter Bill 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7097/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in counties Laois and Offaly that have submitted emergency works applications from 1 January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7098/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 560. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts being made by his Department to improve the pay and working conditions of workers in the early-years sector, as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7093/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the Cassells report; the number of potential funding options including the deferred payment of student fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6485/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns that those engaged in apprenticeship studies are facing prolonged delays due to the completion of their apprenticeships through an inability to access placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Assisted Suicide (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 633. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has conducted an analysis of the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020; if so, the conclusions of such analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6927/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Assisted Suicide (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has conducted an analysis of the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020; if so, the conclusions of such analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7100/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a transfer of ownership of Birr Court House, Townsend Street, Townparks, Birr, County Offaly, is being proposed; if so, the person or body to which the transfer is being made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7195/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 743. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on the waiting list for juvenile arthritis treatment in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; the number of those in counties Laois and Offaly; the waiting times for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6484/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 839. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns expressed by general practitioners that they are not being adequately informed with respect to their participation in the vaccine roll-out plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6922/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cancer Strategy (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 840. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the national cancer strategy specifically the strategies recommendation to develop a systematic, evidence-based mechanism to ascertain the potential benefits and the cost effectiveness of various initiatives including chemoprevention which will inform future cancer prevention programmes; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 841. To ask the Minister for Health if any applications have been made to the HSE to provide dental services in Birr, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6924/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 842. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of his Department with respect to the three year review of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6928/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 882. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines for persons with underlying conditions is being implemented; the underlying conditions being prioritised; the reason they are being prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7092/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 883. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns expressed by general practitioners that they are not being adequately informed with respect to their participation in the vaccine roll-out plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7094/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland (10 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 985. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the manner in which the appointments to the Horse Racing Ireland board from 1 January 2020 to date were nominated; the basis for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6466/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: I will make some points and ask some questions. I ask that the officials please send me written answers if they are unable to answer them today. The officials referred to a secure electronic prescribing system and mentioned farmer choice. Did the farmers look for the system to be changed? It is very disingenuous to suggest they did. I raised this directly with the Taoiseach in the...

Covid-19 (Childcare): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: The Minister will accept that finding solutions to the problem of childcare in the midst of a pandemic is no easy task. That difficulty was compounded by the fact the early years sector in particular, prior to the pandemic, felt it was unheard and disrespected, and that its solutions were only nominally accepted. Recently, I participated in a Zoom call with SIPTU and the early years sector....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: I will be brief but this is the same matter of the vaccine roll-out. I was contacted by the concerned parent of a vulnerable adult with cystic fibrosis who was almost hospitalised last week with a seizure. This parent is most concerned that vulnerable adults, and particularly those with underlying conditions such as cystic fibrosis, receive the vaccine as soon as possible. What is the plan...

Covid-19 (Mental Health): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: I commend the Minister of State for all of her work so far. She is doing great work and it is greatly appreciated. Mental health is an issue that I and my rural colleagues raised in our Private Members' motion in December, when we noted that Covid-19 was having a huge impact on people. We know that mental health is a serious issue in this State, without ever looking at any pandemic and...