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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]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of work being carried out to establish the office of the national food ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35897/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Medicinal Products (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the membership and minutes of the stakeholder forum convened to address the challenges facing the agricultural and livestock merchant sector with respect to EU regulations on the dispensing and prescribing of certain medicinal products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35898/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the most recent analysis conducted by his Department on the contribution of the biosector to the net foreign earnings of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35899/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Wise 2025 Strategy (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Food Wise 2025 high-level implementation committee has engaged in a reassessment of the growth projections contained within the Food Wise 2025 strategy in view of the challenges raised by Brexit and Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35900/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of exporters requiring certification for products being exported to the UK that have registered for access to the export IT system of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35901/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of biosecurity practices that has taken place following the confirmation of two cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N8 in the Netherlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35902/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I thank both witnesses for their comprehensive presentations. This is of significant concern to rural Deputies like myself. I represent Laois-Offaly. This is about job retention in rural communities. I understand that there will be significant job losses if this derogation is not sought. I am also very concerned that it will lead to the creation of a cartel and a monopoly. More...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: It is outrageous and reckless of the Department to try to pursue such an agenda. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine should be standing up for farmers and rural Ireland. Rural Ireland is on its knees. I do not know if any of the officials is from rural Ireland but I can assure them that businesses there are struggling to keep workers on their payrolls. Farmers cannot take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: Sorry, Chair. I did not get any answers to my three questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: No, I asked another question.

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I will begin my brief contribution by saying I have no intention of personalising this issue. I have no particular axe to grind with the Tánaiste, even though we have fundamentally disagreed on several important matters. Nevertheless, I am convinced that there are critical issues at stake. It is worth recalling that this fiasco is merely the latest instance in a series of events that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (10 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the concerns raised by the recent decision by Bus Éireann to withdraw some of its services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34648/20]