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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (10 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 346. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the conveyancing of the River Shannon is still proceeding as agreed in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35295/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (10 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 347. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if planning permission has been sought in respect of conveyancing of the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35296/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (10 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 348. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if work on two pinch points along the River Shannon at Shannon Grove and Derryholmes will be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35297/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (10 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 349. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood relief measures for Mountmellick, County Laois; the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35298/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the attempts by school secretaries to improve their work, pay and pension conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34649/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The calculated grades system was far from ideal, but we were in far from ideal circumstances. I acknowledge that it did not disproportionately affect disadvantaged children, which I was concerned about. I state that because we were hearing reports from England regarding children from disadvantaged backgrounds being adversely impacted by the...

Flood Prevention Policies: Motion [Private Members] (4 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: As a member of the Rural Independent Group, I am delighted to be involved in this motion. I thank the hard-working staff in our offices, including Mairéad McGrath and Brian Ó Domhnaill, for all the great work they have done with this motion. I am very aware of flooding issues in my constituency of Laois-Offaly. The River Shannon causes flooding issues in areas like Banagher,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 122. To ask the Minister for Health if there is provision for healthcare workers that have had to temporarily leave employment to reclaim medical expenses incurred as a result of contracting Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33973/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Veterinary Medicines (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the measures he is taking to prevent the direct loss of up to 3,000 jobs in the agricultural merchants sector following EU plans to introduce new regulations in January 2022 that will prohibit agricultural merchants from prescribing certain medications and animal products; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Veterinary Medicines (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for being here so late to take these questions. Will the Minister provide an update on the measures he is taking to prevent the direct loss of up to 3,000 jobs in the agricultural merchant sector following EU plans to introduce new regulations in January 2022 that will prohibit agricultural merchants from prescribing certain medications and animal products. Will the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Veterinary Medicines (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I would like to see the scientific evidence because I am not sure where it is coming from. Agricultural merchants are highly trained and skilled professionals who have been dispensing drugs since 2006. They also provide much-needed employment in rural towns where there is little or no employment. In my constituency we have Midland Veterinary in Tullamore, Portarlington and Edenderry and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Veterinary Medicines (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response. The fact that change is suggested is neither fair nor evidence based. To suggest agricultural merchants represent a threat to the health of livestock, which is the assumption, is not fact based. It is a worry. The sector is a vital cog in the rural economy, as I have pointed out. I hope the Minister will take on board the following point. Given the...

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm labhairt ar an rún seo anocht. Gabhaim buíochas le Sinn Féin as é a chur os ár gcomhair. Tá sé fíorthábhachtach agus ba mhaith liom fuascailt a fháil ón bhfadhb seo. I am very happy to speak on this Bill. This issue has generated significant concern in the midlands and throughout rural Ireland. I am one of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. I understand that it is important to protect the lives and safety of the public. However, some of the restrictions do not make any sense. One that I am challenging is the restriction on the marts. Food production is an essential activity and I would like the restrictions on the marts to be questioned and challenged. The Minister, Deputy Eamon...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: In May this year Facebook announced that it is to build a 37,000 km undersea cable around Africa to provide it with better internet access. The cable will connect 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Europe, and at 37,000 km long Facebook claims that the cable will be nearly equal to the circumference of the Earth. Compare this to our own dire situation where, almost a decade on from...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 424. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the reintroduction and extension of the home renovation incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32986/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 505. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the call of an organisation (details supplied) for a substantial increase in the business continuity fund for coach tourism to reflect the real and actual damage done to the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32983/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will initiate a wide-ranging review of the current commercial rates regime and engage with stakeholders including an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32984/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with the calls of a charity (details supplied) for a €20 million rent arrears fund to be included in budget 2021 aimed at helping tenants facing a rent crisis as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32985/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 761. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a properly resourced taskforce to identify and implement measures that will support children and young persons in DEIS and non-DEIS schools to prevent further educational disadvantage as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32966/20]