Results 4,021-4,040 of 6,354 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1287. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the 5 km travel limit for persons who live in rural areas in view of the unreasonable restrictions this will place on persons who reside in isolated or low-population density areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32933/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1293. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding has been assigned in budget 2021 to address the digital divide to ensure that persons with disabilities and other disadvantages are not left behind during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32976/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1294. To ask the Minister for Health if additional support will be provided for specialist training providers for persons with disabilities such as National Learning Network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32977/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1295. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be given to fully implementing the report on the role of voluntary organisations in the provision of public disability services and to providing sufficient funding to address pay inequality among section-39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32979/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1296. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is only one dedicated nurse, focused on those aged 0 to 18 years that specialises in Down syndrome; if he will provide investment for a dedicated specialist nurse in each of the nine CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32980/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Suicide (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1297. To ask the Minister for Health if personnel or section within his Department or the HSE have ever conducted an ethical review of the Groningen protocol which originated in the Netherlands and which permits the active euthanasia or physician assisted death of premature and severely ill newborns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32981/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1298. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the use of do not resuscitate orders within the health care system here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32982/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32664/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I am grateful to the Chairman for allowing this opportunity. The fact that we have 12,000 jobs on the line because of this fiasco is nothing short of a national embarrassment. We are importing timber. One organisation has called that a national embarrassment but the entire lot from start to finish is an embarrassment. We have an opportunity now to get this right. I will say it straight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: I want to go back to my original question, which was not answered. With regard to screening and assessments associated with felling licence appeals, Mr. Gowran made the point that the EU water framework directive is slowing things down. Does he believe, however, that other factors are at play? With regard to forestry expertise in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, does he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Oct 2020)

Carol Nolan: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarification on a pensions-related issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32195/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Communications (14 Oct 2020)

Carol Nolan: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she had discussions or engagements with palliative care consultants or medical professionals prior to the Dáil Éireann votes on the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30514/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Communications (14 Oct 2020)

Carol Nolan: 275. To ask the Minister for Health if he had discussions or engagements with palliative care consultants or medical professionals prior to the Dáil Éireann votes on the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30513/20]

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Carol Nolan: Green policies and agendas will cost the country dearly. That is particularly evident in the midlands where many industries have ground to a halt and there have been significant job losses. Here we are again seeing an unfair carbon tax being imposed on people. As the Independent Farmers of Ireland stated today, this is a pay cut for farmers and contractors. It is regressive for rural...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the budget today. As we are all well aware, the financial and economic constraints facing this State and our people are monumental. The Covid-19 crisis has resulted in a severe economic change for Ireland. We know from the Parliamentary Budget Office's analysis that the Department of Finance in its own economic forecast underpinning budget 2021...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Carol Nolan: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a case (details supplied) regarding a vintage car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29752/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (13 Oct 2020)

Carol Nolan: 136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will seek increased funding for the National Parks & Wildlife Service, NPWS, farm plan scheme in designated areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29583/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (13 Oct 2020)

Carol Nolan: 420. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his Department's efforts to progress reforms to the fair deal, nursing home support scheme specifically reforms that will provide for the inclusion of farm land leased to third parties, in line with other Government policy on inheritance under agricultural relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29623/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (13 Oct 2020)

Carol Nolan: 473. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the primary care centre in Birr, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29767/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (13 Oct 2020)

Carol Nolan: 503. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to prioritise the full reopening of day care services for adults with an intellectual disability in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30051/20]