Results 4,061-4,080 of 6,354 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (1 Oct 2020)

Carol Nolan: 399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of Departmental spending on the tuberculosis eradication initiatives in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of Departmental inspectors and staff assigned to tuberculosis testing and detection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27941/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Process (1 Oct 2020)

Carol Nolan: 417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an index of the submissions made to his Department with respect to the Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28074/20]

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: I am here as a constructive member of the Rural Independent Group, which has been constructive and has submitted some very good amendments. This all takes time. The amendments are based on the views of stakeholders from around the State. We did not make them up. They are based on what the people who operate sawmills, the contractors, foresters and farmers are telling us. We represent...

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this important matter. I have consistently highlighted it through the tabling of a Topical Issue matter last year and many parliamentary questions. I am a Deputy from Laois-Offaly, where forestry is a large sector that creates considerable employment and supports our rural and, indeed, regional economies. I have been in contact with many...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (30 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the issue of dividend arbitrage stock trading or cum-ex trading, which is an illegal tax evasion strategy, in the European Union; if his attention has been further drawn to such a practice here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27623/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (30 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: 251. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the scheduled review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the persons, Departments or organisations that will be involved in the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27624/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (30 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: 252. To ask the Minister for Health the status of commitments to introduce exclusion zones; if he has had further consultation with the Garda Commissioner on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27625/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (30 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided by his Department for the provision of adult and paediatric palliative care in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27626/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Suicide (30 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: 254. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider directing the National Advisory Committee on Bioethics to investigate the ethical implications of assisted suicide, assisted dying and physician-assisted suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27627/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (30 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: 255. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his engagements with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board from 1 January to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27628/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (30 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: 285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of measures in place to detect and prevent the emergence of African swine fever in the pig sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27629/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (29 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: 114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures his Department and bodies under his aegis are taking to address flooding along the River Shannon specifically in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25253/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: 260. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason employers in a catering business must demonstrate that turnover has fallen 30% before they receive a flat-rate subsidy under the employment wage support scheme. [26370/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (29 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: 818. To ask the Minister for Health if his policy position and that of the HSE regarding the development of primary care centres will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26486/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: 881. To ask the Minister for Health when the day care services in counties Laois and Offaly will reopen, in particular the day care centre in Mountmellick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26818/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (29 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1001. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make available the minutes and correspondence of meetings between Bord Bia and farming organisations that his Department may have consulted regarding the protected geographical indication, PGI, application by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26366/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (29 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1002. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there was correspondence with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the protected geographical indication, PGI, application by an organisation; if so, if he will furnish the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26367/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (24 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response, but the fact is that there was a blatant lack of consultation or agreement on this issue and the TB forum was undermined. This heavy-handed proposal needs to be taken off the table. The Department was heavy handed in its approach. I welcome the fact that the Minister of State hopes to engage with all stakeholders and accepts...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (24 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: I wish to begin by thanking the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this vitally important issue for discussion. I also wish Deputy Heydon well in his new role, which is now more important than ever to rural Ireland and the rural economy. As the Minister of State is aware, the proposal to implement a new TB herd history risk statement and report system has generated a furious response from...

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (24 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: Recent developments in the UK regarding the Internal Market Bill have exposed just how vulnerable Ireland remains in the evolving and unpredictable nature of the Brexit drama. We are aware that the EU has expressed a willingness to engage in legal action against the UK because of the position it has adopted. This approach, while understandable, will add to the delays and the sense of...