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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Industry (27 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: 561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an organisation's (details supplied) licence will be suspended until a matter is resolved and assurance provided by it that its database is rectified and the data uploaded to AIMS is correct. [9898/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (22 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: 219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the fuel allowance to entirely offset the higher cost of smokeless fuels after implementation of the smoky coal ban; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9126/18]

Supporting the Suckling Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: I want to begin by commending Deputy McConologue for bringing forward this very important motion. As we all know, the suckler sector is in crisis and is now referred to as the poor relation in Irish agriculture. It is a sad day when we see that happening. That has happened because of the lack of intervention, lack of political will and lack of support for the sector. Hopefully, that will...

Other Questions: Voluntary Sector (21 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: 45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to increase funding for volunteer centres and to upgrade hosted volunteer information services to autonomous volunteer centres. [8720/18]

Other Questions: Voluntary Sector (21 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: I would like to ask the Minister about his plans to increase funding for volunteer centres and to upgrade hosted volunteer information centres to autonomous volunteer centres.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Expenditure (21 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: 28. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the value of payments to third party Leader project promoters since the launch of the implementation phase of the 2014 to 2020 programme to the end of December 2017; and the way in which this compares to payments made during the first 18 months of the 2007 to 2013 programme in terms of actual moneys paid out and as a percentage of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regional Development Policy (21 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: 64. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to commission data research and a deprivation analysis of the midlands counties in order to ascertain the validity of designating special status to a defined region and establishing a development commission. [8721/18]

Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: Page 41 of the programme for Government states: "The ultimate goal of the new Government will be to deliver sustainable full employment. This will mean an extra 200,000 jobs by 2020, of which 135,000 will be outside of Dublin..." There is serious concern and frustration among people in the midlands over the high unemployment rate, which currently stands at 9.3%. There is also great...

Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: We are talking about people's lives not statistics.

Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: For too long now, velvet touch regulation has been the practice upon which Central Bank oversight and accountability has been determined, at the cost of both fiscal probity and ethics. This past decade has seen the stripping of the State's resources to pay for the sharp practice and duplicity of financial institutions. Regrettably, we now know that public anger, outrage and suffering are...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: Legislation passed in December to deal with the issue of equal pay for entrants to the teaching profession called for a report to be commissioned within three months. I understand the report is to bring forward details of the cost and a plan to work towards pay equalisation. It is unacceptable that post-2011 entrants to the teaching profession will experience a loss over their career of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: Only platitudes for rural Ireland.

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: The programme for Government makes reference to the fair deal scheme. It is my understanding that long overdue changes will be implemented, and one of these changes is the three year cap on the time charge on farm assets. In light of the fact farming families have waited so long for these changes and are under great pressure, including in my constituency of Laois-Offaly where many farming...

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: The broadband procurement issue raises grave concerns over the Government's ability to oversee the development and delivery of essential infrastructure across the country. The Minister, Deputy Naughten, boldly claimed that Ireland would be the first country in the world to bring broadband into every home yet, at the end of 2017, we still have not attained 100% coverage while the Netherlands...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (7 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: 65. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the need to establish a task force or commission similar to the Western Development Commission with specific focus on job creation in the midlands region. [2018/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (6 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: 376. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was denied a discretionary medical card. [5579/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: The programme for Government refers to procurement and smaller enterprises. As part of that commitment, it refers to the possible establishment of a procurement ombudsman and that a decision on the merits of establishing a procurement ombudsman would be made. Has a decision been made on that? Our small and medium enterprises, SMEs, are struggling. They are coming under great pressure with...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2018)

Carol Nolan: They are under pressure.

Childcare Support Bill 2017: Second Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Carol Nolan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach as ucht an deis chun labhairt-----

Childcare Support Bill 2017: Second Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Carol Nolan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta.