Results 5,661-5,680 of 6,491 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the protections in place to maintain water supply for persons living in rural areas on group water schemes who are in arrears in their payments; his plans to increase the subsidy to group water schemes in 2017-18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16261/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools that have applied for school meals funding since 2009; the number of these that have been refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16201/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 502. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in the provision of the Orkambi drug for those persons diagnosed with cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16193/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 503. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the current waiting lists for children with scoliosis; the number of children on the waiting list for treatment; the steps he is taking to ensure that scoliosis patients receive treatment in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16194/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 504. To ask the Minister for Health when the new legislation will be introduced to provide for the replacement scheme for the motorised transport and mobility allowance; the reason for the delay in bringing forward this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16197/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Standards (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 531. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the capacity of the HSE to conduct medicated food testing in order to benefit persons such as those that suffer from PKU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16332/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who have had their GLAS payments delayed; when the payments will be made; the steps he is taking to ensure that payments are processed as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16195/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 617. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a policy in place on the burning of significant quantities of wood for commercial purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16257/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the planned all-Ireland national indoor cycling velodrome construction will commence at the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown [16256/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Intellectual Property Protocol (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 678. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name of the body tasked with the oversight of the national intellectual property protocol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16554/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: Figures I obtained very recently on early intervention, which is committed to in the programme for Government, show that 7,176 children in this State are waiting for over a year for initial therapy or assessment. I am sure the Minister can agree this figure is both shocking and unacceptable. In my constituency, there are 921 children in north Tipperary waiting for early intervention while...

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: Yes. Gabhaim mo bhuíochas as ucht an deis chun labhairt ar an rún fíorthábhachtach seo anocht. I commend my colleagues, Deputies Ó Laoghaire and Funchion, on their work on this serious issue, which is one that needs to be resolved. The people in question need closure in their lives. I commend Deputy Ó Laoghaire on tabling the motion, which I hope all parties...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. As a teacher for 12 years, I could identify with many of their observations, especially in terms of the workload and paperwork. It is pragmatic that we look at the implications such a Bill may have in terms of legal costs for the Exchequer at a time when things are very frail and when our schools badly need resources that have been withdrawn...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Implications of Brexit for the Irish Educational System: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank all of the witnesses for attending and for their good and insightful presentations. Professor MacCraith mentioned all of the advances that have been made in terms of the McAleese scholarships, ERASMUS funding and the position relating to CAO points being rectified in order to be fair to students from the Six Counties. We need to protect the many advances that have been made in these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of assessments that have been carried out by the National Educational Psychological Service for each class level for primary school pupils, that is junior infants, senior infants and so on, or alternatively by year of age, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13587/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists in each National Educational Psychological Service office in tabular form; the total number of schools the office covers; the vacancies in each office; the administrative support in each office; the area covered by each office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13588/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of payments per annum by the National Educational Psychological Service to the scheme for the commissioning of psychological assessments, SCPA, panel over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13589/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any of the 900 additional resource teachers recruited to implement the new resource allocation model will form part of the inclusion support service; the number of same that will form part of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13590/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for schools that wish to access supports for children with special educational needs under the inclusion support service; the range of supports that will be available; if additional resource hours will be available under the service; the criteria to avail of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13591/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that will be available to schools under the new resource allocation model in cases in which a child receives a diagnosis after the allocation is received by a school or additional complex needs are identified by the school subsequent to their allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13592/17]