Results 5,801-5,820 of 6,678 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to review the electoral register (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17904/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units that have been built in County Offaly over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17905/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the school meals programme by 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 30% and 40% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17766/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Training (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 456. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department provides rural proofing training to officials; the number of officials that have undertaken rural proofing training; the Departments from which officials have undertaken the training; the number of officials from each Department that have undertaken the training; the cost of providing such training; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Funding (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 548. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of filling all vacancies in early intervention and school age disability teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17896/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 549. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints that have been made to the disability complaints officer in relation to failure to provide an assessment within the timeframes envisaged in the Disability Act or the EPSEN Act; the number of these that have been processed; the waiting time for a decision; the number that have been upheld; the number that have been deemed invalid;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private ambulances being used to service public hospitals or to provide an inter hospital service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17898/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 551. To ask the Minister for Health the number of immediate care vehicles available in the HSE midlands region; if the HSE has considered utilising these vehicles in place of private ambulances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17899/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 552. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that is currently being spent by the HSE midlands region to private ambulance operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17900/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance staff over each of the past ten years; the arrangements in place to provide holiday cover for ambulance staff; the number of requests for annual leave that have been refused in the past three years due to lack of cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17901/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 554. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on private ambulances by the HSE over each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17902/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 729. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the rate of tolls in order to comply with the ruling of the European Court of Justice (details supplied); the arrangements in place for motorists to reclaim VAT on tolls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17903/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 791. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the allocation to the school completion programme over each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17793/17]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Colscaradh) 2016: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Divorce) Bill 2016: Second Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: I commend Deputy Josepha Madigan for proposing the Bill. Sinn Féin welcomes this Bill which, if enacted, would allow for a referendum to reduce the waiting period that a separated couple must undergo before they can be granted a divorce. We recognise, as we did during the original divorce referendum in 1995, that the reality is some marriages break down over time and that sometimes...

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: Page 84 of the programme for Government states that changes to the nursing home scheme will be introduced in order to remove the discrimination that exists against small businesses and small family farms. I have been contacted by a number of small farmers who are at the end of their tether about this issue, which has been ongoing for a considerable time. These farmers are struggling to pay...

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: Tá mé buíoch as ucht an deis chun caint ar an ábhar fíorthábhachtach seo. All Members will agree that Brexit presents the biggest threat to the Good Friday Agreement and to the social and economic future of the people of this island. In the education sector, for instance, we are facing significant issues in respect of funding for research projects under EU...

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: The Government has not. It is doing so again true to form.

Maternity Leave and Benefit: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: Tá mé buíoch go bhfuil deis agam labhairt ar an rún seo anocht. I commend the Green Party and the Social Democrats for bringing forward this important and timely motion. There is an urgent need to extend the maternity benefit and maternity leave for mothers of premature babies in Ireland. As we know, 4,500 babies are born before 37 weeks across this State every year....

Other Questions: School Accommodation (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response, but I am disappointed at the lack of urgency. Based on responses I received to parliamentary questions, I am aware that an assessment was due to be carried out. I understand this assessment process has not commenced. I ask the Minister to confirm if that is the case. I ask him to give an indicative timeframe for the assessment process because we...

Other Questions: School Accommodation (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: I again thank the Minister for his response. I welcome the reduction. The €128 million figure relates to the past five years and came from the media, based on freedom of information data. I remain unconvinced that the issue is being given the priority it deserves. We are wasting millions of euro that could be channelled into special education, for example, as we mentioned earlier...