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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: I want to raise an issue that was brought to my attention. Mr. Ger Hyland of the Irish Road Haulage Association, IRHA, has raised the issue of levies along the A5 corridor. Given the welcome cross-Border investment of €600 million in this corridor-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: Gabh mo leithscéal.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: Sorry, I will start again. I want to raise an issue that was brought to my attention by the IRHA president, Mr. Gerard Hyland. The issue concerns the A5 north-west corridor. The Irish Government has co-operated with the Northern Executive, and that is welcome. Indeed, the €600 million is welcome at this time to ensure that there is safety. However, the burden of costs in terms of...

RTÉ: Statements (28 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: We are all well aware that the institutional reputation of RTÉ has never been so low or so degraded. Through a series of scandals, blunders, incompetence and outright negligence around good corporate governance, the situation is now a full blown omnishambles. The public are responding by withholding payment of the licence fee in record numbers. Ordinary people I speak to are not just...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: Information supplied to me in response to a parliamentary question to the Minister for Health revealed that, since 2010, the total cost to the State of defending medical negligence litigation against the HSE and Department of Health, including court settlements, had exceeded €3 billion. In fact, there had been a 400% increase in costs from 2010 to 2023, rising from €74 million...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his comments of support. They are appreciated. There needs to be more accountability. While I acknowledge that there are patient safety measures in place, the model is failing and patients and medical professionals are getting caught up in a system that is not fit for purpose. The establishment of a working group between the HSE and the Department of Health...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Convention on Human Rights (28 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: 10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to clarify if the European Convention on Human Rights signed in Rome on 4 November 1950, being an international agreement involving a charge upon public funds, was approved by the Dáil prior to the State agreeing to be bound by it, as required under Article 29.5.2 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (28 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: 208. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is aware that the lift in the recently opened library in Portlaoise is not suitable for most wheelchair users; if she is also aware that the chief executive officer of Laois County Council has effectively stated that no further consideration is to be given to this serious oversight; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (27 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not been designated with DEIS status despite the fact that the area of Lumcloon, County Offaly is identified as a disadvantaged area by Pobal; if this will be re-examined by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8826/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (27 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on efforts by her Department to ensure that school caretakers will be offered a new agreement for revised salary and annual leave entitlements similar to the agreement put in place for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9337/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (27 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an urgent review of adjustment of zones pertaining to a new national scheme for grants to upgrade or replace septic tanks could be undertaken as there are issues whereby people are now excluded from the scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9042/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (22 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: 198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what level of proficiency in English and-or Irish is expected of an applicant for naturalisation before their application will be decided on; how this is monitored; whether she proposes to make any legislative or policy changes in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8463/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (22 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: 250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers currently being accommodated at a location (details supplied); the number at this site who are single males with no other family members on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8464/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Personal Injury Claims (22 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: 266. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of defending medical negligence litigation against the HSE and Department of Health in each year from 2010 to date, including awards made in the courts or settlements made out of court to resolve disputes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8462/24]

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — healthcare General Practice, being the patient's first point of contact with health services, provides person-centred and comprehensive care from the beginning to the end of life, often coordinating care between many agencies involved in the treatment of complex chronic illnesses; — general practice in Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Library Services (21 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: 135. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the lift in the recently opened library in Portlaoise is not suitable for most wheelchair users; if he is also aware that the chief executive officer of Laois County Council has effectively stated that no further consideration is to be given to this serious oversight; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns around the adverse impact of proposals to cut the number of SET hours within schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7975/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Referendum Campaigns (20 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: 441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 14 February 2024, if her Department in undertaking checks to ensure that spending is not used on activities outside that specified within the relevant grant agreement has uncovered any breaches of this condition since 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8112/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ukraine War (20 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: 463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of engagement his Department has had with efforts to relocate pets or animals belonging to beneficiaries of temporary protection from the Ukraine to Ireland since the opening of the conflict in 2022; if his Department has assisted international protection applicants in a similar manner; the costs involved; the contract...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Referendum Campaigns (20 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: 481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish in full the minutes and documents associated with the Interdepartmental Group that met to discuss the forthcoming referenda on the Constitution; if he will provide details of the membership of the Group; the number of times it met; the attendees at each meeting; and if he will make a...