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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: Married couples in my constituency on decent but modest incomes are contacting my offices in frustration following confirmation from SUSI that their children are either not eligible for grants or fees or, if they are, are just entitled to the bare minimum. I am dealing with one case where one parent is a council employee and the other a civil servant. They have always instilled a profound...

Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: The tariff trauma has begun. Even if our industries, particularly our pharmaceutical and agri-export sectors, can escape the worst of the challenges that arise, there is no doubt that we are in for a sustained period of economic uncertainty that is going to send chills through tens of thousands of households in this State. However, I want to state clearly that we have, in effect,...

Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: I wish the Minister of State well in her new role and look forward to working with her on a number of issues. The Bill before us is in response to the Pensions Commission’s recommendations and implementation plan, published in 2022. Many aspects are welcome but there are also many concerns. The Government subsequently committed to introducing a range of reforms to ensure the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: 939. To ask the Minister for Health for details on ultrasound scans by private services contracted by the HSE, for the purposes of dating start of pregnancy for women considering abortion within the 12-week limit; to summarise total expenditure per year, in tabular form, from 2019 to present; to provide the current cost or range of costs per individual scan; the qualifications are held by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (8 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: 940. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs reimbursed (PCRS) for the year 2024 and Q1 in 2025, in tabular form, for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16954/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department will not enable a DEIS band 1 primary school in Offaly to retain its mainstream teacher; if she will consider her Department's actions in this matter and permit the school to retain its teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16446/25]

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (2 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: I wish to raise an issue that is of considerable importance not only to my constituency of Offaly, but to many areas nationally that have witnessed a dramatic increase in the level of demand. I refer to special education schools and the enormous pressure they are under every single day to keep the doors open, retain staff and deliver urgent therapeutic interventions to all pupils in their...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (2 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. The pilot scheme has failed. We are certainly all in agreement on that. However, I am concerned about the backlog of children waiting for in-school therapists. I acknowledge that a disability forum will be set up, which is progress in the right direction, but there is a need and a vacuum now. Offaly School of Special Education has done its level...

Support for Householders, Businesses and Farmers Affected by Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: I am glad to get the opportunity to speak on this motion. I am aware that many people are yet to receive a response to applications they submitted under the humanitarian assistance scheme. I am engaging with the Department to see how this process might be escalated given that it is now almost two months since the storm. Last month, I submitted a number of parliamentary questions to the...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: Stop it, will you? Have respect. The Deputies are a disgrace. I spent too long with them. I will be voting in support of the Ceann Comhairle, Deputy Verona Murphy, from one female politician to another, and as one who has had more than her fair share of spite and political attacks to contend with, particularly from one party in here. I will not sit on the fence as others have done...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: What an example to lead by. What would that be like in government? What would the country be like? A disgrace. It is shameful. I will make my vote here today with a settled and calm conscience that this is the right thing do.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (1 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: 253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the expected connection date of the national broadband plan to a location in County Offaly (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15173/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: 269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the provision of capital funding to enable the development of a second platform at Clara train station in County Offaly (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15007/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a modular unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15009/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with a request to review the Phase 2 scope of works by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15711/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Apr 2025)

Carol Nolan: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a person's application for a school transport remote area grant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15812/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: International Protection (27 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to address concerns that the proposal to allow the Carna Bay Hotel in Carna, in the Connemara Gaeltacht, to be used as an international protection accommodation centre will have a serious impact on the ability to retain a culture of the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14876/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (27 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 352. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will address concerns that the proposal to allow the Carna Bay Hotel in Carna, in the Connemara Gaeltacht, to be used as an international protection accommodation centre will have a serious impact on the ability of the area to host those who want to educate themselves about the Irish language; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (27 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 353. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify the status of the Carna Bay Hotel in Carna, in the Connemara Gaeltacht, with respect to its use as an international protection accommodation centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14877/25]

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2025: Motion (26 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: I am delighted to get the opportunity to speak on this very important issue this evening. I am totally opposed to the scheme because it is clear that it is radically distorting the private rental market. It is essentially a form of preferential treatment that is not available to renters in other categories. The problem with the scheme is that it is divisive. From the launch of the scheme...