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Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this very important debate on the Mental Health Bill 2024, which, I acknowledge, the Minister of State has personally prioritised. The Bill proposes to deal with some of the most complex and contentious aspects of mental health treatment, particularly those involving consent and involuntary admission of persons who may lack capacity. Many of the...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this important and long-overdue Bill. Its increase in the mandatory retirement age for uniformed public servants, including members of An Garda Síochána, the Prison Service and the Defence Forces, from 60 to 62 is welcome. However, we need to address the root causes behind so many of our gardaí leaving. We know that morale is at...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Vacant Properties (20 Jun 2024)

Carol Nolan: I acknowledge that these schemes are positive and bring about improvements if towns and villages are lucky to avail of the funding through the application which is made by the local authority. They are very positive and that is why I am asking for increased funding to be given to our local authority, Offaly County Council. I acknowledge the work of the council's regeneration team, including...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Carol Nolan: It is unclear just how many times a sector has to sound the alarm before it is taken seriously and listened to by the Government. Time and again, those working in hospitality, tourism and retail have emphatically made the point that they are facing imminent and widespread closures caused in part by the reintroduction of the 13.5% VAT rate. We know from a survey conducted last week with 180...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Carol Nolan: ...creation will be highly dependent on the investment that comes in and the fact that we have only received €500,000 out of an €18 million pot is scandalous. It is a national scandal and it has to be looked at. We need this type of money to be able to create jobs. The applications that went in from Offaly County Council related to towns like Tullamore and areas like...

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Carol Nolan: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: - Ireland requires a migration system that is not only well-managed and fair, but also stringent, efficient, and effectively enforced to safeguard our borders and our communities; - the Government imposing large-scale immigration on a local population without consultation is inappropriate, considering the complexity and potential...

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: I am sure the Minister is aware of the correspondence we all received yesterday from the Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland, FCI. It outlined that the knock-on impact of the recent weather is that less than one third of the normal spring work has been completed. Against this background, the FCI is requesting that the Minister postpone the planned introduction of the...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: I wish the Minister of State well in his new role. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion. I commend the invaluable work done by cancer support service volunteers and staff in counties Laois and Offaly, in my constituency. They are the most dedicated people, and I acknowledge that on the public record. The National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026 recognises cancer support services...

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

Carol Nolan: ...xe1;il 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, providing...

Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (8 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill, which is, at the very least, a step in the right direction in terms of redressing the power imbalance that has operated for decades in this State when it comes to consumer and financial institutions, be they banks, vulture funds or any other financial entity. In that sense, we can achieve the stated objectives of this Bill around strengthening...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue and I acknowledge the work of Deputy Kenny in bringing it forward. While I certainly accept that Deputy Kenny is motivated by what he believes is the best approach to this issue, I cannot support the aim of this Bill which is to make it legally permissible for a person to possess up to a stated amount of cannabis resin for adult personal use....

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Carol Nolan: I represent people on the Tipperary-Offaly border who work in the town of Roscrea. They are decent people who pay their taxes. The way they were treated and demonised in the national media was shameful. Not one bad person was up there that day. Everything was handled wrong. It was done to create the image that the people and the community were wrong and I condemn that. What was done to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. He will be aware that there are ongoing issues in the Shannon Callows. He mentioned that no work can take place because of the habitats directive. What is the response? Are the MEPs from Government parties trying to raise this issue in Brussels to try to get it resolved? We cannot have a situation where farmers and landowners see the same...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: Earlier this year, the Department received a report from a Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, working group containing a proposal about the creation of a national relocation scheme in which teachers could identify locations where they would like to teach and swap with colleagues in those locations. In response to a parliamentary question I submitted to her some time ago, the Minister for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...do not have the luxury of time while multi-annual budgets are introduced or efficiencies are found in health spending. This is true at the medical end of the spectrum also and it is true with respect to the excellent community support organisations that often accompany cancer patients and their families through what is often one of the most stressful and difficult times in a person's...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm an deis a fháil chun labhairt ar an mbuiséad seo atá leagtha amach os ár gcomhair anocht. I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. In many ways, this is the Goldilocks budget. It is too hot for some, like the ESRI which urged constraint; too cold for others, who believe it did not go far enough; and just right for the Government, which...

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Carol Nolan: While I appreciate that this Bill is largely technical in nature, in that it deals specifically with the need to facilitate the integration of Ervia and Gas Networks Ireland, GNI, and to provide for the transfer of functions and assets from Ervia to GNI, it also raises very serious issues that merit our scrutiny here today, including relating to the delivery of strategic national...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...in clawing back some of the massive profits the energy providers have made. I understand that the estimated proceeds from the temporary solidarity contribution are in the range of €200 million to €450 million and that these proceeds can be put towards financial supports for households and businesses affected by high energy prices. As I have said, this is welcome but many...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

Carol Nolan: I raise the appalling way my constituents and applicants in this State are being treated when it comes to making an application for a permit through the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme. As the Tánaiste is aware, the scheme provides relief from vehicle registration tax and VAT on an adapted car, as well as an exemption from motor tax and an annual fuel grant, open to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Carol Nolan: I thank the witnesses for being here today. The shortage of interpreters was raised in the last session. We heard from a young transition year student and also the principal of the Holy Family School for the Deaf about this issue. The school spent €13,000 from its capitation budget to fund interpreters. It seems to be an issue. I would like to know what actions the Department is...