Results 41-60 of 209 for long speaker:Carol Nolan

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. It is long overdue. My colleagues and I in the Rural Independent Group introduced a motion as far back as 2020 calling for more transparency in the beef sector and fairness for our family farms to protect them and ensure their survival. We know the family farm got us through the bleakest times in this country. We know it certainly kept the...

Energy Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...has repeatedly assured the House and the people that every measure that can be taken will be taken to tackle the extreme rise in energy prices. Families and businesses across the State need long-term and meaningful actions. They need real actions that will make a difference to energy prices. They do not need short-term, tokenistic gestures. These will not solve the problem. Businesses...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Reform (10 Nov 2022)

Carol Nolan: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress he has made in relation to the commitment in the programme for Government to develop a long-term sustainable funding model for higher level education; the estimated timeframe for when such a model will be put in place in legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56022/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...fifth year. Many students go to the Gaeltacht during the summer of fifth year and that stands to them when they come to sit both papers 1 and 2 in Irish. I was certainly one of those students a long time ago and I benefited from the time I spent in the Gaeltacht when it came to sitting papers 1 and 2 in sixth year. How much consultation has the Minister had with teachers and pupils...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this important debate on budget 2023. I will try to be as constructive as possible and to recognise those few positives that have been announced and the long-sought supports that have been introduced. However, I will also highlight some of the areas in which lost opportunities have clearly emerged. For example, much has been made of the fact that the...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...up with the electric vehicles. There is no confidence among the public in electric vehicles. I know of one State agency in particular that will not use electric vehicles if it has to use them on long journeys. Does that not say it all? There is a lack of confidence in the ability and reliability of electric vehicles. There are issues. They are obviously not accessible to the...

National Retrofit Plan: Motion [Private Members] (20 Sep 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...poor sector. What I fear, however, is that the scale of ambition and the work being placed on the SEAI will not be reached in any meaningful way. I am aware of pensioners in my constituency who are waiting long periods for essential works to be carried out. I am calling for more urgency to be given to this whole issue because it is one thing talking about retrofitting but if the action...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (20 Sep 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which an area is designated as 'rural' under the CLÁR Programme; if she is concerned that some areas and communities that would have long considered themselves as rural communities are being denied access to funding under the CLÁR Programme due to the existing eligibility criteria; if she will consider reviewing what...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 Jul 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...Local Government the status of the work of the humanitarian crisis housing task force, which is chaired by his Department; the consideration that has been given to the development of medium- and long-term accommodation solutions; the name of the relevant stakeholders the task force has engaged with to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35453/22]

Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...special educational needs in the education system because they cannot access speech and language or occupational therapies at an early point when they begin school. In many cases they are left on long waiting lists. Laois-Offaly has one of the longest waiting lists for speech and language and occupational therapy in the State. Many frustrated parents have come to me about this issue who...

Insurance Reform: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...benefit these businesses. I also acknowledge the Minister of State's hard work in this regard. It goes without saying that this would not have happened if it were not for his efforts. For too long there has been an excessive and disproportionate focus on penalising businesses and demanding extortionate premiums for risk management, but we have to bring back balance and cop-on to the...

Annual Transition Statement: Statements (15 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...alternatives. People have no alternatives in respect of jobs in the midlands. There are very few job creation opportunities there. I welcome the apprenticeships, but that is only one area and is long overdue. We are dictated to by the Government while it misses its own afforestation targets. I will take no lectures from any Government Deputy who comes in here. We are entitled to call...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...an Teachta Michael Collins agus leis an bhfoireann go léir atá ag obair linn. Rinne siad sár-obair ar an rún seo chomh maith. No self-respecting Government would voluntarily destabilise or disown natural and long-lasting sources of energy dependence for the State, which it has the privilege to govern. Yet, this is precisely what many people see when they look at the...

Special Educational Needs School Places: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...is very unfair. They face barrier after barrier. They need help. A SENO should be in place in County Offaly. There is no excuse for the delays that have been experienced already. It has been a long drawn-out process and this needs to happen by the end of July, as promised. While this is vitally important in terms of co-ordinating and protecting the rights of special needs children,...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...xed;seachtaí inniu. Tá sé soiléir go bhfuil béim i bhfad níos mó curtha ar phrintíseachtaí agus cuirim fáilte roimhe sin. I welcome the fact more of a focus is now being put on apprenticeships. It is long overdue. There are certainly many positive developments with apprenticeships, their promotion, the work WorldSkills is doing and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (24 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details on the number of long leasehold and freehold contract agreements that his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department are currently a party to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26369/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...to make things easier for students availing of grants, with the travel distance being cut. More students can now qualify for a full grant. The maintenance grant has been increased by €200, along with the income threshold being increased by €1,000 for the standard grant. They are all welcome measures. The cost of living is affecting everybody, including our students. We...

Regulations for the Sale and Distribution of Turf: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...on people and this is an overreach. It is telling people how to heat their homes. A small percentage of people are affected. Next, the Government will be telling them what to eat or how long to run a shower for. Is this for real? If the Government is seriously worried about the deaths it maintains are caused by fossil fuels, why is it not concerned about the 3,000 deaths caused...

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...definitely a missed opportunity by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and I want to put that on the record. We have a crisis with rent. There is no longer any doubt we are in a state of complete and overwhelming emergency when it comes to our housing needs and the inability of people to pay rent. It is simply incredible to think the...