Results 81-100 of 209 for long speaker:Carol Nolan

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Carol Nolan: ...of the measures being proposed by the Government. In the beginning, everyone was terrified and we reluctantly adopted and endorsed draconian legislation. We used that word a lot but it is important to reflect on it and not to allow it to roll off our lips as if it were no longer a matter of great consequence. We cannot and should not become familiar with draconian laws and treat them as...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (1 Jul 2021)

Carol Nolan: ...using incontinence pads; the options open to families whose waste contractors have never been contacted regarding the annual support of €75 per person to be made available for persons with lifelong or long-term medical incontinence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35606/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: 467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that persons with ill health and other limiting factors in counties Offaly and Laois are being requested to travel long distances outside their counties and place for residence for receipt of the Covid-19 vaccine despite local vaccine centres being available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26611/21]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: ...damaged, as well as the midlands region, by a transition that is not just. We were told we had until 2030 to transition. I am dealing with very upset workers and families who do not know how long they have in their job or what the future holds and have not been presented with alternatives. Unfortunately, they are the facts. I wish it was more positive but it is not. These people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: ...play in tacking any bullying that emerges in schools? My view is they have a very significant role to play in second level schools. The restoration of these posts is something I have sought for a long time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Carol Nolan: I was not advocating that they would fill the role of therapist by any means. As someone who spent 12 years working in the education system, I suggest we need to acknowledge that we have very long waiting lists for kids to see therapists. I am suggesting that if a guidance counsellor is there, at least the child has somebody to hear them, listen to them and talk to them, and perhaps to put...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2021)

Carol Nolan: ...organisations which should be disbanded, like An Taisce, and a local authority housebuilding system that is not fit for purpose. There are issues with the planning arrangements in local authorities. It takes far too long for these housing schemes to get off the ground. Every local authority should have its own legal department in order to be able to move the process on. We have to see...

Ballymurphy Inquest: Statements (18 May 2021)

Carol Nolan: .... Their friends and families have always known they were innocent, and now the world knows that they were indeed innocent. I welcome the verdict of the inquiry even if I regret that it took so long to achieve it - too long. We know from the summary of findings of the Honourable Mrs. Justice Keegan, who presided as coroner over the inquests into the deaths, that the inadequacy of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Special Needs Education: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Carol Nolan: ...I met Gavin from AsIAm. We had a good meeting and discussed many of the issues. I am more than willing to support the witnesses in the context of many of the concerns they have had for far too long. There needs to be more collaboration among all stakeholders. There needs to be co-ordination, certainly among therapists and schools. We should have on-site therapists in our schools and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2021)

Carol Nolan: ...farming families and small businesses to endure, particularly as it was the recognition of inequalities within the current system that drove the need for these reforms in the first place. Four years is too long and I again appeal to the Taoiseach to make sure a date is set, that these reforms happen, that he honours the commitments made, including those made in the programme for Government.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2021)

Carol Nolan: ...small businesses are in more financially precarious situations than they were in 2017, there is a need to provide a date. We need a solid date provided at this point. We have waited for far too long. Farming families are under tremendous pressure, between Brexit and everything else that has impacted upon them. They are struggling to pay bills for loved ones in nursing homes. We need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Carol Nolan: ...as a result of the silt which built up in the river. Bord na Móna was in charge of that. I am looking at maintenance and management. I believe a clear agreement needs to be drawn up into the long term, as Deputy Fitzmaurice suggested. I support his proposal. There is also the issue of what happens if another company takes over from Bord na Móna. There needs to be a legal...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: ..., PCR, testing at arrivals and follow-up tests after five days. The Rural Independent Group has continuously raised this issue and spoken about the need for such a regime to be implemented. As long ago as April, we were strongly calling for this measure. At the time, I wrote to the then Taoiseach and then Minister for Justice and Equality, requesting that all necessary preventative...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Expansion of the Technological Universities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: ...2021 or will it be later? My next question relates to apprenticeships. Are we on target annually for creating apprenticeships? This is something I support fully. We have lagged behind for too long when it comes to apprenticeships.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jan 2021)

Carol Nolan: There has been a serious problem with beef farmers not receiving a fair price for a long time. Although the prices have improved, it is not before time. There is an issue in terms of how business is done. We need this looked at. I posed a question to know why transfer pricing was not included in the Grant Thornton report and I asked the Minister to deal with that matter. I hope we will...

Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (16 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: ...the services has never been greater, and as Ireland faces the implementation of the mental health strategy ‘Sharing the Vision – A Mental Health Policy for Everyone’ that was launched just a few months ago; — the immeasurable and long-lasting impact of the restrictive lockdowns, and lack of an exit strategy, especially on older and vulnerable people, who are...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: ...some companies are not allowing workers to remain on. That is something that needs to be addressed. We should be able to find a means of facilitating a happy medium whereby workers who have given long service are not compelled to keep working, but those who wish to remain on are allowed to do so. Last year, the then Minister for Social Protection and Employment Affairs stated that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: ...respect of the protections offered to farmers. The 2018 IFA submission noted that "Vulture funds take a short-term approach to the loans acquired and are not generally interested in working out a long-term debt resolution with the customer". This generates real and lasting damage, as the sale of assets damages the underlying viability of family farms. This is a particular problem for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2020)

Carol Nolan: ...that such regulation is not needed. I do not think he understands the gravity of the situation in rural Ireland. As the IFA has observed, it is simply unacceptable that farmers who gave security to long-standing institutions and pillar banks can have that security sold to faceless entities that may not be answerable to anybody. I am asking the Tánaiste to ask the Minister for...