Independent TD Carol Nolan has described proposals aimed at banning the use of peat, wood and other fuels in family and home fires as misguided and regressive, adding that a prohibition would increase energy poverty. Deputy Nolan was speaking after it was confirmed that the Minister for the Environment, Richard Bruton, is to submit the […]
Why are our workers being punished?” Carol Nolan TD for Offaly hits out at Government climate policy which she says is devastating jobs in the midlands region. She asks why rural workers and rural Ireland are being adversely affected by a government implementing populist policies. Nolan says the announcemnet came as a huge shock to […]
Independent TD Carol Nolan has said communities throughout Offaly and the midlands have been left devastated by the shock announcement from ESB management that both the West Offaly Power and Lough Ree Power Stations are to cease the generation of electricity at the end of December 2020. Deputy Nolan was speaking after ESB issued a […]
Independent TD Carol Nolan has called on the meat industry to show “unequivocal good faith” as preliminary discussions at Department of Agriculture’s campus yesterday (Wednesday) indicated that talks would resume either Friday or Monday. Deputy Nolan who has supported farmers on the picket lines in Laois and Offaly has said that beef farmers are open […]
Independent TD for Offaly, Carol Nolan, has urged the Health Minister, Simon Harris, to ensure the National Cancer Strategy will not be put in jeopardy by the massive over-spend racked up in building the National Children’s Hospital (NCH). Deputy Nolan made her comments after obtaining an answer to a parliamentary question from Minister Harris which […]
Waiting lists for assessment for children with special needs is scandalous and is preventing children from reaching their full potential says Carol Nolan, Independent TD for Offaly, who has called on the government to take urgent action.