Results 201-220 of 6,353 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (18 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 872. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America International Development for the period 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5655/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Registration Tax (13 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will assist in clarifying commercial vehicle taxation parameters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5390/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (13 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of students in receipt of the school meals scheme in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5266/25]

Programme for Government: Statements (Resumed) (12 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm an deis seo a fháil labhairt ar an gclár Rialtais inniu. Whether we agree or disagree with the contents of the programme for Government, the fact remains that we need a programme for Government that truly addresses the chronic level of need that exists across so many areas and indeed so many sectors. For example, while I welcome the Government's commitments...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (12 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of all overseas development aid projects sponsored or supported by his Department that have been co-funded in conjunction with the United States Agency for International Development in each year from 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4941/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (12 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce amending legislation to expand access and eligibility requirements for the tenant incremental purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4986/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (11 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the current situation regarding restoration works at Durrow Abbey, Durrow, Tullamore, County Offaly; when repairs will be completed; when Durrow Abbey will be opened to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4145/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns raised by a number of parents with respect to the inappropriate targeting of children by commercial skin product companies with products known to irritate children’s skin; if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) in an effort to explore how it may assist in implementing an awareness...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (11 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a change in her Department’s approach to the assessment process for home schooling; if it is now the case that meetings are now requested with the child for whom home schooling is being sought by a parent or guardian; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4144/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (11 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the requirement that a minimum requisite base-level gender-knowledge and gender-sensitive teaching methods skillset be mandatory for all educators in order to register as a post-primary teacher with the Teaching Council, regardless of their chosen subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4742/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of her Department’s policy toward single-sex primary and post-primary schools; if it is the intention of her Department to phase out the use of single-sex schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4744/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (11 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount received in fees from applicants for a certificate of naturalisation as governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 569 of 2011) for each year from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4078/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (11 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific actions his Department is taking to reduce the bureaucratic burden on Irish farmers, particularly small and family-run farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (11 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the increasing regulatory pressures on Irish farmers, the efforts he is making to ensure that new European Union environmental policies do not disproportionately impact Ireland’s agricultural sector compared to other European Union Member States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4589/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a detailed breakdown of how carbon reduction targets are being assigned within the agricultural sector; whether these targets are being set in a fair and balanced manner compared to other industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4590/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he intends to ensure that Irish farmers are adequately compensated for their role in carbon sequestration, particularly in maintaining hedgerows and grasslands that contribute positively to climate goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4591/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the emphasis on reducing livestock numbers as a climate strategy, if he will confirm if a full socio-economic impact assessment has been conducted on the consequences of such measures for rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4592/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Prices (11 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to guarantee that farmers receive a fair price for their produce, particularly in light of supermarket price pressures and rising input costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4593/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Prices (11 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he supports the introduction of legislation to ensure that farmers are paid above the cost of production for their goods, similar to models used in other European Union countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4594/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (11 Feb 2025)

Carol Nolan: 493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in light of global food security concerns, if he will explain how Ireland is balancing climate policies with maintaining national food production capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4595/25]