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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (18 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 269. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times Tusla has made an application for section 17 orders, interim care orders with respect to newborn babies including in those circumstances in which a pre-birth case conference has taken place and a court has judged that the child will be at serious risk if they do not come into care; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (18 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 270. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address concerns that there is no emergency accommodation available in County Offaly for victims of domestic violence; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this situation has been ongoing for the past 25 years; the steps he is taking to rectify this service deficit; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (17 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance if a couple who are first-time buyers who recently bought an unfinished house, which was never inhabited and which was built in 2009, in an unliveable condition at the time of purchase will qualify for the help-to-buy scheme given that the registered builder of the house is not in the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to ensure that students who are due to undertake the leaving certificate examinations in 2022 will not be placed at a disadvantage (details supplied); if she will provide the class of 2022 the option to sit exams under the same marking scheme applied as 2021 in order that they are competing on the same footing; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (17 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to guarantee that there will be a greater number of third-level places created for the leaving certificate class of 2022 in view of the fact that there will be a higher than normal levels of CAO applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56445/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (16 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person working in the education and training board sector who claims they are not being paid according to their correct rate of pay as processed by education shared business services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55601/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (16 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 503. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 492 of 12 October 2021, the amount paid by his Department to a laboratory (details supplied) in view of reports that excluding VAT it was paid €87,750 for its work with his Department and not €78,000 excluding VAT as previously indicated; if the laboratory was engaged in work on a trial basis by his...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (16 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 504. To ask the Minister for Health if a laboratory (details supplied) was engaged by his Department on a trial basis at any time during the period from 1 January 2017 to 1 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55540/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (16 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 562. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to fulfilling the three year review of abortion legislation by 1 January 2022 as set out under section 7 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the length of time he plans to leave open the period of public consultation during this process; his views on whether this period will be sufficient time to receive and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 672. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55743/21]

Forestry Sector: Motion (11 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: This is becoming like Groundhog Day. We have brought this issue up so many times at a cross-party level. It is shameful what is happening in our country. Timber is being imported. The Government is missing its own climate change targets. That is crazy. The afforestation target was to plant 8,000 ha annually, and the Government is missing that target. That does not inspire confidence in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Generation (11 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 4. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be ensured that the revised wind energy development guidelines will prioritise community consultation and address householder concerns about noise and flicker levels; when he expects the revised guidelines to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55282/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Generation (11 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: Go raibh maith agat. Tá brón orm mar bhí mé píosa meascaithe suas. I wish to raise the issue of the revised wind farm guidelines. We need to make sure that communities’ rights are respected and upheld, and also that there is balance in representing the rights of communities. It should not be all one-way traffic. The revised guidelines have been promised...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Generation (11 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. When will the interdepartmental engagement come to an end? Have we a timeframe and timeline? For years we have been waiting for revised guidelines to address the concerns of communities that have legitimate fears over noise and shadow flicker. There is great concern. In Lemanaghan, County Offaly, which is in my constituency and where there is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Generation (11 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I would appreciate it if he could come back with a direct and definite answer on the interdepartmental engagement. The Minister of State mentioned that step in the process. I would like to know when it will finish so I can inform my constituents what is happening and give them some idea of the position on both the process and dates. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (11 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the funding his Department has provided to develop onshore wind energy projects from 1 January 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55283/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (11 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 334. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to the easing of restrictions in relation to the reopening of youth organisation meetings as a matter of urgency; if additional funding will be allocated to these largely voluntary groups in order to address the loss of socialisation for young adults; if measures will be put in...

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm an deis a fháil chun labhairt ar na ráitis eolaíochta anocht. Mar is eol dúinn go léir, tá eolaíocht fíorthábhachtach sa chóras oideachais agus caithfimid ár seacht ndícheall a dhéanamh chun dul chun cinn a dhéanamh maidir le heolaíocht agus maidir leis na daltaí atá ag staidéar...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: I want to raise the backlog of afforestation and felling licences. There is a current backlog of 5,000. Will the Taoiseach ensure that the Government takes action? I met a number of representatives from the Social Economic Environmental Forestry Association and it is asking for the full implementation of the McKinnon report within a certain timeframe and to ensure that every application...

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

Carol Nolan: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. We have to remember that reform of the Dentists Act 1985 has been promised for the last decade. There are difficulties at play. From speaking with the dentists, there is a lot of frustration which would indicate that there has not been meaningful dialogue with the Department. That concerns me because these issues should have been ironed out long ago...