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Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: My position on the so-called just transition has been clear since the process was announced. My major concern is that Government policy is destroying jobs by escalating a process that simply cannot and will not deliver what it promises without significant damage to local economies, particularly in Offaly and Laois. This is reckless of the Government, not least in the absence of alternatives...

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the progress this Bill has made, especially as it is primarily concerned with providing a new compensation scheme to repeal and replace the current expensive and slow approach that has not been fit for purpose for some time. It is clear from experience that the legitimate claims of members of An Garda Síochána were not being addressed in a fair and timely manner. We...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (18 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will investigate the possibility of categorising turf-cutting and turf use as protected cultural practices under such instruments as the Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society, otherwise known as the Faro Convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24997/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (18 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority to conduct a value-for-money assessment of the approved housing bodies sector, given that there were 495 approved housing bodies listed in his Department’s register as of March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24995/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (18 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that has been provided to each approved housing body in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24996/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the uptake levels and the progress of efforts to address issues involving consent and sexual harassment as referenced in his remarks to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality on 5 May 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25001/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (18 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make available the correspondence that he received from the 52 senior National Maternity Hospital clinicians in February 2022. [25329/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (19 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 261. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise concerns with the Chinese authorities following the recent arrest of a person (details supplied) in Hong Kong under national security laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25548/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: United Nations (19 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland has yet to ratify the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25546/22]

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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number who have enrolled in the national commis chef apprenticeship programme that was launched by her Department in each of the years 2018 to date in 2022; the numbers who have successfully completed the programme each year to date; if her attention has been drawn to the acute shortage of suitably qualified chefs to date; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (24 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current total capacity of Irish prisons; the number of persons who are currently in prison; the breakdown of all inmates by gender; the number of inmates who are Irish citizens and those who are non-nationals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25766/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address concerns that the current rate of stamp duty applicable to a single residential property is acting as a barrier to the building of a home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26703/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (25 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 27. To ask the Minister for Finance the total revenue generated from stamp duty in each of the years from 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26704/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the concerns that agricultural contractors are facing in terms of unprecedented input costs that are leading to major instability within the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27216/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: What measures will the Minister take to address the unprecedented and significant input costs our agricultural contractors are facing? The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland, FCI, has highlighted its concern for the sector's viability, stating the sector is under increased pressure and that, in addition to the supply issues, the significant fuel costs are making the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response, but the Ukrainian crisis was not responsible for the introduction of the carbon tax, which has crippled agricultural contractors and had pushed many of them out of the sector before the Ukrainian crisis ever erupted. This Government blames either a crisis or the EU, but it needs to take responsibility and implement clear measures to support this sector....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: The Minister made reference to limited capacity to reduce the excise duty on agricultural diesel. That suggests to me the Minister could have gone further than the 2 cent reduction. I ask him to go further and to make sure he takes measures that will assist this sector, which, as I said, is in deep crisis. I ask that an additional matter be considered. Farm Contractors Ireland, FCI, is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: Earlier this week the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, stated that she was bringing forward a targeted and time-bound proposal in the form of a subvention for our post offices of between €10,000 and €12,000 per year in order to save the network from collapse. This was followed, however, by mixed messaging from the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who stated that his Department...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm labhairt ar na ráitis a mbaineann le printíseachtaí 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...