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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Reviews (9 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 724. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question from 2000 to date; if a summary will be provided of any substantive amendments of the Act in question that occurred on foot of each review and the amending legislation, if any, in each case; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Legislative Reviews (9 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 734. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will list all reviews of Acts carried out by her Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question from 2000 to date; if a summary will be provided of any substantive amendments of the Act in question that occurred on foot of each review and the amending legislation, if any, in each case; and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Meetings (9 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 735. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether her Department has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to governance concerns raised by present and former members of its board and by many among its membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21198/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Policies (11 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a route for a college (details supplied) which offers retraining and upskilling services, to avail of Just Transition funding to assist in the development of its campus and the construction of a new teaching block; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22240/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Policies (11 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a route for Just Transition funding to be made available to an activity centre (details supplied) to assist in its plans for the development of an astroturf floor which will provide an indoor area for leisure and sporting activity for all ages within the community and also the wider west Offaly community,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Agricultural Colleges (11 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assist in identifying funding support options available from his Department to a college (details supplied) to assist in the development of its campus and the construction of a new teaching block; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22242/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Agricultural Colleges (11 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assist in identifying funding support options available from his Department to a college (details supplied) to assist in the development of its campus and the construction of a new teaching block for retraining and upskilling services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22241/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (10 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that the majority of views expressed as part of the public consultation process on the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022 were not in favour of the legislation’s objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21999/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (10 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 172. To ask the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, the number of second consultation claims were made in 2021 via the primary care reimbursement scheme for termination of pregnancy in the respective years 2019, 2020, and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21931/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (10 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 173. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the total number of surgical abortions carried out in the State, in tabular form, in the respective years 2019, 2020, and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21932/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (10 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 174. To ask the Minister for Health whether the supplementary note accompanying the notification report on termination pregnancy in 2021 which indicated that 6,700 second consultation claims were made via the PCRS was limited to abortions provided by GPs/community providers or whether it included surgical abortions performed in hospital settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: Insím don Aire gur mhaith liom mo thacaíocht a thabhairt don rún seo atá curtha os ár gcomhair ar maidin ag an nGrúpa Neamhspleách agus is rún oiriúnach agus fíorthábhachtach é. This motion rightly acknowledges that MAUs play an integral role in ED avoidance and that LIUs deliver efficient, expert treatment to tens of thousands of...

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: The findings of the CSO survey are, in many respects, deeply depressing, particularly for women and girls. They reveal a culture and society plagued by sexual violence, even at the upper end of the scale in terms of rape and non-consensual sexual contact. The survey also reveals that as a society, we have a long way to go in terms of normalising the reporting of non-consensual sexual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Revitalising Derelict and Vacant Homes on Farmland: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and observations. It is important that we hear, from their perspectives, what needs to be tightened up or what needs to change or improve with these schemes. I regard that as constructive and welcome. I take the point that the help-to-buy scheme needs to be extended to cover derelict property. That would be a major help. I know that the...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: The time for straight talking on this issue is long overdue. The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, is an absolute disgrace. The Minister's arrogance and patronising stance towards communities is being remarked upon by Members of his own Government in briefings to the press almost every week that passes. Only this week, The Sunday...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: It is shameful that, as the motion notes, "hospital waiting lists now stand at 888,000 patients, with more than 500,000 people waiting longer than the Sláintecare targets ... and with more than 225,000 people waiting for a diagnostic scan". From a reply to a parliamentary question that I received on this matter, I know that the Department of Health is working with the HSE and the NTPF...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: These are extremely important issues we are debating. All Members have heard from desperate parents and teachers throughout the country who are calling for access to basic services for children with disabilities and autism. I want to highlight in particular the four-year delay to works for an approved autism unit at St. Brendan's Community School in Birr, County Offaly in my constituency....

Government Commitments on Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: I welcome this debate which we need to have if only to bring a small bit of realism to the subject. The motion refers to the policy statement on the framework for phase 2 offshore wind, and this includes the objective that 5 GW of offshore wind will be installed by 2030. This target, we are told, will contribute to the wider Government objective of achieving 80% renewable electricity and a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (16 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of passports issued to applicants at addresses within the State in each year from 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22448/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (16 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: 188. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the Taoiseach last made use of the Air Corps CASA aircraft; and the reason he did so. [22238/23]