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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners (20 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: 464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list all Peace Commissioners appointed from 11 February 2022 to date and the areas to which they were appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29755/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (20 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: 471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the measures his Department has taken to implement the recommendation of the final report of the beef taskforce that the Irish Government should seek the invocation by the EU of the World Trade Organisation's safeguard clause to reduce the level of beef imports from third countries; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: 477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the data on future needs relating to total job openings (details supplied), by occupation, in Ireland in 2022 to 2035, provided by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, which shows that Ireland is set to lose 10,600 jobs in farming and related work; and if he will make a statement on the...

Apprenticeship and Further Education and Training: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm labhairt ar na ráitis seo. I acknowledge the fact that there is tremendous work taking place with respect to apprenticeships and further education. The fact that we are slowly but surely graduating away from a model of further education focused almost entirely on third level is welcome. We need to continue that work of developing a broader vision in that regard....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (22 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: 304. To ask the Minister for Health if a tender was published for the commissioning of the report of the Public Consultation Relating to the Review of the (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2015; how a company (details supplied) was selected for the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30299/23]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: Is this the area that deals with appeals? I want to check that. I wish to speak on section 59.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: It is on that point I wish to come in because I want some clarity on an appeal, if one were to be lodged. For non-compliance, would there be a statutory timeframe for the authority to come back with its outcome before the case makes its way through the courts? I am curious about that. Will timeframes be in place? For licensing in general, will there be timeframes and particularly for appeals?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: Okay.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: As the Taoiseach will be aware, while the Minister for Transport is not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport and public transport companies such as Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann and Dublin Bus, he has statutory responsibility for public transport policy. In this context, will the Taoiseach instruct the Minister to revise the unfair policy of mandatory...

Culling the National Herd: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm labhairt ar an rún seo ar maidin. Tá sé an-soiléir go bhfuil na feirmeoirí faoi fhód. Tá siad faoi fhód ag an gComhaontas Glas, Fianna Fáil agus Fine Gael. Ba chóir d'Fhianna Fáil agus Fine Gael seasamh suas do na feirmeoirí agus tacaíocht a thabhairt dóibh chun iad a chosaint agus chun an...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: 126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address concerns that there are insufficient financial incentives for persons to apply for options such as wood pellet boilers when compared with options provided by other EU member state governments (details supplied) the application criteria are too restrictive; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (27 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: 244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appeals his officials dealt with in each of the past five years relating to individuals in receipt of occupational pensions which he and the respective Ministers approved from An Post, Eircom (No. 2 Fund), the Irish Aviation Authority and Coillte and who have a "not less favourable" guarantee on their pension...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (27 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: 340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list all registered charities that received funding by way of grant-in-aid or through schemes administered by his Department in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30533/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (27 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list all registered charities working in the area of housing or homelessness with which his Department has engaged from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30534/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (27 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the overall number of registered charities operating in the area of housing and homelessness, and whether there are too many such bodies operating at present; whether the sector would benefit from some mergers to achieve economies of scale and to avoid duplication of their work; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: 373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address concerns that there are insufficient financial incentives for persons to apply for options such as home improvement grants when compared with options provided by other EU member state governments (details supplied) and that the application criteria are too restrictive; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: 412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to address concerns that persons applying for disability allowance are being charged €60-80 for letters by their GPs; if he is taking any measures to provide for the reimbursement of these costs to those who successfully qualify for disability-related payments or supports; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (27 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: 635. To ask the Minister for Health to address concerns that medical card patients are being charged for blood tests; to clarify what precisely the policy is on this matter; if medical card patients have any options to seek reimbursement of the costs incurred for blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30598/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (28 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: 128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or his Department have engaged with Tusla to discuss the issues highlighted in reports (details supplied) of the alarming levels of exploitation being experienced by children in the agency’s care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31412/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: Last week, while we were all distracted by the farce at RTÉ, Dr. Mary Canning and Ruth Breslin of UCD published their report, Protecting Against Predators: A Scoping Study on the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Young People in Ireland. As the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, outlined to me in response to a parliamentary question,...