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Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (3 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 646. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed 'safe access zone' legislation will apply to situations whereby a healthcare provider is located within or adjacent to a family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42500/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Parliament (3 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 654. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department supports the decision of the European Parliament to adopt a common EU framework to allow the sale of human embryos and other bioproducts through its approval of new rules on the management of substances of human origin (SoHO), which took place at a plenary session 12 September 2023 in Strasbourg; if his Department contributed any policy...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: I support the motion and commend the Regional Group on bringing it forward. In particular, I support the call to increase the number of gardaí in the State to 16,000 by 2028. In May this year, I was informed that the Laois-Offaly divisional drug unit of An Garda Síochána has the lowest number of Garda members assigned to it compared to every other county and Garda division in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: Educational assessments for children with learning difficulties is an area of concern. Many parents are forced to pay €1,200 to have their child assessed because the average school can only get one or two assessments through the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS. It often falls on a school principal, and I was one myself and know all about it, who has to make the very...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the debate on this vitally important issue of sexual offences and human trafficking. This is an issue that needs much more attention and, of course, in Ireland we do need tougher laws and tougher sentencing, and we need it urgently. Two years ago, I and my colleagues in the all-party Oireachtas life and dignity group organised a briefing on countering human trafficking in Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Courts Service (5 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department had any engagements with or made submissions to the Department of Justice with respect to the establishment of the new planning and environment division of the High Court; if he will share any submission made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43313/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reinstate the VAT equalisation measure for rental cars in budget 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43341/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (5 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the employment policy of the Civil Service supports the implementation of gender quotas when hiring new staff; if so, the steps that have been taken to implement such a policy from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43281/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (5 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied), specifically regarding the need to draw up and implement a national plan for the support and management of exceptionally able children in the Irish education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43334/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Courts Service (5 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department had any engagements with or made submissions to the Department of Justice with respect to the establishment of the new planning and environment division of the High Court; if he will share any submission made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43314/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (5 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding allocation that will be made available to facilitate the operation of the proposed statutory agency with a dedicated focus on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; the number of staff she anticipates the agency will employ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43316/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the reason recruitment for new genomic resource associate roles at the department of clinical genetics at CHI Crumlin, as specified as part of implementation of the national genetics and genomics strategy, is being held up, in spite of the fact that €2.7 million was allocated to implementation of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (5 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 326. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the policy of his Department to support measures designed to ensure that the number of termination of pregnancies can be reduced year on year; the practical supports he is putting in place to ensure that the number of termination of pregnancies does not continue to grow year on year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43211/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm an deis a fháil chun labhairt ar an mbuiséad seo atá leagtha amach os ár gcomhair anocht. I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. In many ways, this is the Goldilocks budget. It is too hot for some, like the ESRI which urged constraint; too cold for others, who believe it did not go far enough; and just right for the Government, which...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: Now that the dust has settled from the political theatre of yesterday, we can all now clearly see just exactly where the deficits and fault lines lie. We can see where the lost opportunities have occurred and what exactly it all means for the general public. I am afraid that the general consensus is, that despite all of the applause from Government Ministers, that this is a budget that has...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (10 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 130. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a commitment that there will be no change to the excise duty applied to agri-diesel due to low road usage of farm machinery and no viable alternative for use in farm machinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44027/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (10 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be a suspension of LPG carbon tax for 2023 and 2024 for farmers and agri-contractors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44029/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will retain section 664A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 and extend it to include agricultural contractors to mitigate the increased cost of production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44028/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (10 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a proposal that glasshouse growers of food crops using CO2 enrichment, should be granted a carbon tax relief or rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44030/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a permanent retention of two step-out years per five-year cycle in cases in which a farmer is allowed to step-out of income averaging more than once in a five-year period (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44031/23]