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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (7 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will accede to the request from a farming organisation (details supplied) to discuss the need for a fully resourced TB scheme that will include dealing with infected wildlife in all counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22216/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes (7 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount drawn down to date under the compensation package relating to flooding on the Shannon Callows; if consideration will be given to disbursing the remaining amount to those who were initially refused compensation on the basis of a Department mapping assessment of their application; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Septic Tanks (7 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to increasing the grant amount available for slurry and septic tanks, given the increase in costs for the material relating to their construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22218/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ministerial Responsibilities (7 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 376. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm that all Ministers of State within her Department have had their ministerial powers delegated to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22126/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Responsibilities (7 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 435. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that all Ministers of State within her Department have had their ministerial powers delegated to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22134/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (7 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 472. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no availability for the provision of respite care for elderly patients in Offaly; the reason elderly persons in need of such care continue to have to travel out of the county to access such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22271/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (7 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 476. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE operates a national reporting system in relation to adverse outcomes specific to medication used in the provision of termination of pregnancy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22311/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 503. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken, or have been planned, to fulfil the recommendation in the 2023 Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 that "the HSE, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, including the RCPI, should develop specific guidelines for comfort (hospice) care for the short duration of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 504. To ask the Minister for Health the policies and procedures that are in place for communication of information on perinatal palliative care, by the HSE and management of maternity hospitals, to ensure that parents who are considering terminating their pregnancy at a later stage when their baby could be born alive are informed and able to avail of perinatal palliative care; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (7 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 510. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposal to prohibit the sale or purchase of flavoured vapes; if she is aware of industry concerns that such a ban may contribute to persons returning to smoking cigarettes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22470/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Responsibilities (7 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that all Ministers of State within his Department have had their ministerial powers delegated to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22133/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ministerial Responsibilities (7 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 607. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to confirm that all Ministers of State within his Department have had their ministerial powers delegated to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22138/25]

Power of Higher Education, Research and Skills as Economic Enablers in a Changing World: Statements (13 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm labhairt mar chuid de na ráitis ar an ardoideachas sa Teach inniu. Guím gach rath ar an Aire, an Teachta Lawless, agus ar an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Harkin, ina róil nua. I truly believe that education is the most powerful and liberating tool at our disposal when it comes to lifting people from economic poverty, but also the poverty of the...

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: I have written to the new Chair of the Oireachtas transport committee to demand the appearance of senior management from the Road Safety Authority before the committee members. The RSA is clearly an organisation not fit for purpose, with an increasingly bad track record that is generating chaos for learner drivers and industry sectors such as hauliers. Last year there was a call, and indeed...

Common Agricultural Policy and Ireland's CAP Strategic Plan: Statements (15 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: The Minister of State may have seen recent polling on Irish people's views on the EU. Certainly, they are at historically low levels, due in no small part to what is now almost a cliché, that is, the bureaucratic stranglehold that Brussels has on every single aspect of our lives, particularly agriculture. There is a level of intrusion and often just plain stupidity that is simply...

Common Agricultural Policy and Ireland's CAP Strategic Plan: Statements (15 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: Surely removing land from food production is in contradiction with that statement from the Commission. I would hope that will be challenged.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (14 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assist in securing a placement for a child in a school in County Offaly (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24552/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (14 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 214. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the current number of referrals to adult primary care OT service; the number of vacancies within the adult primary care OT service; the number of persons on a waiting list for the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24757/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Turn to Teaching Programme in Maynooth will proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24555/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (15 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if cars owned or operated by beneficiaries of temporary protection are not exempt from NCT testing and certification; the current position in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25021/25]