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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pension Provisions (18 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that pensioners of an organisation (details supplied) and An Post who were civil servants prior to the vesting of these two state companies on 1 January 1984 under the Postal and Telecommunications Act 1983, are treated differently in their pension benefits; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (18 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all farmers with special areas of conservation lands will be entitled to apply for the scheme and be admitted to National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) farm plan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51150/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (18 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 640. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 4 October 2022, if a person or organisation under the aegis of her Department maintains a record of the information sought with respect to deportations under the relevant legislative sub-sections; if she will seek to obtain that information and provide same; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 664. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will list all previous examples of criminal provisions or Garda powers which were introduced in legislation after either being specifically opposed, or deemed unnecessary, by An Garda Síochána at the time of their introduction for the period 2011 to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (18 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 820. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that "exclusion zones", as referred to in commitment in the Programme for Government, are now being referred to as "safe access zones" in the general scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2022; the reason that this change of language was necessary; if the proposed change of language was suggested to his...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (18 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 821. To ask the Minister for Health the number of abortions carried out by general practitioners for each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51872/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (18 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 822. To ask the Minister for Health the number of abortions carried out in hospitals under section 12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51873/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Budget 2023 (12 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if residents of caravan parks may access the full €200 reduction off their energy bills (details supplied); if so, the way in which they may apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50517/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Budget 2023 (12 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options for redress open to prepay customers who were not provided with the €200 reduction off energy bills allocated in April, May and June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50518/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (12 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if churches and parishes halls will be able to avail of supports for the payment of their heating and energy costs under measures recently announced by Government, aimed at assisting those who may find themselves confronted with unsustainable energy bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50661/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for the briefing. Will she elaborate on the expansion of the primary substitute teacher supply panels? What will be the increase? On leaving certificate reform, there is concern about the moving of paper 1 to the end of fifth year in both Irish and English. I met representatives of Conradh na Gaeilge in September and there was concern that students may not be fully...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: My concern is that this could have the unintended consequence of students experiencing a greater level of stress arising from facing assessment over two years if they are now to sit paper 1 in both subjects in fifth year. Students who may want to go to the Gaeltacht in the summer of fifth year will be put at a disadvantage because, obviously, they will not have had time to do their stint in...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: The lack of access to basic services for children with a disability is shameful and inexcusable. I am particularly struck by a reference to the employment vacancy rate across the children's disability network teams, which now stands at more than 28%, as well as the fact there are more than 17,000 children waiting for initial contact with a children's disability network team and 2,500...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm labhairt ar an mBille seo. Mar is eol dúinn, tá formhór na dteaghlach ar fud an Stáit seo ag fulaingt. Caithfidh an Rialtas seo a sheacht ndícheall a dhéanamh chun cabhair agus tacaíocht a thabhairt dóibh chomh luath agus is féidir. It is vital that all the necessary steps are taken to prevent households from sinking under...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (11 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 155. To ask the Taoiseach if the preparations and planning for Census 2027 will include a review of the possibility of including a third gender on the census form. [49156/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average timeframe between the special needs’ assistant exceptional reviews taking place in primary schools and the review outcomes being communicated to these schools in writing for the 2021-2022 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49592/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (11 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider expanding the remit of the mitigating against educational disadvantage fund to provide rent-related funding to support educationally disadvantaged learners in accessing and participating in third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50095/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (11 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding has been provided under the mitigating against educational disadvantage fund to support educationally disadvantaged learners in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50096/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to continue providing support to the sheep welfare scheme into 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49894/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: 788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to increase participation of young farmers in the sheep welfare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49895/22]