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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 1302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of illegal immigrants who have been detected in transport vehicles such as haulier's trucks at Irish harbours from 2018 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29442/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (14 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 1812. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that his Department has made €60,000 available to a team of researchers based at a non-European Union university to gather the views of abortion providers to inform the abortion law review given that it is apparent from recent publications by the lead researcher in academic journals in May 2022 including SSM - Qualitative Research in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (14 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 1813. To ask the Minister for Health the number of failed medical abortions which required referral to hospitals for surgical abortion in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30461/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Turbary Rights (14 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 1968. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if persons in possession of a folio number for bog plots will not have their turbary rights removed or infringed upon by either the State or any private company or semi-State company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29252/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (14 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 1993. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a query regarding the retrieval of land for biodiversity purposes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30935/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I am concerned about an issue that I have raised directly with the Minister, namely, the carrying out of an assessment of the impact that the large number of students entering our education system will have. Some assessment should have been done in order to plan adequately and be prepared for the unprecedented situation we are now facing. An...

Higher Education Investment and Costs: Statements (2 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: I draw the Minister's attention to the higher education report which was produced in 2019. I know the Minister is familiar with it. It showed that 15% of the student body at second level is disadvantaged, while 10% of the student body at third level is also disadvantaged. It is certainly concerning and confirms what we all thought all along, that there are students from less affluent areas...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: I wish to raise with the Minister a number of issues concerning children with special needs. I have been contacted by very frustrated and upset parents of children with special needs in my constituency, Laois–Offaly. There is currently no dedicated special educational needs organiser. We always had a number of special educational needs organisers in Laois-Offaly. To the best of my...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: Or Laois

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 262. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has conducted any assessment of the adverse effects of offshore windfarms on air defence radar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28707/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Information and Communications Technology (2 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of her plans to support the roll-out of facial recognition technology; the analysis that her Department has conducted or has engaged others to conduct with respect to the ethical concerns around such technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28705/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the allocations for counties Laois and Offaly contained in the HSE Capital Plan 2022; if he will address concerns that there is a major disparity in the funding allocated to County Offaly in comparison to other midlands counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28560/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (1 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address concerns in relation to disabled parking spaces that are routinely being taken by non-disabled drivers; if he is satisfied that there is sufficient enforcement of the regulations regarding this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28317/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: I will be brief as I am aware we are near the end of the meeting. What assessments have been done on the impact the influx of students will have on our education system? It is my understanding that we are talking about more than 40,000 students in the education system. We have never been faced with these numbers before. I am concerned in responding to one crisis that we do not cause...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: That is fine. I thank the Minister.

Rising Food Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: Anyone who steps inside a supermarket or a store these days knows full well food prices across a range of items are increasing all the time. Families are under huge pressure because they must struggle to pay these costs for basics but they are also struggling to pay electricity bills, fuel bills and so forth. I understand from reports on this issue that the cost of food across the EU has...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (31 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that the Mulcahy Report completed in June 2017 has not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27450/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation (31 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when funding will become available to complete the new courthouse project at Kylekiproe, Portlaoise, County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27537/22]

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: We have a crisis here. It is absolute chaos. Some 195,000 applicants are still waiting for their passports, as the Minister of State knows. In my constituency offices in Laois and Offaly the volume of correspondence coming in is on a par with that related to housing and health, which I thought I would never see. Housing and health, in that order, have always been the main issues coming...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm labhairt ar na ráitis a mbaineann le printíseachtaí inniu. Tá sé soiléir go bhfuil béim i bhfad níos mó curtha ar phrintíseachtaí agus cuirim fáilte roimhe sin. I welcome the fact more of a focus is now being put on apprenticeships. It is long overdue. There are certainly many positive developments with...