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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...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: Earlier this week the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, stated that she was bringing forward a targeted and time-bound proposal in the form of a subvention for our post offices of between €10,000 and €12,000 per year in order to save the network from collapse. This was followed, however, by mixed messaging from the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who stated that his Department...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: The Minister made reference to limited capacity to reduce the excise duty on agricultural diesel. That suggests to me the Minister could have gone further than the 2 cent reduction. I ask him to go further and to make sure he takes measures that will assist this sector, which, as I said, is in deep crisis. I ask that an additional matter be considered. Farm Contractors Ireland, FCI, is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the concerns that agricultural contractors are facing in terms of unprecedented input costs that are leading to major instability within the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27216/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: What measures will the Minister take to address the unprecedented and significant input costs our agricultural contractors are facing? The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland, FCI, has highlighted its concern for the sector's viability, stating the sector is under increased pressure and that, in addition to the supply issues, the significant fuel costs are making the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response, but the Ukrainian crisis was not responsible for the introduction of the carbon tax, which has crippled agricultural contractors and had pushed many of them out of the sector before the Ukrainian crisis ever erupted. This Government blames either a crisis or the EU, but it needs to take responsibility and implement clear measures to support this sector....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (26 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of the Unfair Trading Practices Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27217/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address concerns that the current rate of stamp duty applicable to a single residential property is acting as a barrier to the building of a home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26703/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (25 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 27. To ask the Minister for Finance the total revenue generated from stamp duty in each of the years from 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26704/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (24 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details on the number of long leasehold and freehold contract agreements that his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department are currently a party to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26369/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number who have enrolled in the national commis chef apprenticeship programme that was launched by her Department in each of the years 2018 to date in 2022; the numbers who have successfully completed the programme each year to date; if her attention has been drawn to the acute shortage of suitably qualified chefs to date; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (24 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current total capacity of Irish prisons; the number of persons who are currently in prison; the breakdown of all inmates by gender; the number of inmates who are Irish citizens and those who are non-nationals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25766/22]