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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (15 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection who have applied for international protection status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41231/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (15 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for the overall reduction in support for the investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector and the investment aid for innovation and diversification in horticulture, which this year amounts to a combined amount of €8.5 million in contrast to the €11.35 million funding...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (15 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 532. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of reports of International Protection Accommodation Services staff warning those in receipt of a deportation order or those about to receive a deportation order of Garda activity relating to the enforcement of such orders; the measures he is taking to ensure this practice is ended or...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Projects (15 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 533. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the work engaged in by his Department with the Department of Justice to review the findings and recommendations of the UCD SERP scoping report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41001/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (15 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 534. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has made progress on any efforts to seek contributions from international protection applicants from 2018 to date for their reception costs in line with article 5(2) of S.I. No. 230 of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41003/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (15 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 565. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the international protection accommodation office or any official in his Department has received complaints or requests for assistance from persons housing beneficiaries of temporary protection or international protection applicants regarding subletting of property; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (15 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 566. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the international protection accommodation office or any official in his Department is aware of instances of beneficiaries of temporary protection or international protection applicants subletting property used to accommodate them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41627/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (10 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs in fees and accommodation paid by her Department to teachers attending the graduate diploma in social, personal and health education/relationships and sexuality education course at DCU to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40742/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (10 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or any official from her Department has engaged with representatives of a company (details supplied) to discuss concerns related to the inclusion in SPHE course material of offensive depictions of Irish families entitled ‘All different, All equal’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40743/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Dialogue on Women in Agriculture: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: I want to commend all the witnesses. I spoke to them earlier. We need to pave a way forward and show that there are lots of good things and lots of positivity happening around agriculture in Ireland. We need to pave a way forward and show that there are many good things happening and much positivity in agriculture in Ireland. Unfortunately, women were airbrushed into the background for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his presentation. On student accommodation, he referred to student accommodation for targeted students being below market price. Who are the target students? What is the qualifying criteria? How would the programme be rolled out? How would students be informed that they could apply for the exemption or support?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: Who are the target students? What are the categories? Does the Department lay out the criteria for the universities to follow?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: I fully agree with the Minister that the mindset around apprenticeships needs to change. It definitely does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: Apprenticeships are of equal value to a university degree. We in Ireland need to change our view of apprenticeships. As the Minister rightly said, in Germany and other places people take a different view of apprenticeship and they are treated as equivalent to a university degree, and rightly so. The Minister is right that we do need to reach parents. Is there collaboration with career...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: Yes. The Minister mentioned career guidance teachers. They have shown leadership on this issue. Traditionally, some schools are better than others at promoting apprenticeships at a whole-school level. It is unfair to directly blame any career guidance teacher but some schools have a culture of apprenticeships. The school I attended was known as "the tech" at the time and such schools...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: The Irish Road Haulage Association has called on the Government to review urgently the operational role and effectiveness of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, following the latest examples of traffic gridlock at Dublin Port tunnel. Following a series of night-time closures at the tunnel, unacceptable delays and congestion were experienced at peak times due to the mismanagement of...

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm labhairt ar an rún seo inniu. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta McGrath agus a fhoireann a rinne sárobair ar an mBille seo. Members may recall that the famous UK Labour Party parliamentarian, Tony Benn, developed five questions which he proposed should be at the heart of any democratic process when it comes to holding the powerful to account. These...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (9 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the provision of fibre broadband to Birr, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40516/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (9 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a work permit application has been received and processed for a person (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40434/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (9 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can offer any assistance to a person seeking to travel from Israel to work in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40441/24]