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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (3 Mar 2021)

Carol Nolan: 1030. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has taken measures to establish a future of farming in Ireland dialogue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11050/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (3 Mar 2021)

Carol Nolan: 1031. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of the straw chopping scheme for tillage farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11052/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (3 Mar 2021)

Carol Nolan: 1045. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconvene a meeting of the beef task force to address ongoing issues affecting the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11192/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Carol Nolan: 1070. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements he and his officials have had with a group (details supplied); if he will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11402/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Carol Nolan: 1097. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements she and her officials have had with a group (details supplied); if she will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11415/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Carol Nolan: I thank the farming organisations for coming before us and giving us their detailed presentations. I come from County Offaly, which is very much the focus of this work. It appears that the process is being rushed and pushed, which causes some concern. I have been contacted by a number of concerned farmers who feel that the consultation with Bord na Móna was not good from the start....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Carol Nolan: There is significant concern among farmers in terms of risk. It is all well and good to say there will be no risk but it cannot be said that that will be the case indefinitely. We know that the River Shannon, for instance, has caused flooding issues in west Offaly as a result of the silt which built up in the river. Bord na Móna was in charge of that. I am looking at maintenance and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Impact of Covid-19 on Reopening of Schools and State Examinations: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Carol Nolan: Ar an gcéad dul síos, gabhaim buíochas leis na hAirí agus cuirim fáilte roimh an gcinneadh a rinne an Roinn Oideachais chun na scoileanna a athoscailt an tseachtain seo. Those movements were welcomed by all. I welcome the certainty the recent decision on the leaving certificate has given to the 60,000 leaving certificate students impacted by the pandemic, school...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: It is not just.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: The Minister needs to wake up to reality.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: He needs to wake up to reality.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: It makes no sense for peat to be imported, as Deputy Browne said. I received figures from the Department of the Taoiseach showing that €3.5 million worth of peat was imported into this country last year. We have workers who lost their jobs during a global pandemic. It is not right. Some 17,000 jobs, or more, are at risk. The midlands are suffering adversely. The Minister needs to...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: I was deeply sorry and shocked to hear about the threat to the Minister's family home. Such behaviour is totally unacceptable and appalling. It must have generated unnecessary concern for him and his family. Those actions should not have happened and I wholeheartedly condemn them. As we know, this Bill proposes to introduce mandatory quarantine for travellers arriving into this State...

New Decade, New Approach Agreement: Statements (24 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm labhairt ar an topaic seo. Tá sé fíorthábhachtach. The New Decade, New Approach agreement was brokered to help restore confidence in devolved government at Stormont. It was a welcome move, as it underlined the necessity for all sides to work as constructively as possible in order for the people of the North to have some kind of stability, which...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: As the Taoiseach is aware, the CE schemes do fantastic work in rural communities in particular. I ask for action to be taken in terms of the situation in which they now find themselves, which is at crisis point. Will he increase each scheme by €6 per week to cover their materials?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider supporting the introduction of a windfall tax of 6% on the major tech organisations such as companies (details supplied) using the UK digital services tax model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9702/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out an analysis of the UK digital services tax model and its possible application in Ireland; if not, if his Department will do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9703/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 833. To ask the Minister for Health if there is specific data available on the contribution that attendance at religious services and public worship has made to the R number with respect to Covid-19; if so, if he will make that data available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9704/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (24 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 1098. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the proposal by a group (details supplied) that a new rural environment protection scheme be index linked to 1994, the year of the original scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10251/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (24 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 1099. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific scientific basis for the 30-month age limit remaining as a requirement for the slaughtering of beef in Ireland; if he will consider removing the rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10252/21]