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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]

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

Carol Nolan: 1100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing the required measures to ensure the removal of the four-movement rule for livestock; his views on whether the rule is anti-competitive in nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10253/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (24 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 1101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider reverting to the previous TB inspection regime whereby cattle were inspected once a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10254/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (24 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 1102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns raised regarding supports being provided to Irish farmers during the next round of the Common Agricultural Policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10256/21]

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

Carol Nolan: 1103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase funding for the tillage sector with respect to research, developing new markets, centres of excellence and achieving greater economies of scale; if that will be reflected in the price received for tillage farmers produce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10262/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Expansion of the Technological Universities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: I will not use my full allocation of time. The application for TU designation from Athlone Institute of Technology and Limerick Institute of Technology is very positive and will provide opportunities for people in apprenticeships and PhDs, which have been underserved, so I wholeheartedly welcome that. I know the Minister outlined that an assessment process is ongoing and a panel is in place...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm deis a fháil labhairt ar an mBille seo agus ar na fadhbanna a bhaineann leis a chur in iúl. Whether this Bill turns out to be significant in the good or bad sense is one thing but it is clear that the powers it will confer on the LDA are enormous: the regulation of relevant public land to develop and regenerate the delivery of housing and to develop and...

Covid-19 (Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: I have a number of questions. There are terrible delays for businesses in respect of imports. I have been contacted by a number of businesses based in the midlands and have been told that there are terrible delays with customs. A customs agent has to be engaged for each transaction, which costs €80. Prior to that, an invoice has to be obtained in the UK and that can be delayed by...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Capital Programme (18 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a grant to a club (details supplied) has still not been paid despite all documentation being provided; if she will progress the matter given the impact it is having on the club; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9099/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Equality (18 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 244. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE considers the Dutch Protocol to be best practice internationally with respect to gender dysphoria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9034/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 304. To ask the Minister for Health if there are obstacles to the private purchase of Covid-19 vaccinations from either within or outside the EU by private Irish medical organisations or hospitals, private companies or philanthropic organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9271/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 305. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible for residents and or citizens of Ireland to travel to Northern Ireland for receipt of the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9272/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (18 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the possibility of establishing an independent beef regulator separate and distinct from the proposed office of the national food ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9081/21]

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: As the Minister is aware, the beef and suckler sector is in chaos again, with a drop in prices of up to 20 cent per kg in the past two weeks. It has led to a serious situation. I am calling on the Minister to commit to the setting up of an independent regulator for this sector, separate to the ombudsman. I know that when he was in opposition, the Minister called for an independent...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Peat Products Import Data (17 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of peat products imported in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [8117/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Peat Products Import Data (17 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of peat products exported in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [8118/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Currency Circulation (17 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures in place to prevent the circulation of counterfeit cash; if the Central Bank has an estimated value of counterfeit cash currently in circulation and the damage this is causing for Irish businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7887/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (17 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance if data is available on the amount of illegal drugs seized from persons entering and leaving the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7888/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (17 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance if concerns will be addressed that new Irish customs arrangements regarding the importation of goods from the UK have considerably increased the levels of bureaucratisation in relation to the importation process; if he will work to simplify the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7890/21]