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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]

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]