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Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales (13 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: 231. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on proposals to introduce a law requiring health warnings on alcohol products; the engagement his Department has had on this matter with the European Commission at the World Trade Organisation and the Technical Barriers to Trade Committee Meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55607/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Stations (12 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: While I welcome the fact that Clara fire station has now been placed on the Department's construction project list, I have proceeded with this Topical Issue matter to obtain as much clarity as possible in respect of funding for the fire station. All Deputies can give many examples of capital projects and local construction projects throughout the State that have been signed off and approved...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Stations (12 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. As he rightly stated, Offaly County Council had input into the project and getting it brought forward, which was fantastic to see. I welcome that wholeheartedly. The fire crew in Clara will be very happy with the news that the project is now on the programme. The Minister of State referred to the fact that priority is give to value-for-money...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: Before I begin, I wish to declare that I am a property owner. Tá áthas orm deis a bheith agam labhairt ar an mBille tábhachtach seo. When I looked back to Deputy Ó Broin's contribution on First Stage of the Bill a few weeks ago, I was struck by the reference to data that showed that, in 2011, the total number of children classified as homeless was 641. Shockingly, that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (12 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: 123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide details on his Department's role in selecting members for the citizen engagement working group established to assist in the review of the emissions reduction target for the land use, land use change and forestry sector (LULUCF); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54678/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (12 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: 606. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details on his Department’s role in selecting members for the citizen engagement working group established to assist in the review of the emissions reduction target for the land use, land use change and forestry sector (LULUCF); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54677/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (12 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: 621. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts he made to ensure that the maximum number of tillage farmers were made aware of the targeted scheme to compensate growers for unharvested crops; if he will address concerns that some growers had no idea that such a scheme was in place, and subsequently missed the application deadline; if he will extend the application...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (12 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: 617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the recently announced Shannon Callows fodder scheme to ensure the adequacy of satellite monitoring in capturing the actual number of farms impacted; how the number of impacted farms is being calculated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54911/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (12 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: 632. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide data on the volume of whitethorn being imported into the State; if he will address concerns that this is having an adverse impact on the indigenous timber industry and negatively impacting the potential for employment in the timber sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55226/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (12 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: 804. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a soft copy of the report of the review by the HSE of the model of care with regard to remote consultation as part of termination of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54869/23]

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm labhairt ar an mBille seo, an Bille um Pleanáil agus Forbairt 2023. This Bill is a mammoth piece of legislation that would require a researcher to review with any kind of thoroughness. I accept the basic objectives of the Bill include the facilitation of reforms around improved consistency and alignment throughout all tiers of planning. That is certainly to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payments for the July Provision will be made to those who provided the service; the reason the payments have not been made; if she will accept that such delays will create an unwillingness by teachers and other providers not to engage with the programme next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54306/23]

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: Deputy Ó Ríordáin has no respect for other people either.

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth's figures confirm a 37 per cent increase in non-Ukrainian International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) residents, reaching 26,092 by the week ending 26th November, 2023; — over 26,092 IPAS residents are now being accommodated at over 200...

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: By now it should be absolutely clear to all but the most wilfully blind that there is no longer a mere disconnect between the Government and our people on the issues of immigration, migration, and asylum. There is in fact a chasm between public and private opinion and the policy of the Government. Opinion poll after opinion poll confirms this. Indeed, I tried to warn the Government of this...

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: They do not. They were not elected to represent them. We are elected here, each and every one of us. Things cannot continue in the same vein. This certainly also applies to our disastrous deportation policy, which is honoured more in the breach than the observance. I have always sought to ground my statements in fact. That is why I have asked the Oireachtas Library and Research...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (6 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: 47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the urgent concerns of the Durrow community and all parties who are affected in any way by the dangers presented by the N52 on the stretch of road between the N4 intersection at Kilbeggan to the Tullamore bypass; if he will support efforts to have the funding reinstated to proceed with the new bypass route as planned...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: 154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is in the process of securing the use of Inchmore House (St. Anthonys) Clara, County Offaly, for the purpose of accommodating international protection applicants of beneficiaries of temporary protection; the efforts his Department has made to engage with the surrounding local communities; and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: 155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the townhouse property in Tullamore has been secured for the purpose of accommodating international protection applicants of beneficiaries of temporary protection; the efforts his Department has made to engage with the surrounding local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54131/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (6 Dec 2023)

Carol Nolan: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason bodies such as university foundations are exempt from having to prepare and submit annual statements of accounts to the Charities Regulator and are also exempt from the requirement to have their financial statements audited; the reason such foundations are not subject to statutory audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General; if he...