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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: I believe the pressure needs to be put on because the local and European elections are coming up, as we all know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: Can we make it an issue and can we all put a push on? I do not know but I am just throwing it out there as I believe something needs to be done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: Sorry, I was not finished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: I have been sitting here for the past hour.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: My next point is that if Bord na Móna is in receipt of very significant money under just transition, can something be done there? Can we write to this company? I am not a member of this committee but I am a member of the Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and I come to this committee regularly to represent my constituents. I ask also...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: The housing crisis and escalating rates of homelessness have been a constant feature of this Government's term of office from the beginning. We have had endless debates here and heard the pleas of families for affordable and social housing along with the alarm bells sounded by the Simon Community and many other homelessness organisations for years. We have also seen scheme after scheme...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: United Nations (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his views on the UN Human Rights Council and the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and whether their recommendations should be followed in Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47568/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Diplomatic Representation (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish Embassy, consular or mission staff in Albania and Georgia, which are designated safe countries, have engaged with any representatives of the Albanian or Georgian governments or government agencies to determine the reason such large numbers of their citizens are choosing Ireland as a country in which to apply for international...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 320. To ask the Minister for Finance to clarify what protections are in place for persons who feel they are not being treated fairly by so-called 'vulture funds' (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47865/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress has been made by her Department with respect to the report that it has received proposing the introduction of a teacher relocation scheme from a working group established by a teachers' union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48448/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 25 October 2023, the funding provided by her Department for the annual Stand Up Awareness Campaign for each year since 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48058/23]

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

Carol Nolan: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is involved in implementing any of the recommendations identified in the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism Final Report; the measures that have been implemented to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48316/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Functions (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 568. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 19 October 2023, if her Department does not have responsibility for the general hospitality sector or the food services sector, the Department and Minister that has responsibility for the protection and promotion of Ireland's food-led businesses including restaurants, cafés and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 716. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current average length of time between an initial application for jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit and the ultimate decision to grant or deny that application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47565/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 717. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current average time taken to process an application for jobseeker's received from a person who was previously self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47566/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 718. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm whether a person who resumes paid employment after applying for jobseekers, but before their application is approved, is entitled to backdated payments once their application is approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47567/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 732. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to clarify if persons in receipt of illness benefit are entitled to any 'bonus payments' that may be issued from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47864/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 988. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount spent on the ongoing 'Disability Rights are Human Rights' media campaign; if he will provide a breakdown of the amounts spent on TV, radio and billboard advertising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47569/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 1014. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding provided by his Department to local education and training boards for the provision of youth services, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47962/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 1015. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase the funding allocation made to the Laois Offaly Education and Training Boards for the provision of youth services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47963/23]