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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Carol Nolan: The recent announcement on ash dieback finally recognised that landowners deserved to be compensated for losses outside their control. However, a number of flaws have been identified in the scheme by Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners. Clearance grants are capped at €2,000 per hectare but quotes for clearance are running at €6,500 per hectare and farmers will have to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (9 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department collects data on the number of permissions granted to US Air Force or US military aircraft to fly through Irish air space and land and refuel in Shannon Airport and other landing facilities; if so, the number of such permissions granted each year from 2018 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14846/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (9 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: ...further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 9 May 2023, to provide an update on his Departments work in conjunction with the European Commission's Joint Research Centre to identify the relevant lands and to identify the appropriate means of protecting these carbon-rich soils, specifically as it relates to the prohibition or restriction of agricultural practices such as ploughing; and if...

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

Carol Nolan: ...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: ...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]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...not good enough. When will the proposal be brought to the Government? People need certainty. The Save Our Shannon Organisation has consistently highlighted this matter on behalf of farmers and landowners. There is a lot of frustration. Shortly does not cut it. We need a timeframe. It is not good enough. I need to give certainty to my constituents. The situation needs urgent...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department have made any initial calculations regarding the amount of revenue that may be generated by the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51381/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns that the residential zoned land tax is being applied in a manner not intended by the legislation underpinning it, specifically that it is giving rise to punitive financial challenges for religious orders, including enclosed religious orders that are in possession of land that enables them to live in an enclosed way; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (11 Jul 2023)

Carol Nolan: 570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with farmer representative bodies with respect to the issue of deer causing animal worrying and damage to farm land; the steps he has taken to support farmers who experience these problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33766/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (11 Jul 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...'s preparation for the introduction of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023, he will state how many places of religious worship, and/or grounds or other land associated with the building, will fall within the so-called "safe access zones" which will be established by the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34247/23]

Culling the National Herd: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...Minister recently confirmed CSO trade data on beef imports, which show that 14,000 tonnes of beef were imported into the country between January and March of this year. This comes on the back of 54,000 tonnes of beef imports in 2022, according to data previously reported by agriland.ie. That is 70,000 tonnes of beef coming into the State. That may not be such a terrible thing in terms...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: It is hard to overstate the level of disconnect which appears to exist between what the Government believes it is doing for rural Ireland and what people on the ground in rural Ireland are actually experiencing. For decades we have talked about balanced regional development to take away some of the imbalance between rural, urban and city economies. When we look at job creation, we see an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (31 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...clarify the apparent contradiction in the numbers provided, given that in his reply he states the number of people in 2023, to the end of April, who arrived at Dublin Airport and were refused leave to land on the basis of no documentation is 1,010, and those refused for being in possession of false documentation is 281, while an FOI request released to an organisation (details supplied)...

Biodiversity Action: Statements (25 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...Loss have not been met with universal approval despite the glow and spin that has been given to them. That also comes within the context of fears around the mandatory rewetting of drained peat farmland and the annihilation of many farmers' capacity to sustain a livelihood on the land or to pass a farm onto the next generation. Only two weeks ago, I hosted a cross-party briefing on...

Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...million in the interest of agriculture and in the economic interests of the country. We must protect this valuable sector. Unfortunately, farmers are facing a 40% increase in input costs that have landed like a financial grenade within the sector. Irish sheep and lamb are world-class, premium products that are in huge demand and they generate approximately €400 million per...

Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Mar 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...if the issue of generational renewal is not addressed, taken seriously and tackled with the urgency it demands. It should be tackled with the same urgency as green policy. Green policy is driving our farmers off the land and putting off many young farmers from being successors. The green policies are like green medicine being forced down our throats and the throats of farming families.

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Carol Nolan: The land grab and shameful deal between Gresham House holdings and Coillte is an insult to people the length and breadth of this island. It is yet again another attack on our sovereignty as a republic. A halt should be called to this deal without delay. I ask the Minister of State to do the right thing. People have expressed serious concern right across the party spectrum. The Minister...

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Carol Nolan: ..., Food and the Marine. The statement goes on to say that Irish taxpayers' money will be: paid in forestry grants and premiums to investment funds to purchase 100,000ha of our sovereign Irish farmland to establish forests. The Irish taxpayer will be paying for the sale of rural Ireland to investment funds. [Is that not betrayal?] This will not add to the local community or the local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Carol Nolan: I appreciate the Chair letting me contribute. I strongly oppose this land grab, which is exactly what it is. I am very concerned about this and I am concerned about the Minister's words. I have sat here through this entire meeting and the statements this evening. The Minister is saying it is not the preferred deal, as did the Taoiseach. They are sharing the same script, obviously. If...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...supporting such a deal . They are letting down their own people, farmers included. I share the concerns of Macra na Feirme, which knows that young farmers are going to be locked out in terms of land access. Generational renewal is a real issue, but the Government does not care. It does not seem to worry about that. The problems that continue to plague the forestry sector,...