Parliamentary questions

Special Educational Needs Staff

Carol Nolan

483. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will support making the national training programme for special needs assistants a fully accredited and recognised FETAC level 7 award; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12528/21]

Legal Aid

Carol Nolan

690. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the funding provided for free legal advice for applicants through the Legal Aid Board's refugee legal service as provided for in the International Protection Act 2015 in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12590/21]

Hedge Cutting

Carol Nolan

69. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the hedge cutting season in recognition of the recent level of rainfall. [12305/21]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Carol Nolan

216. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the legislation that will reform the nursing home support scheme or fair deal will be introduced; the reason for the ongoing delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12306/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

25. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements he and his officials have had with a group (details supplied); if he will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11406/21]

Climate Change Policy

Carol Nolan

56. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures being taken by his Department to include 6% of hedgerows in calculations relating to carbon sequestration figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11051/21]

Post Office Network

Carol Nolan

58. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the actions his Department is taking to support and strengthen the rural post office network and the wider post office network; if he will support the recommendations of a report (details supplied) on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11133/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

62. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements he and his officials have had with a group (details supplied); if he will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11407/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

132. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements he and his officials have had with a group (details supplied); if he will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11418/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

197. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements he and his officials have had with a group (details supplied); if he will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11408/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

239. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements he and his officials have had with a group (details supplied); if he will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11414/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

263. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements she and her officials have had with a group (details supplied); if she will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11417/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

333. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements he and his officials have had with a group (details supplied); if he will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11412/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

379. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements he and his officials have had with a group (details supplied); if he will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11404/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

438. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements she and her officials have had with a group (details supplied); if she will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11405/21]

School Patronage

Carol Nolan

471. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will address concerns that transfer of a school (details supplied) is being delayed due to the inability of the community mental health services in Birr, County Offaly to acquire temporary premises while the transfer is in progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11680/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

634. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements he and his officials have had with a group (details supplied); if he will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11410/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

668. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements she and her officials have had with a group (details supplied); if she will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11413/21]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

696. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if legislation has been passed and enacted that defines a hate crime and a non-hate crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11962/21]

Obesity Strategy

Carol Nolan

807. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 788 and 789 of 17 February 2021, the status of the evaluation currently underway of the sugar-sweetened drinks tax; when details of the tax are due to be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11347/21]

Obesity Strategy

Carol Nolan

808. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 788 and 789 of 17 February 2021, when the obesity policy and action plan will be reviewed in 2021; the process for same; if his Department will be meeting stakeholders or undertaking a consultation process in relation to same; the timeline for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11348/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

810. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if cases of Covid-19 of the so-called Brazilian variant have been detected or confirmed in meat plant workers since January 2021; if so, the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11351/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

813. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if visiting restrictions must remain in place for nursing home residents in cases in which all residents and staff have been fully vaccinated; if he has plans to amend this restriction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11358/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

830. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements he and his officials have had with a group (details supplied); if he will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11411/21]

Mental Health Services

Carol Nolan

888. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of HSE work to transfer the community mental health services in Birr, County Offaly; if the attention of the HSE has been drawn to the delays this is subsequently causing to the transfer of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11679/21]

Agriculture Industry

Carol Nolan

1030. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has taken measures to establish a future of farming in Ireland dialogue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11050/21]

Tillage Sector

Carol Nolan

1031. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of the straw chopping scheme for tillage farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11052/21]

Beef Industry

Carol Nolan

1045. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconvene a meeting of the beef task force to address ongoing issues affecting the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11192/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

1070. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements he and his officials have had with a group (details supplied); if he will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11402/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

1097. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements she and her officials have had with a group (details supplied); if she will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11415/21]

Tax Yield

Carol Nolan

181. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Tax Yield

Carol Nolan

182. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

833. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme

Carol Nolan

1098. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Animal Slaughtering

Carol Nolan

1099. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Animal Slaughtering

Carol Nolan

1100. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Tuberculosis Eradication Programme

Carol Nolan

1101. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Common Agricultural Policy

Carol Nolan

1102. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Tillage Sector

Carol Nolan

1103. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Sports Capital Programme

Carol Nolan

110. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 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]

Gender Equality

Carol Nolan

244. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

304. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Vaccination Programme

Carol Nolan

305. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Food Industry

Carol Nolan

320. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Imports Data

Carol Nolan

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

Imports Data

Carol Nolan

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

Currency Circulation

Carol Nolan

135. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Illicit Trade

Carol Nolan

136. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Brexit Issues

Carol Nolan

137. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Revenue Commissioners

Carol Nolan

138. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff assigned to the Revenue Commissioners' enforcement units at all airports here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7891/21]