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Young Farmers Scheme
Carol Nolan
946. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications made under the young farmer scheme since it was introduced by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5266/20]
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Departmental Consultations
Carol Nolan
947. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of internal and external consultancy reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the details and cost of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5267/20]
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Trade Agreements
Carol Nolan
948. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there have been developments in concluding a beef trading deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5268/20]
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Warmer Homes Scheme
Carol Nolan
960. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider including the blind pension and disability allowance as qualifying payments for entitlement to the warmer homes scheme in the same way as jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4557/20]
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Carol Nolan
974. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if 6% of hedgerows will be included in calculations relating to carbon sequestration figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4216/20]
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Carol Nolan
975. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an analysis will be carried out on the way in which carbon sequestration capabilities are calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4217/20]
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Carol Nolan
976. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the non-inclusion of hedgerow and grassland sequestration potential here in the current calculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4218/20]
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EU Directives
Carol Nolan
987. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it will be ensured that all public bodies prepare for the implementation of the EU web accessibility directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4559/20]
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EU Directives
Carol Nolan
988. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider making a progress report on the implementation of the EU web accessibility directive available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4560/20]
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Broadcasting Sector
Carol Nolan
989. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider urging the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, to set production targets for home-produced programmes to be broadcast with audio description as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4594/20]
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Broadcasting Sector
Carol Nolan
990. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider allocating a proportion of the television licence fee to be spent on production of audio description for home-produced programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4595/20]
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Energy Efficiency
Carol Nolan
1007. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding will be urgently allocated to the SEAI for the better energy community scheme in order to ensure that communities and businesses can avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5128/20]
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Just Transition Commissioner
Carol Nolan
1008. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he last met with the Just Transition Commissioner; the funding provided to the commissioner; if he is satisfied that the commissioner has sufficient staff and secretariat facilities to enable him to carry out his work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5247/20]
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Just Transition Commissioner
Carol Nolan
1009. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his most recent engagement with Bord na Móna as part of the just transition strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5248/20]
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Just Transition Fund
Carol Nolan
1010. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the application to the platform for coal and other carbon-intensive regions in transition.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5249/20]
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National Broadband Plan
Carol Nolan
1011. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the implementation of the national broadband plan in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5250/20]
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Disability Services Provision
Carol Nolan
1045. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider consulting persons who are blind and visually impaired at each stage in a project or large-scale service change in order that the process will be fully accessible in order to allow persons who are blind or visually impaired to take part independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4550/20]
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Disability Services Provision
Carol Nolan
1046. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider including an equality impact study in a large-scale transport infrastructure project or service change to assess the impact on persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4551/20]
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Disability Services Provision
Carol Nolan
1047. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if resources will be provided to ensure that public transport services operate audible announcements on all public transport nationally and at platforms and stops to enable those with insufficient vision to have access to the same basic information as the sighted population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4552/20]
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Disability Services Provision
Carol Nolan
1048. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it will be ensured that all public transport operators will prepare for the implementation of the EU web accessibility directive which will make sure that all websites and apps are accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4554/20]