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Thu, 26 May 2022
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Agriculture Industry
Carol Nolan
120. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the concerns that agricultural contractors are facing in terms of unprecedented input costs that are leading to major instability within the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27216/22]
Thu, 26 May 2022
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EU Directives
Carol Nolan
408. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of the Unfair Trading Practices Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27217/22]
Wed, 25 May 2022
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Tax Code
Carol Nolan
26. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to address concerns that the current rate of stamp duty applicable to a single residential property is acting as a barrier to the building of a home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26703/22]
Wed, 25 May 2022
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Tax Data
Carol Nolan
27. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the total revenue generated from stamp duty in each of the years from 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26704/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Carol Nolan
178. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details on the number of long leasehold and freehold contract agreements that his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department are currently a party to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26369/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Carol Nolan
511. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number who have enrolled in the national commis chef apprenticeship programme that was launched by her Department in each of the years 2018 to date in 2022; the numbers who have successfully completed the programme each year to date; if her attention has been drawn to the acute shortage of suitably qualified chefs to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25791/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Prison Service
Carol Nolan
534. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the current total capacity of Irish prisons; the number of persons who are currently in prison; the breakdown of all inmates by gender; the number of inmates who are Irish citizens and those who are non-nationals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25766/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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International Relations
Carol Nolan
261. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise concerns with the Chinese authorities following the recent arrest of a person (details supplied) in Hong Kong under national security laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25548/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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United Nations
Carol Nolan
332. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if Ireland has yet to ratify the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25546/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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Culture Policy
Carol Nolan
70. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will investigate the possibility of categorising turf-cutting and turf use as protected cultural practices under such instruments as the Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society, otherwise known as the Faro Convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24997/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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Approved Housing Bodies
Carol Nolan
72. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will request the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority to conduct a value-for-money assessment of the approved housing bodies sector, given that there were 495 approved housing bodies listed in his Department’s register as of March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24995/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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Approved Housing Bodies
Carol Nolan
73. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding that has been provided to each approved housing body in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24996/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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Further and Higher Education
Carol Nolan
154. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the uptake levels and the progress of efforts to address issues involving consent and sexual harassment as referenced in his remarks to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality on 5 May 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25001/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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National Maternity Hospital
Carol Nolan
173. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will make available the correspondence that he received from the 52 senior National Maternity Hospital clinicians in February 2022. [25329/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Constitutional Convention
Carol Nolan
157. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the amounts paid, either on the basis of a contract or as gratuities or expenses to each of the chairpersons, speakers, facilitators, researchers or other persons in respect of the Constitutional Convention in 2012 and all citizens assemblies that were held from 2012 to date. [23976/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Work Permits
Carol Nolan
164. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 4 May 2022, the number of work permits granted to chefs and to each other category which applies to the restaurant sector in each of the years from 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24142/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Bus Services
Carol Nolan
202. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he will address the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the decision to exclude private bus companies from the 20% fare reduction on State-funded public transport services; if he will address the concern that there is preferential treatment of State services over commercial entities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24244/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Teacher Training
Carol Nolan
444. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education her views on the requirement that a minimum requisite base-level gender-knowledge and gender-sensitive teaching methods skillset be mandatory for all educators in order to register as a post-primary teacher with the Teaching Council, regardless of their chosen subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24241/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Teacher Training
Carol Nolan
445. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education her views on the requirement that a minimum requisite base-level gender-knowledge and gender-sensitive teaching methods skillset be mandatory for all educators in order to register as a post-primary teacher with the Teaching Council, regardless of their chosen subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24242/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Education Policy
Carol Nolan
446. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the details of her Department’s policy toward single-sex primary and post-primary schools; if it is the intention of her Department to phase out the use of single-sex schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24243/22]