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Tue, 17 May 2022
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Gender Equality
Carol Nolan
564. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the higher education bodies that have been awarded funding under the gender equality enhancement fund in 2020-2021 to advance gender equality initiatives in Irish higher education; the amount received by each of these bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24239/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Gender Equality
Carol Nolan
565. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding that has been provided to date by his Department or any bodies under the aegis of his Department to support the national gender equality dashboard for higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24240/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Carol Nolan
248. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will address concerns that the Summer Programme 2022 will not include adequate provision to ensure the widespread participation of children with complex education and care needs in special school settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24049/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Trade Missions
Carol Nolan
159. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of all trade missions and engagements abroad which both he and his predecessor as Minister have undertaken from 1 January 2018 to date; the dates on which both he and his predecessors were abroad in that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22702/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Grant Payments
Carol Nolan
602. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will reconsider the decision to maintain the cap on third level student earnings at €4,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23022/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Grant Payments
Carol Nolan
603. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the projected impact and cost implications to the Exchequer of increasing the third level student earning cap from €4,500 to €5,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23023/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Healthcare Policy
Carol Nolan
830. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1722 of 26 April 2022, if the legally binding instrument that emerges from the negotiating process will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas for debate; if a majority vote will be required before the instrument is transposed into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23406/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Work Permits
Carol Nolan
71. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to address labour shortages in the restaurant and hospitality sector; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the sector is currently losing highly skilled staff due to the non-availability of work permits and the refusal by his Department to extend existing work permits; if he will consider a relaxation of the relevant rules governing work permits in view of the acute shortage of skilled staff in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21816/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Departmental Funding
Carol Nolan
79. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the use of Just Transition funding to subsidise the importation of peat moss or the adaptation of facilities to mill peat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21778/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Departmental Funding
Carol Nolan
80. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the use of Just Transition funding to subsidise the importation of peat moss or the adaptation of facilities to mill peat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21779/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Housing Policy
Carol Nolan
176. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if her Department is considering delimiting the right to private property in response to the accommodation crisis generated by the influx of unprecedented numbers of Ukrainian refugees; if remarks attributed to her in several media sources (details supplied) that the Government would avoid if possible forcing persons or businesses to give up property or to open their homes to Ukrainian refugees accurately reflects her position or that of Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21737/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Carol Nolan
302. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit or jobseeker’s allowance who have been in receipt of either payment for a continuous period of three years or; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21818/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Refugee Resettlement Programme
Carol Nolan
333. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the basis for statements made by him and by other Ministers that Ireland had capacity to welcome up to 200,000 refugees; the assessments compiled or reports commissioned within his Department or by external agencies which allowed him to come to this estimate; his views on whether Ireland can welcome 200,000 refugees into the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21817/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Ukraine War
Carol Nolan
356. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Ukrainian refugees who have been welcomed in Ireland to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21817/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Departmental Data
Carol Nolan
372. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the total number of convictions for offences contrary to sections 2 to 6, inclusive, and 9 to 12, inclusive, and 15 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 for the years 2015 to 2021 inclusive; the total number of those convicted under each heading in each year who were non-nationals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21814/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Carol Nolan
172. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the number of persons employed by his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department with a rate of pay below the living wage of €12.30; and the role that those persons occupy within his Department or relevant body. [19637/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Carol Nolan
177. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the number of persons currently employed in his Department who have been seconded in from the public sector; the number of Departmental officials seconded where the monies are recouped from the body the person is seconded to or where the Department pays for the person with no recoupment from the other organisation. [20069/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Carol Nolan
189. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons employed by his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department with a rate of pay below the living wage of €12.30; the role that those persons occupy within his Department or relevant body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19626/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Carol Nolan
198. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons currently employed in his Department who have been seconded in from the public sector; the number of Departmental officials seconded where the monies are recouped from the body the person is seconded to or where the Department pays for the person with no recoupment from the other organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20059/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Environmental Schemes
Carol Nolan
227. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the micro-generation support scheme will become operational allowing solar panel owners to receive payment for their contribution of residual energy to the national grid; the reason for the delay in the scheme becoming operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19244/22]