Questions asked 43 total

• Finance 8 questions

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing measures enabling agricultural land sales to be subject to a 3% rate of stamp duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45007/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will make the young, trained farmers stamp duty relief permanent as this would provide reassurance regarding future costs for farm families planning the transfer of their farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45008/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing an amendment to allow the deduction of pension contributions before the universal social charge is calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45009/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current 33% rate of capital gains tax continues to act as a significant deterrent to farm investment; if he will provide for a significant reduction in the 33% rate currently applicable to all chargeable gains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45010/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that low emission slurry spreading equipment has no VAT applied at purchase to encourage the further uptake of these spreading techniques; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45011/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing measures that provide for the introduction of a new stock relief measure in which farmers would be allowed 100% stock relief on additional expenditure of up to €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45012/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce measures enabling farmers to be allowed to write-off capital expenditure on farm buildings and plant and machinery over a period of between three and eight years with a floating allowance of up to 50% allowable in any one year to promote farm investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45013/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45036/21]
• Health 6 questions

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason dentists in Birr and Ferbane, County Offaly are refusing to take on persons in receipt of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44627/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to general practitioners for the provision of termination of pregnancy services in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44968/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of initial consultations for the termination of pregnancy services that were provided by general practitioners, family planning clinics and women’s health clinics in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44969/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the work of the Women's Health Taskforce; the members of the taskforce; the number of times it has met since it was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44981/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45039/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he and the Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People will address concerns raised with their respective offices by care champions pertaining specifically to safeguarding concerns within the nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45098/21]
• Education 5 questions

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if any school building or additional school accommodation applications in counties Laois and Offaly have been impacted due to Covid-19 and Brexit-related cost increases in the construction industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44442/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will increase the primary school capitation in view of a survey undertaken by an association (details supplied) which found that parents pay €46 million to support basic school funding each year and that the current grant of €183 per pupil, a euro per day in the primary school year represents a 9% decrease on the 2010 figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44828/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the efforts being taken to create smaller classes that allow for more individual attention and meets the ambition of Government to establish the best education system in Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44829/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to support primary school principals in the carrying out of their administrative duties; if she will support a full restoration of middle management posts at primary school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44830/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45033/21]
• Tourism 3 questions

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on a full resumption of the coach tourism business continuity scheme including a subsidy payment of €42.5 million to be made available for a 12 month period for 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45100/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the Report of the Joint Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community entitled Tuarascáil an Chomhchoiste ar Thuarascáil an Choimisinéir Teanga: Maidir le cur I bhfeidhm Moltaí Imscrúdaithe a rinneadh faoi Fho-Alt 21(f) d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003 – An Garda Síochána; her views on the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44821/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45045/21]
• Foreign 3 questions

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45037/21]
  • 2021-09-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions the Government has taken and is taking through its role on the UN Security Council and by other means to contribute to the search for the approximately 2,700 Yazidi women and children who are still missing as a result of being taken into captivity by ISIS seven years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45540/21]
  • 2021-09-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps the Government is taking through its role on the UN Security Council and by other means to specifically address the religious element to the violence between Fulani herders and sedentary farmers in northern Nigeria; if the Government has raised with the Nigerian Government the disproportionate impact this violence has on Christians in Nigeria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45541/21]
• Justice 3 questions

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if she is advancing proposals to offer leave to remain to persons who have spent more than two years in direct provision as part of efforts to reduce the current backlog of applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44654/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications made for international protection in Ireland in each of the years 2001 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of negative decisions for each of those years in which all avenues of appeal were exhausted in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44656/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if she has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45041/21]
• Environment 2 questions

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the conditions that must be fulfilled before a person may engage in the commercial sale of peat and-or peat-related products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44510/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45035/21]
• Transport 2 questions

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45046/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the status of the Programme for Government commitment to develop a ten-year strategy for the road haulage sector; if he has received the submission by an organisation (details supplied) on the strategy; his assessment of the submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45101/21]
• Further and Higher Education 2 questions

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45038/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will support the call of an association (details supplied) for a digitalisation and infrastructure investment of €34.5 million in 2022, rising to €44.5 million in 2023 and €54.5 million in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45099/21]
• Agriculture 2 questions

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45030/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) with respect to the draft nitrates action programme and in particular the organisation's view that the proposed programme lacks consideration for the weather and the practical application of the proposed measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45097/21]
• Enterprise 1 question

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45034/21]
• Public 1 question

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45042/21]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45040/21]
• Defence 1 question

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45032/21]
• Social 1 question

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45044/21]
• Children 1 question

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45031/21]
• Rural 1 question

  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45043/21]