Questions asked 14 total

• Agriculture 6 questions

  • 2023-12-12 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details on his Department’s role in selecting members for the citizen engagement working group established to assist in the review of the emissions reduction target for the land use, land use change and forestry sector (LULUCF); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54677/23]
  • 2023-12-12 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the recently announced Shannon Callows fodder scheme to ensure the adequacy of satellite monitoring in capturing the actual number of farms impacted; how the number of impacted farms is being calculated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54911/23]
  • 2023-12-12 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts he made to ensure that the maximum number of tillage farmers were made aware of the targeted scheme to compensate growers for unharvested crops; if he will address concerns that some growers had no idea that such a scheme was in place, and subsequently missed the application deadline; if he will extend the application deadline to ensure maximum access to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54959/23]
  • 2023-12-12 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide data on the volume of whitethorn being imported into the State; if he will address concerns that this is having an adverse impact on the indigenous timber industry and negatively impacting the potential for employment in the timber sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55226/23]
  • 2023-12-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take emergency measures to ensure full delivery of the ACRES payment pre-Christmas 2023; the reason approximately 27,800 farmers (60%) will not receive payment until February 2024 at the earliest; if he accepts that these delays will create massive financial hardship for those whose payments are delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55947/23]
  • 2023-12-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to address concerns (details supplied) relating to the enforcement of prohibition orders served by his Department relating to a commonage bog in Trumera, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56067/23]
• Justice 3 questions

  • 2023-12-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide the data her Department holds with respect to the number of persons who have applied for international protection in Ireland but who were subsequently found to have made previous applications for international protection following a fingerprint search of the Eurodac database, or through an information exchange with relevant UK agencies or through the use of the Schengen information system; the countries or territories where these previous applications were made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55937/23]
  • 2023-12-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide details on the UNHCR training offered to staff members within her Department who provide international protection services, including the content of any modules offered; if international protection staff can issue decisions in the absence of UNCHR training; the names and positions of the persons within the UNCHR who have provided this training; the costs incurred for the provision of this training from the date it was first offered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55941/23]
  • 2023-12-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications for asylum that have included grounds relating to female genital mutilation that have been made from 2012 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55955/23]
• Environment 2 questions

  • 2023-12-12 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details on his Department's role in selecting members for the citizen engagement working group established to assist in the review of the emissions reduction target for the land use, land use change and forestry sector (LULUCF); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54678/23]
  • 2023-12-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total revenue generated by the environmental management cost (tyre recycling levy) since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56069/23]
• Health 2 questions

  • 2023-12-12 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a soft copy of the report of the review by the HSE of the model of care with regard to remote consultation as part of termination of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54869/23]
  • 2023-12-13 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on proposals to introduce a law requiring health warnings on alcohol products; the engagement his Department has had on this matter with the European Commission at the World Trade Organisation and the Technical Barriers to Trade Committee Meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55607/23]
• Children 1 question

  • 2023-12-13 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of staff employed by the International Protection Accommodation Service and the associated grades for each staff member for each year from 2018 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55520/23]