Questions asked 48 total

• Enterprise 6 questions

  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of private companies limited by shares, designated activity companies, public limited companies, companies limited by guarantee and unlimited companies, respectively, that are currently incorporated in Ireland under the Companies Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9744/22]
  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of collective asset management vehicles and undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities that are currently authorised, registered or incorporated in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9745/22]
  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies that are currently incorporated in Ireland under the Companies Act 2014 which have a single director; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9746/22]
  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies currently incorporated that are considered to be a micro company as defined in the Companies Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9747/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total funding provided to the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme to date; the amount that has been drawn down to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10540/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10574/22]
• Finance 6 questions

  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the status of the universal social charge; if there are plans to abolish or substantially reduce the universal social charge or incorporate it into the wider taxation system such as PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9270/22]
  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the most up-to-date estimated cost of Covid-19-related support schemes introduced by Government from March 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9271/22]
  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the number of collective asset management vehicles and undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities that are currently authorised, registered or incorporated in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9750/22]
  • 2022-02-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns that the current capital acquisitions tax regime reduces the potential progress that solar developers can make in terms of reducing emissions and increasing the supply of green energy given the existing rules state that beneficiaries that inherit agricultural land are eligible for 90% relief on the market value of the asset but that this is contingent on the total land being utilised for solar panels constituting less than 50% of the total landholding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10172/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, from its inception to date; the number of applications that have been refused during the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10539/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10576/22]
• Environment 5 questions

  • 2022-02-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will address concerns that costs and inefficiencies are creating a reduced ability among owners of agricultural land to progress the installation of solar panels that have the potential to reduce emissions and increasing the supply of green energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10174/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the consultation process by his Department for the draft territorial plan necessary to access funding under the European Union just transition process; the number of submissions that his Department received during the recent public consultation process; when he envisages the final version of the territorial plan will be completed and submitted to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10535/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will address concerns raised within the report from the advisory Expert Group on Future Skills Needs, specifically the finding that in terms of retrofit scenarios for the domestic residential sectors use of heat pump installations and domestic solar PV installations there would have to be a significant ramp-up of activity between 2021 and 2024, before needing to hit an annual peak of 56,000 retrofits, 43,000 heat pump installations and 28,000 domestic solar PV installations between 2025 and 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10536/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if grants or financial supports are available from his Department for companies that wish to purchase machinery for recycling plastic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10532/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women's Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10575/22]
• Taoiseach 4 questions

  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the number of companies that have an annual turnover of less than €750,000. [9748/22]
  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the estimated number of companies that have fewer than 20 employees. [9749/22]
  • 2022-02-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the costs incurred from 2014 to date on the operation of each citizens’ assembly. [9091/22]
  • 2022-02-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach if a budget has been provided for the proposed citizens’ assembly on biodiversity and directly elected mayor and local government structures best suited for Dublin. [9092/22]
• Justice 4 questions

  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of offences committed against women contrary to each of the sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 15 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9124/22]
  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of offences committed against women contrary to each of the sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990 in each of the years 2010 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9125/22]
  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of homicides against women for each of the years from 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the total number of homicides for the same time period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9126/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings she or officials from her Department have had with the National Women's Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10581/22]
• Public 3 questions

  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that his Department did not maintain its lead funding role for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9425/22]
  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that are being taken to ensure that there is financial accountability and transparency in the funding provided by Government to the non-governmental sector including all registered charities, education institutions, social enterprises and sports and professional bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9426/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10582/22]
• Agriculture 3 questions

  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider revising the upper age limit for access to various Departmental schemes that occurs when a young farmer obtains a green certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9860/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns that farmers are having their entitlements cut when mountain fires destroy sections of their land; the reason they are unable to claim for the destroyed land when the cause of the fire was unrelated to any actions by the farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10538/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10570/22]
• Education 2 questions

  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the total number of officials who are currently assigned to her Department; the number of officials that have been transferred from her Department to the Department of Further and Higher Education since its establishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9254/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings she or officials from her Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10573/22]
• Further and Higher Education 2 questions

  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of officials who were transferred from the Department of Education to his Department since its establishment; the total number of officials currently assigned to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9253/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women's Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10578/22]
• Housing 2 questions

  • 2022-02-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address concerns that the costs and inefficiencies in the planning process are creating a reduced ability among owners of agricultural land to progress the installation of solar panels that have the potential to reduce emissions and increasing the supply of green energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10173/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10580/22]
• Health 2 questions

  • 2022-02-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will expand the current audit of the child and adolescent mental health services with respect to inappropriate prescribing to include public adult mental health services in order to assess its practices and look to examine the areas in which improvements can be made; if he will provide an opportunity for adult individuals who have availed of the services to contribute to this audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10229/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10579/22]
• Tourism 2 questions

  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if grants or financial supports are available from her Department to support music classes for in local communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10531/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings she or officials from her Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10586/22]
• Social 2 questions

  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is in receipt of the back to work enterprise allowance scheme payment can have the payment extended beyond the initial two-year period; the number of persons who applied for the payment from 1 January 2019 to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10533/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings she or officials from her Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10584/22]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10587/22]
• Foreign 1 question

  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10577/22]
• Defence 1 question

  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10572/22]
• Children 1 question

  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women's Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10571/22]
• Rural 1 question

  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings she or officials from her Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10583/22]