Questions asked 58 total

• Health 11 questions

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the policy position of his Department concerning fetal alcohol spectrum disorder which is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disability that can result from alcohol-exposed pregnancies; the reason that Ireland remains the only country in the developed world that doesn’t recognise FASD and does not have a pathway to diagnosis or the provisions of support to persons living with FASD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42737/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of adults awaiting audiology appointments in counties Laois and Offaly; the length of time they have been waiting; the steps that are being taken by his Department to address the waiting lists for adult audiology services in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42930/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that front-line non-residential staff working in section 39 agencies are eligible for the pandemic bonus payment (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42990/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate if, in 2021 any acute hospital in CHO areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 reached the target set out in The Emergency Medicine Programme for Ireland namely, that 95% of patients should be either admitted or discharged within six hours of arriving at an emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43141/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to urgently assess the number of acute inpatient psychiatric beds required to ensure timely admission of patients presenting with acute psychiatric illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43142/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to increase the number of rehabilitative care beds, long-term nursing home beds and the financing of homecare packages to free-up acute hospital beds for admissions from the emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43143/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the expenses paid to Ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43155/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly who are on a waiting list for hip replacements; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43451/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly who are on a waiting list for knee replacements; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43452/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the funding allocated by his Department to providers of adult respite services in counties Laois and Offaly from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43614/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures that he is taking to address the difficulties that private patients are facing in accessing general practitioner services and registering with a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43829/22]
• Finance 9 questions

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns that small businesses are being penalised for fraudulent activity which they had no knowledge of or responsibility for, with reference to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41939/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the steps that he will take to ensure that small businesses are protected from fraudulent activity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41940/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will maintain the 12.5% excise reduction rate in budget 2023 in order to assist the Irish road haulage and transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42639/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will support measures aimed at tackling the increased cost of AdBlue reliefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42640/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will retain and enhance the diesel rebate scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42642/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to reform the taxation of HVO and biofuel for HGVs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42644/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if it is the policy of his Department to support the competitiveness of the tourism sector through the retention of the 9% VAT rate until full recovery is secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42951/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will support policy measures to ensure that car hire supply can be increased by the restoration of the repayment of VAT on vehicle registration tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42952/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the expenses paid to ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43156/22]
• Environment 6 questions

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has conducted any ethical analysis of the consequences of pursuing a policy of promoting electric vehicle use given the fact that the vast majority of such vehicles require the inclusion of cobalt, the mining of which is heavily reliant on and linked to child slavery in territories such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42418/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the expenses paid to ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43152/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide details of the engagements, including in-person meetings and online meetings that he and officials in his Department have had with the ESB with respect to the closure of the ESB owned peat-fired power stations in Shannonbridge, County Offaly and Lanesborough, County Longford during the period 1 January 2021 to date; if it remains the policy of his Department to support the closure of these stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43447/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that only one body controls the governance of gas fitters and electricians in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43827/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on whether European Union law to allow competition is being upheld given that only one body controls the governance of gas fitters and electricians in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43828/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will confirm that the report on the review of Ireland’s energy security conducted by a consultancy firm (details supplied) will be published before the end of 2022; the total cost paid to the firm for services in compiling the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44043/22]
• Transport 6 questions

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he will support the measures needed to provide licensed hauliers with added supports to meet the cost of AdBlue as a consumable is an integral part of the modern low emissions exhaust treatment system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42641/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he will issue a clear statement of Government support for licensed hauliers upgrading their fleets to green trucks for example Euro VI and Euro VII standards via the European Investment Bank like the scheme offered to the shipping sector to help improve fuel efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42646/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he will amend the scrappage incentive scheme to remove non-green HGV vehicles to run over a period of five years targeting the removal of older engines off our roads and including (details supplied) upon which the cost of a revised scrappage scheme can be calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42647/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he will support the abolition of toll charges for green vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42649/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the policy decisions that he is taking with respect to the tourism sector in relation to regional connectivity by ensuring that incentives for sustainable aviation fuel will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42954/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the expenses paid to Ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43161/22]
• Tourism 6 questions

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she or officials in her Department have engaged with a union (details supplied) regarding its recent decision to support reserving access to female-only teams and games to persons who are biologically female; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42652/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if it is the policy of her Department to support the preservation of female sports as activities reserved to those who are biological females; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42653/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the policy measures that she is adopting to maintain tourism investment to support the marketing of Ireland through sustainability, digitisation, careers and skills and business support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42953/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the policy measures that her Department is taking to address labour shortfalls in the tourism sector specifically measures relating to enhancing career awareness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42955/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the expenses paid to ministerial advisers in her Department in each of the years 2020,2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43162/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when her attention or that of the officials in her Department was drawn to the fact that the National Indoor Athletics Training Centre at Abbotstown was to be used for emergency refugee accommodation; if consideration had been given to the disruption that this decision would cause to clubs that depend on access to the facilities; the alternatives that are being put in place for those who normally train at Abbotstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44083/22]
• Agriculture 4 questions

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the production of self-sufficient HVO in Ireland, given that hydrotreating vegetable oils is a modern way to produce high-quality diesel fuels from completely renewable materials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42645/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenses paid to ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43147/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the closing date for the fodder support scheme from 5 September 2022 to 30 September 2022 due to poor grass growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43879/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is working on plans to prohibit or limit ploughing on farmland in midland counties or elsewhere in the State; if so, the status of such plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44011/22]
• Children 3 questions

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the expenses paid to ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43148/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning the model that is being put in place with respect to core funding for the early years sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43933/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that the National Indoor Athletics Training Centre at Abbotstown was selected to be used for emergency refugee accommodation; if consideration was given to the disruption that this decision would cause to clubs that depend on access to the facilities; if he had engagement with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media prior to this decision being taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44084/22]
• Justice 3 questions

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the measures that are being taken by her Department to combat the illegal funding of Islamic terrorism within the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42929/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the expenses paid to ministerial advisers in her Department in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43158/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who have disembarked an aircraft at airports (details supplied) claiming asylum but who could not provide a passport from 1 January 2021 to date in 2022, in tabular form; the steps she is taking to address concerns that those who claim to have no passport are likely to be making false claims given that a passport would have been required to board the plane from the country or territory where their flights originated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43532/22]
• Housing 2 questions

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the expenses paid to Ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43157/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagement that he or his Department have had with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding the selection of the National Indoor Athletics Training Centre at Abbotstown for use as emergency refugee accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44085/22]
• Further and Higher Education 2 questions

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if financial assistance supports are available from his Department for third level post-leaving certificate students to cover the cost of rent; if such supports are available to students who have not qualified for the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42928/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the expenses paid to Ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43154/22]
• Enterprise 1 question

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expenses paid to ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43151/22]
• Public 1 question

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenses paid to ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43159/22]
• Foreign 1 question

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the expenses paid to Ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43153/22]
• Defence 1 question

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the expenses paid to Ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43149/22]
• Education 1 question

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the expenses paid to ministerial advisers in her Department in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43150/22]
• Social 1 question

  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the expenses paid to ministerial advisers in her Department in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43160/22]