Questions asked 15 total

• Environment 4 questions

  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the actions his Department has initiated to prevent littering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16065/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the efforts his Department is making to support local authorities in preventing littering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16066/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will clarify the reason there will be no broadband connection works for an area in County Offaly (details supplied) until 2025 under the NBP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17514/23]
  • 2023-04-20 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the amendments to the An Post Superannuation Scheme which his predecessor approved in March 2014 apply to ex-civil servants who were transferred to An Post from the former Department of Posts and Telegraphs on 1 January 1984 and are covered by the guarantee on their pension entitlements contained in Section 46(4) of the Postal and Telecommunications Act 1983; if the pensions of those ex-civil servants are linked to civil service grades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18766/23]
• Health 4 questions

  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the operation of the fair deal scheme and the changes which are being made relating to rental income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17041/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the entitlements that exist for elderly dementia patients living at home; if such entitlement differs around the country (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17042/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when staff and former staff of an organisation (details supplied) will receive the pandemic unemployment payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17176/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to address concerns that there are insufficient funding supports available to trainee counselling psychologists who incur significant debt while completing their course work (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17177/23]
• Education 3 questions

  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education to address the inadequate levels of special needs supports being extended to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17519/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will conduct a review of all recommended book reading lists for primary and post primary schools to ensure that they are age-appropriate and do not contain age inappropriate graphic sexual imagery and language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17834/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if it is the policy position of her Department that home-schooling can cause social isolation by limiting the ability of children to socialise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16398/23]
• Justice 3 questions

  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if he will confirm whether he or his Department have engaged with Frontex or Europol regarding the operational data collected by Frontex which has identified numerous non-governmental organisations as part of its anti-smuggling operation with Europol; if he is aware of any NGO identified by Frontex or Europol that is funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17345/23]
  • 2023-04-20 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of complaints of alleged electoral offences which have been made to An Garda Síochána for each year from 2000 to date; the number of Garda investigations which have been conducted on foot of such complaints; the number of individuals against whom charges were brought; the number of convictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18640/23]
  • 2023-04-20 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the current legal provisions which govern the establishment of women's prisons separate from men's prisons; the policy basis for housing male and female prisoners in separate facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18642/23]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to promote the Ready to Build scheme; the support if any, that his Department extends to local authorities to make the scheme a success; if he has any data on the total number of applicants to the ready to buy scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17251/23]