Questions asked 13 total

• Education 4 questions

  • 2023-07-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education to provide the number of teachers recruited to ETB schools in counties Laois and Offaly since 2020; the number of these who have retained their positions; the number who left employment in Laois and Offaly ETB schools during the same time period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32126/23]
  • 2023-07-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if her Department has a policy to intervene with schools that demonstrate an above-average inability to retain teaching staff; if her Department monitors the turnover rates of teaching staff in State-funded schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32127/23]
  • 2023-07-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on her engagement with a school (details supplied); when the works will be completed; if she will accept that the project is urgently needed for the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32564/23]
  • 2023-07-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education to address concerns (details supplied) regarding the funding of current trainee educational psychologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32739/23]
• Housing 3 questions

  • 2023-07-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if subsidies or grant supports are available from his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department for the conservation or protection of bats and their breeding and resting places in private residences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32560/23]
  • 2023-07-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications made for the vacant home refurbishment grant; the number of approved application and the number of those who have drawn down the grant, by county, since the grant scheme was opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32784/23]
  • 2023-07-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he or his Department have had any negotiations or consultations with banks or mortgage providers with respect to difficulties in the operation of the vacant home refurbishment grant; if so, the name of these banks and providers; what these difficulties were; if they have been resolved; when the meetings took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32785/23]
• Health 3 questions

  • 2023-07-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total amount of money spent on abortion services in 2022 (including abortions carried out in hospitals, community settings or via telemedicine, and including the cost of the operation and promotion of the MyOptions government helpline) broken down by category in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32386/23]
  • 2023-07-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of the number of adverse incidents, in tabular form by severity scale and broken down by month, reported to the State Claims Agency which related to the Health Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018 from January to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32387/23]
  • 2023-07-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to address concerns (details supplied) regarding the funding of current trainee educational psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32738/23]
• Taoiseach 1 question

  • 2023-07-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach if his Department purchased or produced any memorabilia such as pens, stationery, pins, badges, mugs or other types of souvenirs to mark or celebrate Pride 2023; and if so, the costs incurred. [31802/23]
• Environment 1 question

  • 2023-07-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to clarify the nature and extent of his and his Department's statutory role with respect to the oversight and funding of Bord na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32189/23]
• Rural 1 question

  • 2023-07-05 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if, in respect of the recently published Census figures, the area of Pullough, Tullamore, County Offaly will be included in the Clár programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32993/23]