Questions asked 18 total

• Health 6 questions

  • 2023-10-03 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of proposed 'safe access zones' that Tailte Éireann and his Department estimate will be created by the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42498/23]
  • 2023-10-03 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health whether the proposed 'safe access zone' legislation will apply to institutions whereby a healthcare provider is located within a larger campus, for example, a university or hospital complex; if the 100-metre zone extends around the whole institution in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42499/23]
  • 2023-10-03 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the proposed 'safe access zone' legislation will apply to situations whereby a healthcare provider is located within or adjacent to a family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42500/23]
  • 2023-10-03 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department supports the decision of the European Parliament to adopt a common EU framework to allow the sale of human embryos and other bioproducts through its approval of new rules on the management of substances of human origin (SoHO), which took place at a plenary session 12 September 2023 in Strasbourg; if his Department contributed any policy analysis or objections to this proposal prior to the vote; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42565/23]
  • 2023-10-05 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason recruitment for new genomic resource associate roles at the department of clinical genetics at CHI Crumlin, as specified as part of implementation of the national genetics and genomics strategy, is being held up, in spite of the fact that €2.7 million was allocated to implementation of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43210/23]
  • 2023-10-05 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if it is the policy of his Department to support measures designed to ensure that the number of termination of pregnancies can be reduced year on year; the practical supports he is putting in place to ensure that the number of termination of pregnancies does not continue to grow year on year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43211/23]
• Finance 2 questions

  • 2023-10-03 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on measures to reconstitute the Disabled Drivers Medical Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42241/23]
  • 2023-10-05 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will reinstate the VAT equalisation measure for rental cars in budget 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43341/23]
• Agriculture 2 questions

  • 2023-10-03 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown by county of the €10.9m paid out under the tillage incentive scheme (TIS) in 2022 in tabular form as well as payments made to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42234/23]
  • 2023-10-03 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the establishment and work of the new agri-food regulator, An Rialálaí Agraibhia; the number of staff to be employed by the regulator; the positions they will hold; the budget allocated to enable it to operate and for it to engage in its investigative role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42566/23]
• Children 2 questions

  • 2023-10-03 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify the steps he has taken to prevent further strike action from members of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42240/23]
  • 2023-10-03 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any properties formerly in use as nursing homes have been offered to his Department for use to accommodate international protection applicants or beneficiaries of temporary protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42647/23]
• Taoiseach 1 question

  • 2023-10-03 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach if he has acted on his recent statement that he would invite EU Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkievicius to Ireland to discuss the outcome of the recent nitrates derogation decision. [42564/23]
• Environment 1 question

  • 2023-10-05 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department had any engagements with or made submissions to the Department of Justice with respect to the establishment of the new planning and environment division of the High Court; if he will share any submission made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43313/23]
• Public Expenditure 1 question

  • 2023-10-05 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the employment policy of the Civil Service supports the implementation of gender quotas when hiring new staff; if so, the steps that have been taken to implement such a policy from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43281/23]
• Education 1 question

  • 2023-10-05 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied), specifically regarding the need to draw up and implement a national plan for the support and management of exceptionally able children in the Irish education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43334/23]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2023-10-05 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department had any engagements with or made submissions to the Department of Justice with respect to the establishment of the new planning and environment division of the High Court; if he will share any submission made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43314/23]
• Justice 1 question

  • 2023-10-05 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the funding allocation that will be made available to facilitate the operation of the proposed statutory agency with a dedicated focus on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; the number of staff she anticipates the agency will employ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43316/23]