Questions asked 23 total

• Health 8 questions

  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 832 of 11 July 2023, the estimated number of religious buildings which can avail of the exemption outlined in section 3 of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44640/23]
  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1724 of 11 September 2023, the scope of his engagement with Taillte Éireann, the information was elicited from this engagement, and how this informed the drafting of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44641/23]
  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if dementia is classified as a disability in his Department's healthcare policy or the policy of the HSE; if not, the reason for same; if there are plans to change this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44741/23]
  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to address concerns that some older persons who do not hold a medical card are being asked to pay extra money at their chemist in order to get their medication put into a blister pack; if reimbursement options are available for such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44742/23]
  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a comprehensive breakdown of the €31.5 million allocated in 2023 to the free contraception scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44951/23]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will urge the HSE to reconsider its decision to refuse funding to a cancer support group (details supplied); the reason this group is being denied funding at CHO 8 level despite CHO 8 funding being provided to other organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45384/23]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to direct the HSE to respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); the reason the HSE has not responded to a number of representations on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45385/23]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if support centres (details supplied) have been allocated any funding in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45518/23]
• Justice 5 questions

  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to outline if the expression transgender has been defined elsewhere in Irish law. [44638/23]
  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 436 of 9 May 2023 and 521 of 23 May 2023, the reason if Ukrainian applicants for temporary protection have provided his Department with proof of their address in Ukraine as stated in her replies, her Department cannot provide a breakdown of the regions in Ukraine from where those applicants originated from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44639/23]
  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if demonstrating public support for proscribed terrorist organisations through such activities as marches, displaying of banners, posters or online activity which affirms the goals of such organisations, is prohibited by law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44759/23]
  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of all organisations or groups designated as terrorist organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44760/23]
  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has made any efforts to determine the presence of the Hamas terrorist organisation within the State, and also supporters of the Hamas terrorist organisation in Ireland who may be funding its operation internationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44761/23]
• Tourism 3 questions

  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on the steps she is taking or plans to take with respect to the use of the National Stadium by an organisation (details supplied); if she or officials from her Department have engaged with the organisation as part of efforts to investigate the use of the National Stadium by the organisation; the basis for her concerns in this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45370/23]
  • 2023-10-19 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will address concerns expressed by the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation that the recent increase in the VAT rate has eroded competitiveness; if she agrees that, at a minimum, the 9% VAT rate should be kept under review for the food services sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45981/23]
  • 2023-10-19 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to clarify if her Department is working to establish a dedicated mitigation fund for downstream businesses in counties Offaly, Laois and elsewhere impacted by the lack of hotel and guesthouse beds and accommodation that are currently being utilised for international protection applicants or beneficiaries of temporary protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45982/23]
• Social 2 questions

  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the inquiries, if any, which are undertaken by her or her Department to ensure that an applicant for a gender recognition certificate under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 has a settled and solemn intention of living in the preferred gender for the rest of their lives, as required by the Act; the steps taken to establish the veracity of statutory declarations made to that effect by applicants under the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44637/23]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection when parents with children of 18 years and in full-time post primary education can expect to receive children's allowance payments; if such payments will be backdated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45505/23]
• Foreign 1 question

  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to confirm that Hamas is a designated terrorist organisation in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44757/23]
• Environment 1 question

  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding supports offered by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) since 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44918/23]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has engaged with an approved housing body (details supplied) regarding recent financial governance concerns that have arisen; if his Department has received any requests from this AHB for funding support since 1 August 2023; if he or his officials have engaged in any way with the AHB since 1 August 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45256/23]
• Agriculture 1 question

  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the deadline for lime to be spread beyond 31 March 2024 to 15 July 2024 to allow farmers time to spread the lime after first cut silage if the weather has not improved sufficiently before then; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44755/23]
• Finance 1 question

  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance to clarify the conditions that must be fulfilled for a person to claim carer's credits; what evidence is required or would be accepted to prove a person was a carer if, for example, they never applied for carers allowance but engaged in caring for a family member for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45388/23]