Offaly — week of Mon, 13 Nov

What your Offaly TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Nov – 19 Nov 2023 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 40 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2023-11-14 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 78–38

Voted against 1 Carol Nolan

Did not vote 2 John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

Carol Nolan — Independent 1 vote · 40 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 40 total

Justice 12 questions
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of antisemitic offences committed against Jewish people in the State in each year from 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49399/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of hate offences committed against Muslim people in the State in each year from 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49400/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 2 February 2023, to clarify whether the Prison Service has published the updated policy referred to in that response, and if not, to state when she expects this to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49401/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if she will address concerns around the increasing rate of resignations within An Garda Síochána, to the extent that this will impact on the capacity of the State to provide safe and effective policing for all communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49420/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide, in tabular form, the number of fines issued by gardaí to airlines operating out of Dublin Airport for allowing passengers to board without passports or other valid travel documents for each year from 2015 and to date in 2023; the amounts fined for each year involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49421/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if she will confirm that on retirement, all gardaí employed since 1995 will be required to apply for jobseekers' payments for nine months; if she is aware of the concern this issue is causing garda members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49657/23]
- 2023-11-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice how the State and the International Protection Accommodation Services verify that deportations are carried out by persons subject to such orders; if there is a verification process in place; if so, whether she will confirm the number of persons who voluntarily self-deported for each year from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50326/23]
- 2023-11-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide details on the engagement her Department has had with the Department of Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to address concerns raised by the Scoping Study on the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Young People in Ireland conducted by UCD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50410/23]
- 2023-11-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the work of her Department to advance the recommendations of the O'Malley review of protections for vulnerable witnesses in the investigation and prosecution of sexual offences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50419/23]
- 2023-11-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of the costs to date of the "Victims Charter" advertising campaign which is currently ongoing; the total budget which has been allocated to date; the amount which has been paid to RTÉ to date; and the overall amount which is likely to be paid to RTÉ over the course of the campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50441/23]
- 2023-11-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 26 September 2023, how much of this overall spend has been paid to RTÉ to date; how much has been budgeted to be paid to RTÉ over the full course of the "Serious Consequences" campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50442/23]
- 2023-11-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of homicides in each year from 2000 to date; the breakdown of the number of victims by gender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50443/23]
Foreign 7 questions
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the rights of Palestinian people to protest within the state of Israel and the West Bank, and the international law position on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49391/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to list all foreign ambassadors, or equivalent, who have been expelled since the foundation of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49392/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to list all embassy or consular staff who have been expelled since the foundation of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49393/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline the efforts being made by his Department to assist and secure the release of Irish passport holders held hostage in Gaza following the barbaric attack by Hamas on 7 October; and any similar efforts to secure the safe passage of Irish passport holders from Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49634/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department, or any Irish embassy or consular staff, have offered assistance to an Irish-born person (details supplied) whose daughter was presumed dead but who is now thought to be alive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49635/23]
- 2023-11-15 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Irish Aid has provided any funding to human rights and or rule-of-law NGOs in Georgia in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50094/23]
- 2023-11-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the total cost of the passport service, including staff costs, as well as the revenue generated in fees paid by applicants for passports and passport cards, in each year from 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50438/23]
Agriculture 6 questions
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation licences issued to date in 2023 as a percentage of his Department's targets in this area for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49415/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of road licences issued to date in 2023 as a percentage of his Department's forestry targets in this area for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49416/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tree felling licences issued to date in 2023 as a percentage of his Department's targets in this area for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49417/23]
- 2023-11-15 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of proposals by the Italian Agriculture Minister to ban synthetic food including the production, import and marketing of food produced in laboratories; if he will outline his Department's position with respect to synthetic foods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50128/23]
- 2023-11-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify if there are compensation options available for farmers where their goat herd contracts tuberculosis in the same manner as financial supports are available to beef and cattle farmers in a similar situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50342/23]
- 2023-11-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he envisages any supports being put in place to assist the potato sector following concerns raised by farmer representative bodies that harvesting of this year’s crop is now essentially a salvage operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50408/23]
Children 5 questions
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total costs arising from refugees from Ukraine in 2022, including accommodation, assistance payments, health benefits, additional staffing and administration costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49397/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total costs of maintaining all asylum seekers in Ireland (excluding those from Ukraine) in each year from 2016 to 2022, including the cost of accommodation, allowances, assistance payments, health benefits, additional staffing and administration costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49398/23]
- 2023-11-15 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm if officials from his Department or from the international protection service have engaged with Wicklow County Council or Arklow Municipal District Council regarding the potential use of a location for IP applicants or beneficiaries of temporary protection (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50098/23]
- 2023-11-15 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 28 June 2023; to provide an update on the work engaged in by his Department with the Department of Justice to review the findings and recommendations of the scoping report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50120/23]
- 2023-11-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 988 of 7 November 2023, how much of the total outlay outlined in his reply was paid to RTÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50440/23]
Transport 2 questions
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport to list the number of cyclists killed on Irish roads in each year from 2000 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49394/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport to list the number of children who have been killed as pedestrians en route to school in each year from 2000 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49395/23]
Finance 2 questions
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he agrees with recent comments made by a senior civil servant at his Department that sanctions against Russia are "unenforceable" in Ireland, that Irish legislation in this area "does not work" and that the authorities "are all supposed to keep quiet about that"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49396/23]
- 2023-11-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns that the residential zoned land tax is being applied in a manner not intended by the legislation underpinning it, specifically that it is giving rise to punitive financial challenges for religious orders, including enclosed religious orders that are in possession of land that enables them to live in an enclosed way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50339/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to clarify if an inter-departmental working group including his Department, has been examining concerns around pension and welfare entitlements that apply to all gardaí who started in their employment post-1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49657/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of recent media reports of heightened numbers of closures of restaurants, cafés and other food-led businesses across the country in recent months; to outline his plans to help hospitality businesses that are currently struggling with high costs and tight margins to stay open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49951/23]
Tourism 1 question
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to state whether advertisements on RTÉ television and radio reminding the public about the TV licence, which are stated to be "brought to you by the Government of Ireland", are paid for by the Government or are viewed as an internal RTE expense; the number of these ads which have been run on television and radio during 2022 and to date in 2023 and the overall amount paid to RTE in respect of these advertisements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49403/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of medical doctors and former general practitioners who are employed either in the Department or by the HSE in policy, advisory or other internal administrative or human resources roles, but who do not see patients from the general public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49402/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-11-15 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection how exemptions, granted under regulations made under Section 37(1) of the Pensions Act 1990, from the pension preservation requirements of Part III of the Act, are monitored for ongoing compliance with the conditions which permitted their exemption when applied for; if she considers that the legislation is in full accord with the EU Directive and is adequate for such monitoring of continuous compliance with the conditions of an exemption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50090/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-11-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he agrees that it would be unconscionable for there to be any form of taxpayer assistance or bailout of an organisation (details supplied), in view of the fact that it has over €180 million in property assets, as against tax liabilities of €14 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50439/23]

John Clendennen — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Tony McCormack — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.