Questions asked 35 total

• Justice 9 questions

  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to address the following matters (details supplied) with respect to finger printing, cross-checking and verification processes related to international protection applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1492/24]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who claimed asylum or international protection at Dublin Airport for each year since 2011; the number of persons who have claimed asylum or international protection at an International Protection Office after having entered the State for each year from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1493/24]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of notifications of intention to deport issued under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) for each year from 2001 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1690/24]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons, who having been issued with a notification of intention to deport, under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 subsequently indicated their consent to a deportation order for each year from 2001 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1691/24]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of instances from 2016 to date in which a deportation order has been issued despite a person indicating their consent to voluntary return in accordance with the exceptions relevant to section 48 of the International Protection Act 2015 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1692/24]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of 'leave to remain' applications received by her Department from 2001 to date, under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1693/24]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide details on the staff composition of the arrangements unit and the voluntary return unit within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1694/24]
  • 2024-01-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of unsolved homicides in Ireland from 1995 to date; to give a breakdown, by gender, of the victims for each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2245/24]
  • 2024-01-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the total number of bail applications which have been made before the courts in each year from 2010 to date; how many applications were granted or rejected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2246/24]
• Health 7 questions

  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, the number of GPs reimbursed under the primary care reimbursement service for the years 2019 and to date in 2023 for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56483/23]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 804 of 12 December 2023, to supply the number of and severity scale of all adverse events reported to the HSE related to remote consultations for termination of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56484/23]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of terminations carried out under ss. 9-12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, by the Ireland East Hospital Group for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57164/23]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the implementation action plan, drafted to implement operational recommendations contained in the termination of pregnancy review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1187/24]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the Regulatory Impact Analysis - Termination of Pregnancy Safe Access Zones prepared by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1191/24]
  • 2024-01-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will take action to assist in an urgent case of a person requiring access to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2236/24]
  • 2024-01-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of minors who have come to the attention of his Department or the HSE as having questioned their gender or expressed a desire to change their gender in each year from 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2249/24]
• Tourism 5 questions

  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total number of persons employed by Fáilte Ireland in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56580/23]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total amount of funding allocated by her Department to each of the tourism-related bodies that received State support in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56582/23]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on the work of the Irish Language Services Advisory Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1435/24]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the progress her Department is making to achieve the overall objective of the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021 to increase the number of recruits to the public service who are Irish speakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1459/24]
  • 2024-01-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether her Department or the relevant statutory agencies have any oversight or regulatory role in relation to advertising on British TV channels which are available in Ireland through the major TV subscription services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2250/24]
• Children 2 questions

  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the difference in annual cost to the State per child for foster care versus residential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57076/23]
  • 2024-01-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals or organisations which his Department is aware of having offered or carried out so-called "gay conversion therapy" in Ireland from 2010 to date; the number of individuals who have received such treatments or been subjected to these practices; how his Department gathered this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2244/24]
• Finance 2 questions

  • 2024-01-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the total number of licenced premises in the State in each year from 2010 to date; to give a breakdown of the number of pubs, off-licences and licensed restaurants in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2247/24]
  • 2024-01-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the reason Ireland intends to borrow between €6 billion and €10 billion on the international markets in early 2024, given the current large budget surpluses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2248/24]
• Taoiseach 1 question

  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the total number of international visitors that came to Ireland as tourists in each in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [56581/23]
• Environment 1 question

  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has issued any guidance on the disposal of decommissioned wind turbine blades; if he accepts that due to the material from which these blades are constructed there are exceptional environmental challenges in disposing of them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56344/23]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the engagement his Department has had with the RSA to develop measures necessary to reduce driving test waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1429/24]
• Public Expenditure 1 question

  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to address concerns arising from the discontinuation of the pay/pension parity link that will severely impact serving members of An Garda Síochána; if he will consider maintaining this precedent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57163/23]
• Education 1 question

  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the new building works for a school (details supplied); if she will provide assurances that works will proceed as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56975/23]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to address concerns regarding extensive changes made to a building (details supplied) in preparation for use as an international protection accommodation centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56292/23]
• Social 1 question

  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of a so-called ‘Coming Clean Policy’ being implemented by her Department, whereby a person who entered the State illegally and/or unlawfully obtained a PPS number can have their situation ‘regularised’ with a new authentic PPSN provided to them if they ‘come clean’ on this matter; if she will investigate to ensure that this is not happening at any level of the social protection system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1413/24]
• Agriculture 1 question

  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to address the concerns of a person (details supplied), given that they have not been provided with any compensation following flooding on the Shannon Callows (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56294/23]
• Foreign 1 question

  • 2024-01-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, being international agreements involving a charge upon public funds, were approved by Dáil Éireann prior to the State agreeing to be bound by them, as required under Article 29.5.2 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2210/24]
• Rural 1 question

  • 2024-01-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is aware of recent media reports that an organisation (details supplied) which receives significant funding from her Department through Pobal, has been linked through its affiliate in Belgium to the extremist Islamic organisation known as the "Muslim Brotherhood"; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2251/24]