Questions asked 43 total

• Health 9 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the concerns of a group (details supplied) can be addressed with respect to the provision of palliative care in the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33789/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will allocate sufficient capital funding to deliver a mid-level ambulance station for Tullamore, County Offaly as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33859/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will positively consider requests from community cancer support centres (details supplied) for an allocation of €5.5 million in core funding in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35151/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total cost of payments made to all providers of termination of pregnancy services for completed abortion procedures from 1 January 2024 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35272/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent by the State across all possible categories on abortion provision in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35273/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of conflict-of-interest declarations that were made relevant to the development of the National Clinical Guideline programme of work agreed between the national women and infants health programme; the outcome of such declarations; the number of such declarations that included indirect, financial and non-financial professional and personal interests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35274/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that approximately forty thousand terminations of pregnancy have been notified to his Department since 2019; if he will accept that this represents an alarming increase in the number of terminations from preceding years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35346/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the funding made available to support access to assisted human reproduction treatment via private providers; the number of applications received for such funding; the amounts distributed to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35389/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work of the regional fertility hubs; if there are plans to expand the network of such hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35390/24]
• Justice 8 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if she is in a position to provide a full reply to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 4 July 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33792/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if her Department or any organisation under the aegis of her Department now use the Eurodac database for criminal checks; if so, when such use commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34311/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide data for the period 2019 to date on the number of cases involving age-disputed minors identified by the international protection services and by any other relevant body under the aegis of her Department dealing with international protection, asylum and refugee claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34576/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if she has accepted assistance offered by an airline (details supplied) with respect to the sharing of photocopied images of passports or other identifying documents in an effort to reduce the number of persons presenting at Dublin Airport with no valid or identifying documentation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34577/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if, following the meeting on 30 January 2024, Ireland submitted comments and or drafting suggestions concerning Articles 1-6 of the Working Party on Cooperation in Criminal Matters (COPEN) discussion on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down minimum rules to prevent and counter the facilitation of unauthorised entry, transit and stay in the Union, and replacing Council Directive 2002/90/EC and Council Framework Decision 2002/946 JHA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34836/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide details on current official inmate capacity within the prison system; the number of persons currently imprisoned in both male and female prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35227/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners who have been given early and temporary release in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35228/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to outline her concerns about capacity constraints within the prison system. [35229/24]
• Children 5 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if concerns regarding the funding of youth services (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34341/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will revise the recently announced inter-departmental enhanced in-school therapy supports for special schools pilot programme to include several schools (details supplied); if he will engage with parent representatives from the schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34714/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to consider allocating sufficient funding to ensure an adequate level of changing facilities for disabled persons in Laois and Offaly (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35073/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for details of his extensive engagement with the local community and public representatives regarding the development of a site (details supplied) for international protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35560/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of IPA applicants being accommodated by his Department, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35561/24]
• Agriculture 4 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to address concerns regarding the abrupt changes to the straw chopping scheme; if he is aware that tillage farmers had customers already lined up and that this abrupt alteration to the scheme will adversely affect agri-business and tillage farmers including financial loss; if he will reverse the proposed changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33846/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking to implement action 26 of the Food Vision 2023 Tillage Group Report, namely to provide greater recognition and support for agricultural contractors recognising the important services they provide to the tillage sector; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to an FCI analysis tractor purchase costs have increased by more than 50% between 2015 and 2023, while replacement costs for modern high-technology machines that deliver improved work rates, fuel economy and lower emissions, combined with greater traceability, have increased by almost 100%; does he agree that these costs indicate the need for greater support for the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34795/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to identify all schemes delivered by his Department that experienced payment delays in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35334/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department’s engagement with relevant EU bodies with respect to the Mercosur Trade Deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35336/24]
• Social 3 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to address concerns that the final value of private pensions is often significantly reduced to the level of institutional fees and government related fees; if she will agree that this approach does nothing to encourage people to pay into private pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34460/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to address concerns that the final value of private pensions is often significantly reduced to the level of institutional fees and government related fees; if he will agree that this approach does nothing to encourage people to pay into private pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34461/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's payment and the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35148/24]
• Foreign 2 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department collates or retains cumulative data from Irish embassies or consulates abroad regarding requests for assistance from Irish citizens in the event of these citizens requiring medical assistance or an emergency hospitalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35347/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts Ireland is currently engaged in with respect to short-term recovery efforts as part of the reconstruction process in Ukraine, which include the provision of prefabricated homes; the number of prefabricated homes constructed to date in Ukraine with the assistance of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35934/24]
• Public Expenditure 2 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the establishment of the River Shannon Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35335/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will investigate the high cost associated with the planning and construction of the bike shelter in the Leinster House complex; the name of the contractor involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35600/24]
• Education 2 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene in the urgent case of an autistic teenager seeking to access transport to their place of education (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33921/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that a number of families are unable to secure school places for their children at both primary and post-primary level in Tullamore, County Offaly (details supplied); if she will take steps to ensure that no child is left behind at the start of the new academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34411/24]
• Housing 2 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when funding for local communities and group water schemes will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35552/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has allocated funds to any local authority specifically to assist with the acquisition and delivery of modular housing units to accommodate persons on the social housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35713/24]
• Further and Higher Education 2 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider reviewing the income threshold currently being applied to the higher education access route (HEAR); to details of annual funding made available to HEAR from 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35485/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will seek information from the Higher Education Authority on the number of higher education institutions that were ineligible for research funding based on the fact that they did not achieve Athena SWAN awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35773/24]
• Rural 2 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider revising upwards the core funding and support staff funding available to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34517/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding provided to counties Offaly and Laois through the LEADER Programme for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35338/24]
• Taoiseach 1 question

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach to report on his most recent meeting with the President of France; and if the subject of managing migration at EU level was discussed. [35337/24]
• Environment 1 question

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the working group established to assist in the review of the emissions reduction target for land use, land use change and forestry sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35343/24]