Offaly — week of Mon, 3 Mar

What your Offaly TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Mar – 9 Mar 2025 · 3 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 30 questions · 3 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge: Tairiscint (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha]

2025-03-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 86–70

Voted for 2 John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

Voted against 1 Carol Nolan

The motion · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 2 John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

Voted against 1 Carol Nolan

Waste in Public Expenditure

2025-03-05 · 3 votes

A sub-amendment · motion failed 56–102

Voted against 3 Carol Nolan · John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 3 Carol Nolan · John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

The motion · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 3 Carol Nolan · John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-03-04 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 93–66

Voted for 2 John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

Did not vote 1 Carol Nolan

Carol Nolan — Independent 5 votes · 26 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 26 total

Foreign 5 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the agreement between the State and Hong Kong in relation to the surrender of fugitive offenders, which entered into force on 14 January 2009, was suspended by his Department on 15 October 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8973/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason extradition treaties are required to be laid before Dáil Eireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8974/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of a new law introduced in South Africa which allows the expropriation of land without compensation and due process; his views on this matter; if such a policy is in line with international human rights law; if he or his predecessor has had any interaction with the government of South Africa in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8975/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of overseas development aid which was directed to South Africa in each year from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8976/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to list any aid organisations, philanthropic organisations or governments that have liaised with the Department of Foreign Affairs Irish Aid programme and contributed financially to projects in Ireland, specifically regarding the provision of abortion and or advocacy for same in Ireland, for the years 2014 to 2024, including the precise amounts of money these organisations or governments gave; the purpose of the monies given, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9230/25]
Justice 3 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the total number of Ukrainian refugees welcomed to the State from February 2022 to date; the number of Ukrainians who are known to have since left the State in that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8969/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the total amount in court fines currently outstanding; the number of persons owing these outstanding fines; the number of garnishee orders which have been made in each year from 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8971/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if there are proposals to amend existing legislation with respect to the application of a lis pendens on land folios; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9139/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of full and part-time staff employed by the HSE in each year from 2020 to 2024; the total cost of the gross salaries paid to these staff in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8967/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time or part-time HSE staff who have received written requests from the HSE seeking repayments of amounts purportedly overpaid to them in each year from 2020 to 2024, inclusive; the breakdown of these staff, by gross salary bracket; the total amount of repayments which were sought in each year; the amounts received or written off; the total overpayments which are currently outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8968/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will support funding for a self-powered wheelchair for a person (details supplied) with significant mobility issues and who is financially unable to access one from his own resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10341/25]
Environment 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if consideration is being given to the transposition of the EU Directive on fuel quality into Irish law, thereby making EN 590 an obligatory standard for all diesel by Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9348/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will establish an independent regulatory body, similar to Belgium’s petroleum products analysis fund agency (details supplied), to oversee fuel sampling, laboratory testing, and compliance auditing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9349/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the multiplier effect of the hospitality sector; if he will outline any recent analysis or initiatives aimed at maximising this effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9315/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an overview of grants awarded to hospitality businesses from 2019 to 2024, by region, by grant scheme name and total funding allocated per year; the overall operational status of businesses that received funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9573/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the status of a school feasibility study (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9466/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if both the emergency works and summer works schemes will be available in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9785/25]
Rural 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the application for a community centre investment grant by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9140/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the application for a community centre investment grant by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9141/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the powers he has to promote, demote or dismiss permanent civil service staff within his Department, to transfer such staff to other Departments, or to make external appointments from outside the civil service to civil service positions, other than his special advisers and staff of his private office. [8978/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he will accept the need for greater transparency in fuel supply chains, including more stringent tracking of fuel blending processes, to prevent excessive fatty acid methyl esters above 7% by volume and the need to set a maximum limit on tallow content in diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9350/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to engage with the Central Bank to review credit union lending limits, to enhance their ability to permit mortgage lending to members; if he has reviewed the Central Bank’s Consultation on Proposed Changes to the Credit Union Lending Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9590/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware of concerns that professional and technical grades are not currently included in the civil service mobility scheme; if he will amend this deficiency as a matter of urgency and provide the rationale for the exclusion of professional and technical grades from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9790/25]
Tourism 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his views on the Careers Oversight Group; the reason it has not met in over two years; if there are plans to reconvene the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9314/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to address the delays in processing ACRES payments; the number of applications to ACRES from County Offaly in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9043/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the rules regarding the early childhood care and education scheme will be reviewed as children who do not meet the criteria in terms of their date of birth are excluded from the scheme in its current format; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9138/25]

New lobbying 2 returns

The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) Ltd · 2 returns Agriculture
- To request an extension of the hedge cutting deadline until Mar 17, 2025 on the grounds that Storm Eowyn has caused major disruption to work and has exacerbated the need for hedge-cutting to be done on the grounds of safety.
- The Association of Farm Contractors in Ireland (FCI) requests the government extend the current open period for the operation of hedge maintenance on public roads and farms by 16 days up until March 17, 2025.

John Clendennen — Fine Gael 6 votes · 3 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 3 total

Housing 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on plans to commission a new nest protection service for the Slieve Bloom mountains, including providing details on the objectives and scope, tendering, and timeline for commencement of the proposed service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10482/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff in CDNTs in County Offaly, in tabular form; and the percentage of full-time posts filled for occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech-and-language therapists within each respective unit. [10485/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science [10483/25]

New lobbying 1 return

The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) Ltd Agriculture
- The Association of Farm Contractors in Ireland (FCI) requests the government extend the current open period for the operation of hedge maintenance on public roads and farms by 16 days up until March 17, 2025.

Tony McCormack — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Health 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health the support she can provide to a community counselling centre based in Tullamore, County Offaly (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10031/25]