Offaly — week of Mon, 8 Sept

Carol Nolan — Independent 0 votes · 19 questions · 3 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Housing 9 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details on the review of schemes under the croí cónaithe towns fund, including the ready to build scheme (details supplied); the timeline for its full publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45201/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the promised updated planning guidelines for rural houses for a period of public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45202/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out concisely the delegated sanction that local authorities have to purchase second-hand acquisitions and the categories of housing involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45203/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm the transfer of functions and responsibility for the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) from the Department of Justice to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45204/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to increase grant assistance to septic tank owners where the system is outdated or defective and poses a potential risk to human health or environmental risk; if he will launch a new public awareness campaign on the issue with a view to increasing funding of grants for high standards of practice and compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45205/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to publish the review of the vacant property refurbishment grant undertaken in 2024, which included the matter of staged payments to successful applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45206/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of funding to support the turnaround and re-let of vacant local authority homes under the Voids Programme to Offaly County Council for 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45207/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all 31 local authorities are now live on the ICT asset management system; and his views on the broad objectives of the asset management system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45208/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the findings of the interim review of the rent-a-room scheme for local authority tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45301/25]
Education 3 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will allocate an emergency works grant to a school (details supplied) to prevent harm to students and staff arising from the dilapidated condition of the school yard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45282/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of the 45 special schools that are to be included in the new National Therapy Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45824/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) is one of the 45 special schools to be included in the new National Therapy Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45825/25]
Defence 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the Reserve Training and Support Day allocation was exhausted before the end of 2024; if so, the number of reservists who were left unpaid as a result; the steps being taken to mitigate hardship; the measures being introduced to prevent this from recurring in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45199/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will acknowledge that the 21 consecutive day PRSI threshold no longer reflects the operational reality of the modern Reserve Defence Force; if his Department will undertake a review to assess whether this interpretation is compliant with the intent of social insurance law and examine its potential exposure to retrospective employer PRSI and pension liabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45200/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of Portiuncula University Hospital Maternity Services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45584/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of person experiencing chronic pain (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45817/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the work of the National Energy Affordability Taskforce and its work on drafting an energy affordability action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46560/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarity the entitlements of a widow to her husband’s accumulated contributions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45583/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address concerns regarding the eligibility criteria currently being applied to EU fees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45463/25]

New lobbying 3 returns

Parkinson's Ireland Health
- Wrote to the representative to advocate for our pre-budget requests to be included in their parties alternative budget.
Creative Retail Distribution Limited · 2 returns Taxation
- Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
- Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax including the potential for a surge in illicit and grey market sales.

John Clendennen — Fine Gael 0 votes · 24 questions · 11 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 24 total

Education 5 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration is being given to the introduction of Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs) in schools with three or more special education posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47543/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration is being given to the expansion of the small schools pilot project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47544/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions being taken to reduce class sizes at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47545/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration is being given to increasing the amount of the capitation grant per pupil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47546/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on pension entitlements for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47548/25]
Housing 4 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the justification and evidence base for listing ‘hunting’ as a pressure or threat for 28 bird species in Ireland’s latest Article 12 report to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47387/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason hunting bag data was not included in Ireland’s latest Article 12 report to the EU; and if Ireland will make a further submission to the EU with available bag count data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47388/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of individual sites which were subject to core I-WeBS counts in each of the years 2020-2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47389/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on when the new Countryside Forum for Nature is to hold its first meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47392/25]
Agriculture 4 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that Ireland will support the European Parliament’s position to allow tail docking for diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic purposes when the matter of the Council of the EU’s position is being discussed ahead of upcoming trilogue negotiations on the European Commission’s proposal on the welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47390/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on a derogation rejection (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47393/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average decision wait time following a Department inspection for a nitrates derogation application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47394/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average timeframe for an appeals decision in the case of a nitrates derogation application rejection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47395/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists currently employed by the HSE serving County Offaly, the location which they operate from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47540/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for occupational therapy services, broken down by waiting timeframes of less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months, in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47541/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health if a proportionality assessment was carried out prior to the recent publication of the Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47547/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the proposed development of a greenway at Shannonbridge, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47397/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport for an update on a grant application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47485/25]
Finance 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Finance if he has met or will meet, with the Irish Stock Exchange ahead of Budget 2026 to discuss their proposals to support the future of the exchange; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47385/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the announcement in Budget 2025 regarding plans to introduce a stamp duty exemption on the trading of shares in small companies on the Irish Stock Exchange; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47386/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on proposals to establish a new permanent stakeholder forum for licensed firearms users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47391/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there are any circumstances that would allow for a person's name to be removed from the bankruptcy register; if consideration would be given to a process whereby a person could apply to have their name removed from the bankruptcy register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47549/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on proposed development of a visitor’s centre at the Clonmacnoise Monastic Site, Shannonbridge, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47396/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress made in reducing the waiting times for an assessment of need in County Offaly since the establishment of the 34th Dáil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47542/25]

New lobbying 11 returns

Threshold Tourism
- Regulation of short-term lets
Alcohol Action Ireland Health
- Alcohol health information labelling
Deliveroo (Roofoods Ltd) Economic Development and Industry
- To improve the awareness of policymakers of Deliveroo’s operations in Ireland and discuss the transposition of the EU Platform Work Directive.
FTI Consulting Finance
- Invitation to Mastercard Roundtable
Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment - ACE Ireland Environment
- Correspondence with members of the Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy introducing ACE Ireland and highlighting their work to improve recycling processes and practices, and discussing the Programme for Government commitment to provide investment in sorting technology in Ireland’s MRF network.
Creative Retail Distribution Limited · 2 returns Taxation
- Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
- Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax including the potential for a surge in illicit and grey market sales.
The Alliance for Zero Carbon Heating · 3 returns Energy and Natural Resources · Budgetary matters
- To discuss the development of planned legislation to introduce a Renewable Heat Obligation Scheme (RHO)
- To inform stakeholders and members of the Oireachtas of TAZCH policy document communicating the importance of low carbon liquid fuels in planned legislation to indroduce a Renewable Heat Obligation Scheme (RHO)
- To communicate TAZCH pre-budget submission proposing the equalising of VAT on home heating oil, including HVO to the rate applied to gas
Barnardos Children and Youth Affairs
- Supports for families facing disadvantage

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