Parliamentary questions

Immigration Policy

Carol Nolan

68. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is proposing any measures in relation to enhanced enforcement of immigration compliance in the workplace to minimise illegal employment of foreign nationals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23217/24]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

69. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department collates data regarding the number of businesses found to be employing foreign nationals illegally; if so, if he will provide this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23218/24]

International Protection

Carol Nolan

148. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the non-governmental organisations or charities supported by his Department that provide emergency humanitarian assistance, including food, medical care, tented accommodation, to IPAS applicants who arrive at the International Protection Office in Lower Mount Street, Dublin; the funding provided to each from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23219/24]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Carol Nolan

155. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide an update on proposals under the consultation on private wires to extend compulsory purchase order powers to commercial entities; if he has engaged with farming representative bodies on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22527/24]

Financial Services

Carol Nolan

223. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the legal requirements financial institutions have to follow in terms of direct debit payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22738/24]

Business Supports

Carol Nolan

261. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications made by county to the increased cost-of-business scheme; the funding allocated to each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22604/24]

Business Regulation

Carol Nolan

263. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that directors of a company (details supplied) have 37 directorships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22727/24]

Employment Rights

Carol Nolan

264. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the delays in bringing forward the employment regulation order for security officers in 2024; if he is aware that these delays are impacting the wages of thousands of low-paid security officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22740/24]

Citizenship Applications

Carol Nolan

446. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice when an application (details supplied) will be processed; the reasons for the delay; if she will expedite the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22733/24]

Agriculture Industry

Carol Nolan

472. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown, per county of the number of people employed by the timber sector; if, in the face of persistent challenges, he is concerned about the long-term prospects of the critical local employment provided by the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22741/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Carol Nolan

605. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a particularly urgent medical case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22724/24]

Control of Dogs

Carol Nolan

666. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps being taken to address concerns regarding an apparent increase in the number of livestock being attacked and killed by dogs; if her Department is funding any awareness campaigns on this matter; and, if so, the costs involved to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22612/24]

Public Services Card

Carol Nolan

205. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of public services cards distributed to international protection applicants in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the expiry date on PSC cards that were distributed in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22265/24]

Medical Cards

Carol Nolan

266. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the health service of providing medical cards, including GP visit cards, to international protection applicants from 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22258/24]

Departmental Funding

Carol Nolan

279. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will prioritise an application by a school (details supplied) under the local enhancement programme 2024; when the funding will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22273/24]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Carol Nolan

24. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a schedule of Garda stations in Offaly and Laois that are the subject of capital works, by location; the budget associated with same and the nature of the works; the stage the projects are at currently and the expected completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21956/24]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Carol Nolan

25. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a schedule of Garda stations in Offaly and Laois that are the subject of internal renovation and or retrofitting works, by location; the budget associated with same and the nature of the works; the stage the projects are at currently and the expected completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21957/24]

School Staff

Carol Nolan

48. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will investigate concerns around the inability of a school staff member to access incremental credit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22132/24]

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

81. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media publications involved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21873/24]

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

98. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media publications involved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21865/24]