Parliamentary questions

Courts Service

Carol Nolan

269. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department had any engagements with or made submissions to the Department of Justice with respect to the establishment of the new planning and environment division of the High Court; if he will share any submission made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43314/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Carol Nolan

290. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the funding allocation that will be made available to facilitate the operation of the proposed statutory agency with a dedicated focus on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; the number of staff she anticipates the agency will employ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43316/23]

Health Services Staff

Carol Nolan

325. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason recruitment for new genomic resource associate roles at the department of clinical genetics at CHI Crumlin, as specified as part of implementation of the national genetics and genomics strategy, is being held up, in spite of the fact that €2.7 million was allocated to implementation of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43210/23]

Abortion Services

Carol Nolan

326. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if it is the policy of his Department to support measures designed to ensure that the number of termination of pregnancies can be reduced year on year; the practical supports he is putting in place to ensure that the number of termination of pregnancies does not continue to grow year on year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43211/23]

European Union

Carol Nolan

134. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach if he has acted on his recent statement that he would invite EU Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkievicius to Ireland to discuss the outcome of the recent nitrates derogation decision. [42564/23]

Departmental Policies

Carol Nolan

237. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on measures to reconstitute the Disabled Drivers Medical Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42241/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Carol Nolan

474. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown by county of the €10.9m paid out under the tillage incentive scheme (TIS) in 2022 in tabular form as well as payments made to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42234/23]

Regulatory Bodies

Carol Nolan

492. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the establishment and work of the new agri-food regulator, An Rialálaí Agraibhia; the number of staff to be employed by the regulator; the positions they will hold; the budget allocated to enable it to operate and for it to engage in its investigative role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42566/23]

Childcare Services

Carol Nolan

519. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify the steps he has taken to prevent further strike action from members of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42240/23]

International Protection

Carol Nolan

555. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any properties formerly in use as nursing homes have been offered to his Department for use to accommodate international protection applicants or beneficiaries of temporary protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42647/23]

Abortion Services

Carol Nolan

644. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of proposed 'safe access zones' that Tailte Éireann and his Department estimate will be created by the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42498/23]

Abortion Services

Carol Nolan

645. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health whether the proposed 'safe access zone' legislation will apply to institutions whereby a healthcare provider is located within a larger campus, for example, a university or hospital complex; if the 100-metre zone extends around the whole institution in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42499/23]

Abortion Services

Carol Nolan

646. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the proposed 'safe access zone' legislation will apply to situations whereby a healthcare provider is located within or adjacent to a family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42500/23]

European Parliament

Carol Nolan

654. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department supports the decision of the European Parliament to adopt a common EU framework to allow the sale of human embryos and other bioproducts through its approval of new rules on the management of substances of human origin (SoHO), which took place at a plenary session 12 September 2023 in Strasbourg; if his Department contributed any policy analysis or objections to this proposal prior to the vote; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42565/23]

School Transport

Carol Nolan

181. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify the steps that are being taken to provide the school bus route for children from Shinrone, County Offaly, to Borrisokane, as children were only informed the evening before school started that there was no driver for this route; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42031/23]

Departmental Policies

Carol Nolan

197. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to ban the shooting of woodcock and snipe; if so, the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42019/23]

Hospital Procedures

Carol Nolan

285. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate serious concerns regarding a lack of information raised by the parents of a child (details supplied) who has undergone treatment at Temple Street Hospital for hip dysplasia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42025/23]

Diplomatic Representation

Carol Nolan

100. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline the assistance which Irish citizens can expect to receive from his Department or from Irish embassies or consulates abroad in the event of an emergency hospitalisation while abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41086/23]

Tax Yield

Carol Nolan

158. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 321 of 7 March 2023, to estimate the cost to the Exchequer if the planned increase in excise duty on petrol and diesel does not go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41089/23]

Emergency Accommodation

Carol Nolan

333. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline what legal obligation the State has to provide emergency accommodation to persons who are citizens of countries outside the UK or EEA; whether his Department has examined the reasons for the disproportionate increase in the number of such persons entering emergency accommodation in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41080/23]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

367. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection whether her Department conducts any research or compiles estimates of the number of people who are entitled to payments under schemes administered by her Department but who have not applied for them; if so, the total savings to the State as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41085/23]

An Garda Síochána

Carol Nolan

400. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who are currently suspended from duty; to provide a breakdown of how long they have been suspended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41081/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

401. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the total cost, by month, from May 2023 to date, of television advertising in relation to her Department's public information campaign in relation to threatening to share intimate images; to estimate the cost, by month, for the remainder of 2023; the total number of individual advertisements that appeared on television, by month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41088/23]

Gender Recognition

Carol Nolan

534. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a recent study (details supplied) that has found strong evidence of a link between autism and gender dysphoria and gender/body incongruence; whether his Department or the HSE has conducted any research into a link between these conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41082/23]

Gender Recognition

Carol Nolan

535. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the policy change implemented in Denmark this summer whereby teenagers who present with gender dysphoria for the first time will be offered counselling rather than be prescribed medication such as ‘puberty blockers’; whether this development will inform the policy of his Department or the HSE on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41084/23]

Third Level Education

Carol Nolan

609. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether his Department is aware of any practice in third-level institutions whereby complaints of bullying or harassment are resolved informally by means of non-disclosure agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41083/23]

Environmental Policy

Carol Nolan

199. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will implement an extension to the slurry spreading deadline of 1 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40954/23]

Environmental Policy

Carol Nolan

241. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in an effort to implement a reasonable degree of regulatory flexibility with respect to slurry spreading deadline of 1 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40955/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

271. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to clarify the reason that certain cohorts of healthcare workers are denied access to the Covid pandemic payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40884/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

6. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach to provide details on the measures his Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40240/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

29. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details on the measures his Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40232/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

49. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details on the measures his Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40230/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Carol Nolan

55. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the €1.2 billion relating to pensions that is included in the 2022 Annual Report of An Post as an experience adjustment without any explanation provided; if he is further aware of the material impact of this extraordinary figure on the company's pension fund and on the profits of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40461/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

60. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide details on the measures his Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40227/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

122. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport to provide details on the measures his Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40242/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

163. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance to provide details on the measures his Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40231/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

211. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide details on the measures his Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40237/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

239. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details on the measures his Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40229/23]

Education Policy

Carol Nolan

277. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if her Department supports the principle that teachers at both primary and post-primary level should avoid engaging in politicised or personal advocacy work within the classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39718/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

340. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education to provide details on the measures her Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40228/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

390. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide details on the measures her Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40241/23]

Industrial Disputes

Carol Nolan

426. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of industrial action (details supplied) that is due to commence across all local authorities regarding the issue of job evaluations; if he will intervene to assist in its resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39716/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

526. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details on the measures his Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40235/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

639. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details on the measures her Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40239/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

700. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide details on the measures her Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40236/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

775. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details on the measures his Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40225/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

846. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details on the measures his Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40226/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

980. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the measures his Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40234/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

1074. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details on the measures his Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40233/23]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

1099. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details on the measures her Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40238/23]