Parliamentary questions

Nursing Homes

Carol Nolan

640. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he and the Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People will address concerns raised with their respective offices by care champions pertaining specifically to safeguarding concerns within the nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45098/21]

Departmental Communications

Carol Nolan

693. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45030/21]

Nitrates Usage

Carol Nolan

696. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) with respect to the draft nitrates action programme and in particular the organisation's view that the proposed programme lacks consideration for the weather and the practical application of the proposed measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45097/21]

Departmental Communications

Carol Nolan

706. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45043/21]

International Relations

Carol Nolan

220. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action Ireland is taking to provide humanitarian and other relief to persons suffering as a result of the recent military coup in Myanmar; the steps the Government has taken through its role on the UN Security Council and by other means to bring about a peaceful solution to the current situation in Myanmar given that the parallel government has recently declared a defensive war against the military coup; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44288/21]

Human Rights

Carol Nolan

221. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assessment he has made of a recent independent report (details supplied) which found that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea enforces absolute denial of religious freedom; the actions he will take to address this particular violation of human rights in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44289/21]

International Relations

Carol Nolan

222. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assessment he has made of the growing trend of passing so-called anti-conversion laws in recent years in India, Bhutan, Nepal and Myanmar; the actions he has taken and will take to address the violations of religious freedom these laws impose on the citizens of countries and states which have adopted them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44290/21]

International Relations

Carol Nolan

223. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he has taken to express concern to the Indian Government at the new anti-conversion law recently passed in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state which will affect over 200 million persons and will curtail their religious freedom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44291/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Carol Nolan

143. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the measures he is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the costs this has generated in terms of the provision of laptops, desktop computers or contributions to Wi-Fi costs or phone-related expenses; and the number of staff who have applied for permission to work from home on a permanent or hybrid-model basis (details supplied). [41963/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

152. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; and the purpose of any such engagements. [43247/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

158. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43236/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

191. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43237/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

228. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43249/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

258. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43238/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

287. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43244/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

295. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43248/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

310. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43242/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

348. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43239/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

371. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43234/21]

Defence Forces

Carol Nolan

389. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a campaign which aims to highlight global instances of misogyny and abuse experienced by female members of national Defence Forces; if his attention has been further drawn to any such instances of abuse involving female members of the Irish Defence Forces; if so, if he will support the establishment of an independent commission to investigate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43983/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

394. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if her Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43235/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

461. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43246/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

497. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43233/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

507. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43240/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

533. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43243/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

588. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43241/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

761. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43232/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

825. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43245/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Carol Nolan

17. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the costs this has generated in terms of the provision of laptops, desktop computers or contributions to wi-fi costs or phone-related expenses; the number of staff who have applied for permission to work from home on a permanent or hybrid-model basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41950/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

27. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his Department played any role in the procurement of ventilators from China at any point from 1 January 2020 to 1 January 2021. [42589/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Carol Nolan

47. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures he is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the costs this has generated in terms of the provision of laptops, desktop computers or contributions to wi-fi costs or phone-related expenses; the number of staff who have applied for permission to work from home on a permanent or hybrid-model basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41951/21]

Climate Action Plan

Carol Nolan

53. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 15 June 2021, the status of his plans to provide the National Dialogue on Climate Action with an enduring structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42212/21]

Departmental Staff

Carol Nolan

102. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the costs this has generated in terms of the provision of laptops, desktop computers or contributions to Wi-Fi costs or phone-related expenses; the number of staff who have applied for permission to work from home on a permanent or hybrid-model basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41962/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Carol Nolan

188. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the costs this has generated in terms of the provision of laptops, desktop computers or contributions to wi-fi costs or phone-related expenses; the number of staff who have applied for permission to work from home on a permanent or hybrid-model basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41952/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Carol Nolan

238. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the costs this has generated in terms of the provision of laptops, desktop computers or contributions to wi-fi costs or phone-related expenses; the number of staff who have applied for permission to work from home on a permanent or hybrid-model basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41958/21]

Office of Public Works

Carol Nolan

241. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs incurred by the Office of Public Works in completing the scaffolding enabling investigative and entablature repairs works to the Four Courts dome that was completed by the end of July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42029/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Carol Nolan

271. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures she is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department; the costs this has generated in terms of the provision of laptops, desktop computers or contributions to wi-fi costs or phone-related expenses; the number of staff who have applied for permission to work from home on a permanent or hybrid-model basis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41961/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Carol Nolan

324. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the costs this has generated in terms of the provision of laptops, desktop computers or contributions to Wi-Fi costs or phone-related expenses; the number of staff who have applied for permission to work from home on a permanent or hybrid-model basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41956/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Carol Nolan

420. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures he is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the costs this has generated in terms of the provision of laptops, desktop computers or contributions to wi-fi costs or phone-related expenses; the number of staff who have applied for permission to work from home on a permanent or hybrid-model basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41953/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

426. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total amount of funding provided to date through his Department to UNESCO for its programme on comprehensive sexuality education; the countries in Africa that have been and will be supported by such funding; his plans to continue funding this UNESCO programme into the future and if so, the amounts to be allocated; if his attention has been drawn to the actual content of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42106/21]

Humanitarian Access

Carol Nolan

433. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures taken by his Department to assist in the transfer and relocation of Afghan citizens following the takeover of the government of Afghanistan by the Taliban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42177/21]

Human Rights

Carol Nolan

456. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps the Government has taken through its role on the UN Security Council and by other means to address the high volume of violence against Christians in Nigeria in 2021 given that an organisation (details supplied) has reported that 3,462 Christians have been hacked to death since 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42643/21]

Human Rights

Carol Nolan

457. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions the Government is taking in relation to human rights in North Korea given that Ireland is chairing the UN Security Council; if Ireland will call for the implementation of the recommendation from the 2014 UN Human Rights Council’s report of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (details supplied) that the UN Security Council should refer to the situation to the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42644/21]

Ministerial Appointments

Carol Nolan

476. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a list of Ireland’s special envoys and the specific remit of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43020/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Carol Nolan

485. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the measures he is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the costs this has generated in terms of the provision of laptops, desktop computers or contributions to wi-fi costs or phone-related expenses; the number of staff who have applied for permission to work from home on a permanent or hybrid-model basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41948/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Carol Nolan

521. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the measures she is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department; the costs this has generated in terms of the provision of laptops, desktop computers or contributions to Wi-Fi costs or phone-related expenses; the number of staff who have applied for permission to work from home on a permanent or hybrid-model basis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41949/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Carol Nolan

677. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures she is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department; the costs this has generated in terms of the provision of laptops, desktop computers or contributions to wi-fi costs or phone-related expenses; the number of staff who have applied for permission to work from home on a permanent or hybrid-model basis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41960/21]

International Protection

Carol Nolan

736. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is involved in the resettlement plans for Afghani citizens following the takeover of the government of Afghanistan by the Taliban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42178/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Carol Nolan

755. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the costs this has generated in terms of the provision of laptops, desktop computers or contributions to wi-fi costs or phone-related expenses; the number of staff who have applied for permission to work from home on a permanent or hybrid-model basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41947/21]

Immigration Policy

Carol Nolan

756. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has been working to update The Migrant Integration Strategy-A Blueprint for the Future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42176/21]