Parliamentary questions

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]

Flexible Work Practices

Carol Nolan

832. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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. [41954/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Carol Nolan

895. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice 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. [41957/21]

An Garda Síochána

Carol Nolan

946. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if she will investigate with An Garda Síochána if it holds or collects data on reports from parents, schools or members of the public on child endangerment issues, such as attempted abductions, in or around schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42986/21]

Abortion Services

Carol Nolan

1142. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the companies or organisations that provide prenatal diagnostic testing to women accessing abortion in Ireland; if Irish general practitioners or hospitals use prenatal diagnostic screening tests by a group (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it has recently become a matter of public record that the group is allegedly using these test results from other jurisdictions to collect the genetic data of women and their unborn children and maintaining this on a genetic database of the Government of China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41856/21]

Departmental Policies

Carol Nolan

1172. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health 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. [41955/21]

Departmental Funding

Carol Nolan

1314. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a five-year hypertension awareness and behaviour change campaign led by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42451/21]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

1315. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure full funding for the recommendations of the new stroke strategy and ensure its publication alongside a comprehensive implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42452/21]

Departmental Strategies

Carol Nolan

1316. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide priority funding for research to establish the number of stroke survivors living in Ireland along with a full assessment of their service and support needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42453/21]

Primary Care Services

Carol Nolan

1317. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure access to diagnostic testing brain natriuretic peptide blood testing and echocardiography at primary care level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42454/21]

Health Services

Carol Nolan

1318. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his views on the roll-out of heart failure community integration teams countrywide and on ensuring that their roles are standardised across all CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42455/21]

Health Services

Carol Nolan

1319. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure that heart failure virtual clinics will be rolled out as a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42456/21]

Health Services

Carol Nolan

1320. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve investment in the heart failure workforce; his views on the delivery of four heart failure clinical nurse specialists per 150,000 population starting with filling currently funded whole-time equivalents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42457/21]

Health Services

Carol Nolan

1321. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his views on measures that will enable consultant cardiologist-led heart failure services for inpatients and outpatients in all areas as well as a dedicated cardiac physiologist as part of heart failure units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42458/21]

Health Services

Carol Nolan

1322. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to long-term financing and resourcing for the maintenance and upkeep of an AED register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42459/21]

Hospital Services

Carol Nolan

1323. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will expand cardiac rehabilitation services to be widely accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42460/21]

Health Services

Carol Nolan

1324. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure adequate national capacity to deliver cardiac rehabilitation to all patients for whom it is recommended, ensuring staffing and resources are protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42461/21]

Hospital Charges

Carol Nolan

1325. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will remove inpatient charges for public hospital care at a cost of €30.6 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42462/21]

Medical Cards

Carol Nolan

1326. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will reduce prescription charge for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42463/21]

Medicinal Products

Carol Nolan

1327. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will reduce the drugs payment scheme threshold to €100 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42464/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

1368. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the due diligence his Department and the HSE took to ensure that any personal protective equipment procured by the State during the Covid-19 pandemic had not been made using slave or forced labour and was of a sufficient standard to ensure a proper protection level in view of a report in the UK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42594/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Carol Nolan

1538. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [41946/21]

Farm Safety

Carol Nolan

1549. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his Department’s farm safety research project BESAFE - Behaviours for Safer Farming: The health and safety of farmers is a significant challenge for the social sustainability of Irish agriculture; the funding allocated for the purposes of conducting this research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42057/21]

Livestock Issues

Carol Nolan

1560. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work carried out by his Department to conduct a consultation process with local authorities and other stakeholders to bring a cohesive national approach to the control of horses with a view to bringing forward legislative proposals to update the Control of Horses Act 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42206/21]

Livestock Issues

Carol Nolan

1561. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his plans to review and enhance equine identification and traceability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42207/21]

Wildlife Protection

Carol Nolan

1562. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his plans to extend the badger vaccination programme nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42208/21]