Parliamentary questions

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

242. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings she or officials from her Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10586/22]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

268. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10580/22]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

280. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10577/22]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

289. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10572/22]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

298. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings she or officials from her Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10573/22]

Enterprise Support Services

Carol Nolan

312. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is in receipt of the back to work enterprise allowance scheme payment can have the payment extended beyond the initial two-year period; the number of persons who applied for the payment from 1 January 2019 to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10533/22]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

317. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings she or officials from her Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10584/22]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

330. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women's Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10571/22]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

331. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women's Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10578/22]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

335. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings she or officials from her Department have had with the National Women's Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10581/22]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

346. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10579/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Carol Nolan

460. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns that farmers are having their entitlements cut when mountain fires destroy sections of their land; the reason they are unable to claim for the destroyed land when the cause of the fire was unrelated to any actions by the farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10538/22]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

462. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10570/22]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

472. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings she or officials from her Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10583/22]

Citizens' Assembly

Carol Nolan

49. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the costs incurred from 2014 to date on the operation of each citizens’ assembly. [9091/22]

Citizens' Assembly

Carol Nolan

50. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach if a budget has been provided for the proposed citizens’ assembly on biodiversity and directly elected mayor and local government structures best suited for Dublin. [9092/22]

Environmental Schemes

Carol Nolan

60. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will address concerns that costs and inefficiencies are creating a reduced ability among owners of agricultural land to progress the installation of solar panels that have the potential to reduce emissions and increasing the supply of green energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10174/22]

Tax Code

Carol Nolan

94. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns that the current capital acquisitions tax regime reduces the potential progress that solar developers can make in terms of reducing emissions and increasing the supply of green energy given the existing rules state that beneficiaries that inherit agricultural land are eligible for 90% relief on the market value of the asset but that this is contingent on the total land being utilised for solar panels constituting less than 50% of the total landholding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10172/22]

Planning Issues

Carol Nolan

108. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address concerns that the costs and inefficiencies in the planning process are creating a reduced ability among owners of agricultural land to progress the installation of solar panels that have the potential to reduce emissions and increasing the supply of green energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10173/22]

Mental Health Services

Carol Nolan

225. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will expand the current audit of the child and adolescent mental health services with respect to inappropriate prescribing to include public adult mental health services in order to assess its practices and look to examine the areas in which improvements can be made; if he will provide an opportunity for adult individuals who have availed of the services to contribute to this audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10229/22]