Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Appointments to State Boards

Carol Nolan

438. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the reason the director of the Irish Film Classification Office has been appointed on an acting basis for much of the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21207/23]

Legislative Reviews

Carol Nolan

477. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question from 2000 to date; if a summary will be provided of any substantive amendments of the Act in question that occurred on foot of each review and the amending legislation, if any, in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21177/23]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

483. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on proposals for a ploughing ban and regulations on the required use of minimum or no till cultivation techniques on carbon-rich soils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21295/23]

Legislative Reviews

Carol Nolan

536. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question from 2000 to date; if a summary will be provided of any substantive amendments of the Act in question that occurred on foot of each review and the amending legislation, if any, in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21178/23]

Legislative Reviews

Carol Nolan

580. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question from 2000 to date; if a summary will be provided of any substantive amendments of the Act in question that occurred on foot of each review and the amending legislation, if any, in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21186/23]

Health Services

Carol Nolan

629. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there any options available for a person to be reimbursed for genetic testing which had to be sourced privately (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21628/23]

Legislative Reviews

Carol Nolan

724. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question from 2000 to date; if a summary will be provided of any substantive amendments of the Act in question that occurred on foot of each review and the amending legislation, if any, in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21185/23]

Legislative Reviews

Carol Nolan

734. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will list all reviews of Acts carried out by her Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question from 2000 to date; if a summary will be provided of any substantive amendments of the Act in question that occurred on foot of each review and the amending legislation, if any, in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21190/23]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

735. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether her Department has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to governance concerns raised by present and former members of its board and by many among its membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21198/23]

Fuel Quality

Carol Nolan

4. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the work of his Department to increase and support the use of E10 fuels; if he is aware of any safety or incompatibility concerns with respect to E10 fuels in certain models of cars and vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20630/23]

Haulage Industry

Carol Nolan

119. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the efforts he is making to support the financial viability of the Irish haulage sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20631/23]

Disability Diagnoses

Carol Nolan

358. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if irlen syndrome is a recognised disability within the HSE; if not, if there are plans to recognise it as such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20525/23]

Human Rights

Carol Nolan

156. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the work being done to secure the release of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20136/23]

Crime Data

Carol Nolan

315. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 20 April 2023, the reason data protection prohibits him from stating the number of charges and convictions in each year under the Acts concerned, given that the names of those charged and convicted would have been a matter of public record at the time and not subject to any restrictions on reporting or publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20113/23]

Medical Cards

Carol Nolan

365. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of people under the age of 70 years who held GP-only medical cards for each year from 2016 to 2022; the total number of GP visits made by the holders of these cards in each year; the number who visited the GP more than five times in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20112/23]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

405. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the measures his Department has taken to examine the role of sheriffs in respect of State work; the rationale underpinning the need for this examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19130/23]

Healthcare Policy

Carol Nolan

550. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the proposed new national maternity hospital at St. Vincent's will be offering gender-affirming care; if this will include the provision of sex-reassignment surgery; if so, which age groups this service will be extended to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19131/23]

Healthcare Policy

Carol Nolan

551. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the new national children's hospital will be offering gender-affirming care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19132/23]

Healthcare Policy

Carol Nolan

552. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of his Department with respect to the WHO International Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness, Response and Recovery (Pandemic Treaty); if his Department supports the treaty; if his Department has made any submissions to the deliberative process of the international treaty; if so, if he will publish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19152/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Carol Nolan

151. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the amendments to the An Post Superannuation Scheme which his predecessor approved in March 2014 apply to ex-civil servants who were transferred to An Post from the former Department of Posts and Telegraphs on 1 January 1984 and are covered by the guarantee on their pension entitlements contained in Section 46(4) of the Postal and Telecommunications Act 1983; if the pensions of those ex-civil servants are linked to civil service grades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18766/23]