Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Crisis Pregnancy Services

Carol Nolan

1084. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to the midlands crisis pregnancy counselling service from 2018 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19104/20]

Crisis Pregnancy Services

Carol Nolan

1085. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided specifically for post-abortion counselling services on an annual basis from 2013 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19105/20]

Health Services

Carol Nolan

1086. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if progress is being made on introducing a laboratory information system and national individual health identifier within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19110/20]

Hospital Staff

Carol Nolan

1087. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of medical scientists employed in public hospital laboratories by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19111/20]

Hospital Services

Carol Nolan

1088. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if progress is being made on the appointment of an independent facilitator for the Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19112/20]

Felling Licences

Carol Nolan

515. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns that the number of forestry felling licences being approved has increased the number of appeals being lodged under the ecology heading (details supplied) which is leading to serious delays and backlogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16960/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Carol Nolan

648. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the revised model of care for the termination of pregnancy which currently permits the use of telemedicine will be maintained beyond the period of the Covid-19 emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16731/20]

Bord na Móna

Carol Nolan

51. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, under the just transition plan, compensation will be provided to peat harvesting contractors that made significant investments in peat harvesting machinery prior to the sudden and unexpected announcement of the suspension of all peat harvesting for the 2020 season by Bord na Móna and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16395/20]

Bord na Móna

Carol Nolan

13. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to support the retention and protection of employment under the just transition process in the midlands with specific reference to Bord na Móna and the horticultural sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16124/20]

Bord na Móna

Carol Nolan

132. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when funding will be provided to Bord na Móna for the enhanced peatland rehabilitation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15973/20]

Local Authority Members

Carol Nolan

416. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the Moorhead Report; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15409/20]

Gender Recognition

Carol Nolan

691. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015; the circumstances in which it will be permissible for a child to change gender without parental consent; the minimum age that a child must reach before he or she can change gender; if the self-declaration process of gender change is to be introduced for children under 16 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15423/20]

Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme

Carol Nolan

749. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if concerns will be addressed relating to equity of access to the back to school allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15405/20]

Sheepmeat Sector

Carol Nolan

846. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the approximate number of lambs imported in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; his views on whether this undermines the sustainability of the Irish market in lamb; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15971/20]

Trade Agreements

Carol Nolan

847. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Mercosur trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15972/20]

Medicinal Products

Carol Nolan

1011. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address the inequality that is being created by denying patients diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma in the public system to access refunds for adjuvant immunotherapy, nivolumab and pembrolizumab, and targeted therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14711/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Carol Nolan

1153. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of terminations of pregnancies that were carried out in each hospital providing the service from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15425/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

2. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; and the costs associated with such services. [14062/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

3. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form. [14079/20]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Carol Nolan

4. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the details of his most recent discussions and engagement with the UK Prime Minister. [14436/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

27. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14048/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

28. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14065/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Carol Nolan

31. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications made to the Covid-19 restart grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14138/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

60. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14050/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

61. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14067/20]

Just Transition Fund

Carol Nolan

71. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is his policy to completely phase out the extraction of peat over the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14438/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

105. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14063/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

106. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14080/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

128. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he plans to increase capacity for commuters who cannot access public or private transport due to Covid-19 related capacity restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14437/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

164. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14055/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

165. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14072/20]

EU Budget Contribution

Carol Nolan

169. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the status of the concern expressed in a 2018 report from the Oireachtas Standing Committee of Public Accounts that established macroeconomic indicators have become unreliable in the Irish context and that the distorted picture they provide overstates debt sustainability and is costing the State hundreds of millions of euro each year in EU budget contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14142/20]

Brexit Issues

Carol Nolan

185. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the way in which the financial and economic commitments provided for in the programme for Government will be affected in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14435/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

229. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14060/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

230. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14077/20]

Prison Service Staff

Carol Nolan

232. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if concerns have been expressed to her Department regarding the operation of the post-1995 pension scheme for prison officers which precludes them from working up to 20 hours per week after they retire unlike those that retired pre-1995 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14141/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

258. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenditure her Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14068/20]

Hare Coursing

Carol Nolan

259. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is considering measures to prohibit or reduce the practice of hare coursing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14140/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

279. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14058/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

280. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14075/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

338. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14056/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

339. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14073/20]

Human Rights

Carol Nolan

341. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a recent report (details supplied) which concludes that the Chinese Government has been engaging in a campaign of mass female sterilisation in rural Uyghur regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14143/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

355. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14052/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

356. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14069/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

416. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within her Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14053/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

417. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure her Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14070/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Carol Nolan

508. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to older persons and those that had to cocoon during the Covid-19 emergency and generated greater than average household costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14046/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

509. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within her Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14054/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

510. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure her Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14071/20]

Carer's Allowance

Carol Nolan

526. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the carer’s allowance is means-tested; if the means test disregard has not changed since 2008; her plans to alter this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14430/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

541. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within her Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14061/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

542. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure her Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14078/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

558. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14047/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

559. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14064/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

592. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14049/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

593. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14051/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

594. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14066/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

620. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within her Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14059/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

621. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure her Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14076/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Carol Nolan

734. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14057/20]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

735. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14074/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Carol Nolan

793. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to general practitioners for the provision of termination of pregnancy services in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14240/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Carol Nolan

794. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures and supports in place to reduce the number of abortions from the recorded 6,666 abortions that took place in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14241/20]

Employment Data

Carol Nolan

52. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners collate data on the number of self-employed musicians here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13201/20]

Emergency Works Scheme

Carol Nolan

113. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the emergency school works application made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12727/20]

Horticulture Sector

Carol Nolan

586. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an analysis has been conducted on the impact on the horticultural sector following a decision by Bord na Móna decision to suspend all peat harvesting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13016/20]

Bord na Móna

Carol Nolan

624. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of his Departments engagement with Bord na Móna prior to and after its decision to suspend all peat harvesting and commence work on its enhanced peatland rehabilitation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13013/20]

Just Transition Fund

Carol Nolan

625. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the drawing up of a territorial plan for the midlands region which is the first step in securing new EU just transition funding under the coal regions in transition platform; when he expects such funding to become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13014/20]

Social Welfare Benefits

Carol Nolan

842. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department registers the number of self-employed musicians accessing welfare supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13202/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Carol Nolan

913. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if musical societies such as those within a centre (details supplied) are eligible to apply for funding support under the Covid-19 related schemes from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12726/20]

Cabinet Committees

Carol Nolan

4. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B, social policy and public services, last met; and when it will meet again. [11811/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

5. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach if his Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; and the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date. [11832/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

10. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11822/20]

Foreign Conflicts

Carol Nolan

19. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports by an organisation (details supplied) that a three year old Christian child and nine others died recently in north-western Kaduna state, Nigeria, in an early morning attack on a Christian village carried out by armed Muslim herdsmen of Fulani origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11816/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

20. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11826/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

46. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11825/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

88. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11830/20]

Flood Relief Schemes

Carol Nolan

95. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount drawn down by Offaly County Council in respect of flooding from January 2018 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12247/20]

Flood Relief Schemes

Carol Nolan

96. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific projects applied for by Offaly County Council to alleviate flooding problems in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12248/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

144. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11823/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

311. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11829/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

366. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11818/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Carol Nolan

418. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the membership and terms of reference of the clinical advisory forum that was established to provide guidance on termination of pregnancy services; the number of times the forum has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11812/20]

General Practitioner Services

Carol Nolan

419. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the payments issued to date to the 352 general practitioners providing termination of pregnancy services within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11814/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

420. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11827/20]

Forestry Grants

Carol Nolan

587. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the assistance being provided to ash tree farmers and providers and the measures to prevent the spread of ash die back disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11813/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

588. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11817/20]

Climate Action Plan

Carol Nolan

628. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projects supported by the Climate Action Fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11815/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

629. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11820/20]

Broadcasting Sector

Carol Nolan

630. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times section 146(3) of the Broadcasting Act 2009 has been invoked (details supplied); the number of searches of premises that have taken place from 1 January 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11850/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

662. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11833/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

754. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11819/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

780. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11831/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

809. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11824/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

875. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11828/20]

Departmental Policy Functions

Carol Nolan

935. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11821/20]

Human Rights

Carol Nolan

17. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address the human rights concerns arising from the decision by China to impose new national security laws on Hong Kong; if he has made representations to the Chinese ambassador with respect to the violence being directed at peaceful protestors in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9723/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

322. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that non-Covid-19 patients are being adversely impacted by the HSE contract with the private hospital sector; if a matter will be investigated regarding the case of a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9721/20]

Value Added Tax

Carol Nolan

72. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the reclassification of VAT status to harmonise the VAT system on the island of Ireland specifically with respect to the coach and bus sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8727/20]