Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Official Travel

Carol Nolan

359. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference; the number who travelled; the costs incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57310/22]

Official Travel

Carol Nolan

375. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she or any officials from her Department or from bodies under the aegis of her Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference; the number who travelled; the costs incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57311/22]

Official Travel

Carol Nolan

422. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she or any officials from her Department or from bodies under the aegis of her Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference; the number who travelled; the costs incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57322/22]

Official Travel

Carol Nolan

480. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference; the number who travelled; the costs incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57309/22]

Official Travel

Carol Nolan

498. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the climate change conference in Sharm el-Sheikh; the number of people who travelled; the costs incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57316/22]

Official Travel

Carol Nolan

524. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if she or any officials from her Department or from bodies under the aegis of her Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh climate change conference; the number who travelled; the costs incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57319/22]

Official Travel

Carol Nolan

582. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference; the number who travelled; the costs incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57317/22]

Health Services

Carol Nolan

583. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of any legal claims brought by women following consultations by telemedicine under section 12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; if he is contemplating introducing support services for person who may be or who already been adversely impacted following their access to telemedicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57329/22]

Official Travel

Carol Nolan

779. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference; the number who travelled; the costs incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57308/22]

Official Travel

Carol Nolan

803. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she or any officials from her Department or from bodies under the aegis of her Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference; the number who travelled; the costs incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57321/22]

Care Services

Carol Nolan

300. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the private companies that have been contracted to deliver the home support scheme home help service from 2018 to date; the costs paid out for the delivery of these contracts in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57164/22]

Disability Services

Carol Nolan

306. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken by his Department to support and increase the provision of disability respite in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57036/22]

An Garda Síochána

Carol Nolan

233. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the major refurbishment works at Portlaoise Garda station has commenced; the expected timeframe of completion of these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56558/22]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

251. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she last spoke with the chief executive officer of Fáilte Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56559/22]

Departmental Staff

Carol Nolan

283. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of full-time staff by grade working in the national directorate for fire and emergency management section within his Department as of 1 January 2021 and 9 November 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56561/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Carol Nolan

284. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the budget allocation for the National Parks and Wildlife Service in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the budget allocated to same in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56562/22]

Horticulture Sector

Carol Nolan

292. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the measures his Department is taking to support alternative sources of peat for the horticultural sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56660/22]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

572. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he has spoken formally with his UK counterpart since their appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56556/22]

Health Services Staff

Carol Nolan

573. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of nurses who are advanced nurse practitioners by 2.5%; the increased number of nurses becoming an advanced nurse practitioner that this would involve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56557/22]

Horticulture Sector

Carol Nolan

624. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the measures that his Department is taking to support alternative sources of peat for the horticultural sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56661/22]

State Visits

Carol Nolan

244. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the procedures and protocols that apply to the issuing of invitations to foreign Heads of State to visit Ireland; the legislation or provisions of the Constitution that pply to the decision to issue such invitations; if such invitations require a Government decision; if he can issue them on behalf of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56019/22]

Third Level Reform

Carol Nolan

280. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress he has made in relation to the commitment in the programme for Government to develop a long-term sustainable funding model for higher level education; the estimated timeframe for when such a model will be put in place in legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56022/22]

Legislative Programme

Carol Nolan

283. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if she will list all Bills for which either she, or former Minister for Justice, Deputy Humphreys, have sought and received Government approval from 27 June 2020 to date; the date on which approval was received; if she will provide a brief summary of the main aims of each piece of legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56020/22]

Abortion Services

Carol Nolan

319. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the policies and procedures in place in relation to the treatment of the remains of unborn children whose lives are ended under sections 9, 10 and 11 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56021/22]

Climate Action Plan

Carol Nolan

116. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a date has been set for the publication of the climate action plan 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54668/22]

Defence Forces

Carol Nolan

499. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the purchase and provision of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear suits for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55223/22]

Departmental Legal Cases

Carol Nolan

765. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the legal costs incurred by his Department in the eight judicial reviews that were settled in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54756/22]

Third Level Fees

Carol Nolan

824. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider making the one-off €1,000 reduction in the undergraduate student contribution fee for higher education students a universal payment to all undergraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55122/22]

Broadcasting Sector

Carol Nolan

182. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will remove the broadcasting levy applied to independent radio given that it is estimated to cost the sector approximately €2.5 million per annum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53967/22]

Abortion Services

Carol Nolan

305. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of initial consultations for termination of pregnancy services that were provided by general practitioners, family planning clinics and women's health clinics in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54062/22]

Housing Policy

Carol Nolan

88. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that Offaly County Council was not included among the local authority areas when the income threshold for social housing was raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53755/22]

Energy Policy

Carol Nolan

194. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide details of the purchase of emergency generation capacity and mobile turbines; the total cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53316/22]

Haulage Industry

Carol Nolan

232. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the measures that he is taking to support hauliers with the increasing price of fuel; if there are plans to extend or renew the licensed haulage support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53372/22]

Road Safety Authority

Carol Nolan

234. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he will take steps to allow for the recruitment of additional driver testers particularly within County Offaly where there is currently only one tester available in Birr and one tester available in Tullamore; if he recognises that there is an urgent need for such testers given the inadequate levels of public transport in rural Ireland more generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53394/22]

State Examinations

Carol Nolan

374. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will review her Department’s decision that from September 2023, Leaving Certificate candidates will take paper 1 in Irish and English at the end of fifth year instead of at the end of sixth year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52822/22]

Irish Language

Carol Nolan

376. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on efforts to develop an Irish language policy for the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52830/22]

Irish Language

Carol Nolan

495. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on efforts to develop an Irish language policy for the pre-school education system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52832/22]

Irish Language

Carol Nolan

522. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on efforts to develop an Irish language policy for the post-Leaving Certificate and tertiary education system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52831/22]

An Garda Síochána

Carol Nolan

543. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda officers currently serving at each rank; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52703/22]

An Garda Síochána

Carol Nolan

544. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda officers who have been appointed to the rank of superintendent and above from 1 September 2018 to date and who have previously served as members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52704/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

571. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will list the international scientific studies which informed his Department's decision to impose compulsory mask-wearing in certain settings during the Covid-19 pandemic, and which have informed his recent advice that the public should wear masks on public transport this winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52705/22]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

623. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 820 of 18 October 2022, if he will outline the way that he concluded that the terminology used represents the most commonly understood; if he will outline the empirical analysis or study that was undertaken to reach this conclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53012/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

649. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the studies that are informing the evidentiary basis demonstrating conclusively that mask wearing significantly reduces the spread of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53145/22]

Food Industry

Carol Nolan

737. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the establishment of a food ombudsman; the powers that this office will have to enforce the unfair trading directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52821/22]

Fodder Crisis

Carol Nolan

745. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the work of the national fodder and food security committee; if the committee has prepared an industry response and developed contingency plans and advice to assist farmers in managing their farm enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52881/22]

Driver Licences

Carol Nolan

68. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider amending regulations or relevant legislation to enable Irish citizens in possession of full driving licence in a foreign country but whose licence has expired by more than 12 months, to be able to obtain an Irish driving licence or a provisional driving licence without the need to fulfil all the conditions including retaking lessons and a driving test in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52363/22]

Pension Provisions

Carol Nolan

179. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that pensioners of an organisation (details supplied) and An Post who were civil servants prior to the vesting of these two state companies on 1 January 1984 under the Postal and Telecommunications Act 1983, are treated differently in their pension benefits; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the An Post pensioners in question believe that the benefits-guarantee given to them in section 42 of that Act has not been complied with by An Post; if he accepts that the An Post superannuation scheme as amended in 2013 is out of line with public service pension's policy generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51302/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Carol Nolan

327. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all farmers with special areas of conservation lands will be entitled to apply for the scheme and be admitted to National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) farm plan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51150/22]

Deportation Orders

Carol Nolan

640. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 4 October 2022, if a person or organisation under the aegis of her Department maintains a record of the information sought with respect to deportations under the relevant legislative sub-sections; if she will seek to obtain that information and provide same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51154/22]

An Garda Síochána

Carol Nolan

664. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if she will list all previous examples of criminal provisions or Garda powers which were introduced in legislation after either being specifically opposed, or deemed unnecessary, by An Garda Síochána at the time of their introduction for the period 2011 to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51874/22]