Results 181-200 of 5,684 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (16 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 689. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the health service of providing medical cards including GP visit cards to international protection applicants and beneficiaries of temporary protection from 2022 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16231/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (16 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 729. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of compensation to persons diagnosed with vaccine related narcolepsy and cataplexy; the number of payments made to date and the number of claims outstanding or still in the process of mediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16514/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (16 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 760. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what arrangements or pathways are in place to assist beneficiaries of temporary protection or international protection applicants in accessing the CAO application system; the number of persons in each category that have been assisted from 2019 to date; what grants are available to enable participation of persons in both categories in further...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: When will the new guidelines on wind turbines be published? There have been draft guidelines since 2019 and nothing has moved since then. There are many communities like mine in County Offaly, where there is a rich heritage bog, Leamonaghan bog, which is rich in monastic heritage and has links to Clonmacnoise. There is a proposal to put a wind farm there which is absolutely ludicrous and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide immediate additional SNA allocation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15802/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (11 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a parents/guardian may educate their children in a school which is not recognised in accordance with section 10 of the Education Act 1998; the number of such schools, or so-called homeschools that were approved from 2010 to date; the financial supports available from her Department to assist parents or guardians who wish to home school; the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (11 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the work of the Joint Review Group established by her Department and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners to examine the role of sheriffs, as currently constituted, in respect of State work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15866/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (11 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times Ireland has been invited to participate at the Frontex Management Board in a non-voting capacity; the number of times Ireland has asked to participate in training and joint operations co-ordinated by Frontex on behalf of EU Member States; to provide details with respect to Ireland’s participation in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 249. To ask 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 he will make available the text of Ireland's suggestions, and amendments to comments proposed by the EU negotiator as part of the EU coordination process run by the EU delegation in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Department of Education: Minister for Education (10 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister and, indeed, the officials for being here today. My first question relates to school transport. The Minister has mentioned the two pilot schemes and has said that the review has been concluded. The nearest school rule, which has caused major headaches every year as long as I can remember, causes difficulty in areas where children are told to go to the nearest school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Department of Education: Minister for Education (10 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: Recruitment and retention of teachers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Department of Education: Minister for Education (10 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: I meant to ask with regard to the SET hours what the rationale was for dropping the complex educational needs criterion.

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: I acknowledge that today is a very important day for the Taoiseach and for Ministers old and new. I wish them well in their new portfolios and in the future. I also acknowledge the Taoiseach’s role as Minister for higher education and commend him on the work he did on apprenticeships. We might not agree on many issues but I want to acknowledge that the focus he put on...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach to list all payments made to a person (details supplied) in relation to the establishment and operation of the constitutional conventions or citizens assemblies from 2011 to date. [13772/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (9 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of the total amount of Irish ODA budget in monetary terms received for each of the twelve listed countries (details supplied) in the decade 2013 and 2023, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14338/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (9 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department collects data on the number of permissions granted to US Air Force or US military aircraft to fly through Irish air space and land and refuel in Shannon Airport and other landing facilities; if so, the number of such permissions granted each year from 2018 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14846/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Assets (9 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 332. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total value of estates, or partial estates, which were inherited by the State as the ultimate intestate successor under section 73 of the Succession Act 1965 in each year from 2000 to date; the number of individual deceased persons from whose estates these amounts were inherited; to outline any amounts which were waived under the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (9 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a reduced rate pension paid by An Post to a former employee, who after leaving that company took up a job with the HSE and became entitled to a separate pension under the nominated health agencies superannuation scheme, is taken into account for rebatement purposes under the latter scheme (details supplied); and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (9 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the concerns of a school (details supplied) regarding accommodation capacity will be urgently addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14408/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (9 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider revising the maximum grant cap allowed with respect to housing adaptation grants in order to keep pace with the increases in building costs and construction inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13959/24]