Results 101-120 of 6,353 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of registered taxis and hackney drivers in operation in each county in each of the years 2019, 2023, and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11911/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 537. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to state or estimate the total value of imports originating in the Xinjiang province in China in each year from 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11822/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Standards (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department monitors the number of children who complete either primary school or secondary school but who remain illiterate or functionally illiterate; to provide a summary of the most recent findings in that regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11820/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a policy in relation to allowing or prohibiting male students to compete in female-only sports; whether she is aware of this practice having been allowed in Irish schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11823/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure that a school building project (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12070/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 758. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person with 18 years’ instruction experience (details supplied) will be allowed to claim incremental credit with respect to his teaching salary; if she will accept that the incremental credit scheme as currently defined is inflexible and may result in the unwillingness of experienced persons from taking up a teaching position; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 921. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects funded to date through the urban regeneration and development fund, by county and location, the total amount allocated to each project, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11922/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1028. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who have received the HAP under Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the emergency humanitarian assistance scheme operated by his Department from 31 January 2025; the average payment; the average length of time before people had to wait for payment; the number of outstanding applications to date; if additional...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1093. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a funding from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10682/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish a new permanent stakeholders forum for licensed firearms holders to ensure ongoing consultation and transparency in decision-making; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11348/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will take steps to ensure that there are no disproportionate restrictions on licensed firearms holders, ensuring that any policy changes are based on evidence, not arbitrary measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11349/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he recognises the contribution of firearm owners to conservation and rural communities, by supporting policies that balance public safety with the needs of responsible gun owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11350/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to proceed with the proposal to abolish juries in defamation actions in the High Court, given the opposition of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice to this proposal, the widespread opposition expressed by groups (details supplied), and the decision of the Supreme Court in Higgins v. Aviation Authority which...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Gender Equality (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1396. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way the estimated number of public and private sector organisations that will use the new gender pay reporting portal was calculated as 6,000 organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11828/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1566. To ask the Minister for Health the incidents reported to the State Claims Agency which related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, per year from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form, specifically incidents causing harm (broken down by severity); other reported incidents (including near miss); the number of complaints by service users/patients; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (19 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1567. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of claims settled by the State Claims Agency which related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, per year, from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; the number of ongoing claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10967/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: Under the programme for Government, there is a commitment to balanced regional development, rightly so. However, in my county of Offaly, we are particularly disadvantaged given that we have endured the brunt of the just transition, with 53% of the job losses. This is coupled with the fact that Cardinal Health in Tullamore, the main town in the county, will see 315 job losses at the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (6 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: 408. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support funding for a self-powered wheelchair for a person (details supplied) with significant mobility issues and who is financially unable to access one from his own resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10341/25]

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: Fuair mé freagra ar cheist parlaiminte cúpla seachtain ó shin ar cheist a bhain le Gaeilge mar ábhar scoile. Sa fhreagra sin, bhí ionadh orm nuair a chonaic mé na huimhreacha maidir le díolúintí atá faighte ag daltaí ar fud na tíre seo. I mo chontae féin, Contae Uíbh Fhailí, fuair 400 dalta díolúine ón...

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2025)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on what has become an issue of major public and community concern. There can be no doubt that we are witnessing a significant escalation in knife-related incidents and antisocial behaviour and, in many cases, a rapid deterioration of respect for the rule of law. If you talk to communities or retailers away from the glare of the public spotlight, they will...