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Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: The waiting time for driving tests is totally unacceptable, as the Minister of State acknowledged. He also acknowledged that the RSA was brought before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications in September and stated there is now an expectation to see improvement. I ask that it be brought back in if there are no improvements in the next couple of months. There is a...

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: As I understand, the NDLS claims that Payzone vouchers can be used but the Payzone website does not list one site from which vouchers can be purchased. That is misleading the public and it is unacceptable for a State service or agency to do that when it is being funded by the taxpayer. I know from my constituent's account that she tried three different Payzone centres in Tullamore yesterday...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: Page 84 of the programme for Government states: Community safety is at the heart of the ongoing transformation of An Garda Síochána. The...Government will ensure that this will be a key part of our social contract with citizens. An Garda Síochána is enriched by its resilient links in the areas it works with and protects. In Laois-Offaly, there is an ongoing and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Security (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to confirm that Hamas is a designated terrorist organisation in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44757/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding supports offered by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) since 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44918/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 298. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the steps she is taking or plans to take with respect to the use of the National Stadium by an organisation (details supplied); if she or officials from her Department have engaged with the organisation as part of efforts to investigate the use of the National Stadium by the organisation; the basis for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with an approved housing body (details supplied) regarding recent financial governance concerns that have arisen; if his Department has received any requests from this AHB for funding support since 1 August 2023; if he or his officials have engaged in any way with the AHB since 1 August 2023; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the inquiries, if any, which are undertaken by her or her Department to ensure that an applicant for a gender recognition certificate under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 has a settled and solemn intention of living in the preferred gender for the rest of their lives, as required by the Act; the steps taken to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 376. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline if the expression transgender has been defined elsewhere in Irish law. [44638/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 377. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 436 of 9 May 2023 and 521 of 23 May 2023, the reason if Ukrainian applicants for temporary protection have provided his Department with proof of their address in Ukraine as stated in her replies, her Department cannot provide a breakdown of the regions in Ukraine from where those...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if demonstrating public support for proscribed terrorist organisations through such activities as marches, displaying of banners, posters or online activity which affirms the goals of such organisations, is prohibited by law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44759/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of all organisations or groups designated as terrorist organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44760/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Middle East (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has made any efforts to determine the presence of the Hamas terrorist organisation within the State, and also supporters of the Hamas terrorist organisation in Ireland who may be funding its operation internationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44761/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the deadline for lime to be spread beyond 31 March 2024 to 15 July 2024 to allow farmers time to spread the lime after first cut silage if the weather has not improved sufficiently before then; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44755/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 480. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 832 of 11 July 2023, the estimated number of religious buildings which can avail of the exemption outlined in section 3 of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44640/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 481. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1724 of 11 September 2023, the scope of his engagement with Taillte Éireann, the information was elicited from this engagement, and how this informed the drafting of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44641/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 513. To ask the Minister for Health if dementia is classified as a disability in his Department's healthcare policy or the policy of the HSE; if not, the reason for same; if there are plans to change this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44741/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 514. To ask the Minister for Health to address concerns that some older persons who do not hold a medical card are being asked to pay extra money at their chemist in order to get their medication put into a blister pack; if reimbursement options are available for such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44742/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 550. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a comprehensive breakdown of the €31.5 million allocated in 2023 to the free contraception scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44951/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (18 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance to clarify the conditions that must be fulfilled for a person to claim carer's credits; what evidence is required or would be accepted to prove a person was a carer if, for example, they never applied for carers allowance but engaged in caring for a family member for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45388/23]