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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: I raise the ongoing issue regarding the publication of new wind farm guidelines. When can we expect these guidelines to be published? There are many issues and people in rural communities have no protection from wind energy companies coming in and constructing monstrous turbines against their wishes. In respect of an application for wind turbines in Lemanaghan, County Offaly, there have...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: They are draft guidelines but we need updated ones.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (29 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the National Ambulance Service to determine the significant delays in ambulance response time in counties Laois and Offaly; if he will establish the standard response time from call-out to arrival on the scene in those counties in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46971/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister of State for that response. While I am aware that the responsibility falls primarily on the local authorities, does the Minister of State not believe it might be necessary or proper for the Department to have some oversight of the expenditure? Residents of Chesterfield Close, Birr, County Offaly, who are going through the housing body Respond, have been waiting for a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: I acknowledge that the Minister of State mentioned that three recommendations were made in 2018 but I am wondering about his reference to the regulatory authority. What measures will be taken in terms of oversight? The taxpayer is entitled to know precisely what measures will be taken and the monitoring that will be done. Surely it would make sense to monitor yearly. A housing body has...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department conducts any oversight or reviews with respect to the way funding provided to approved housing associations is spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46006/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: I wish to raise the issue of reviews, or indeed monitoring, of the funding given to housing bodies. Regarding approved housing bodies, AHBs, does the Department conduct any reviews or monitoring of how the money is spent by these bodies?

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: The impact of Covid-19 on the delivery of health services in this State has been catastrophic but we know there were issues with waiting lists long before the pandemic. We know that the waiting lists across nearly all medical specialties have increased significantly and that it will be years before we can finally determine the sheer magnitude of the crisis that has been created in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the revised rural housing guidelines for planning authorities; the number of times the working group established to examine rural housing, including one-off-housing has met physically or virtually since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46007/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 188. To ask the Taoiseach if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date. [45047/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Confidentiality (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 190. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding Cabinet confidentiality; if his attention has been drawn to any member of Cabinet who has contravened Cabinet confidentiality since the formation of Government; and if so, the measures he has taken to address such a breach. [45114/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 195. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 15 September 2021, if tenders for the courses and training provided were issued; if so, the persons who responded; and the criteria by which the course provider was ultimately chosen. [46191/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Expenditure (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 201. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 15 September 2021, if tenders for the courses and training provided were issued; if so, the persons who responded; the criteria by which the course provider was ultimately chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46192/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 15 September 2021, if tenders for the courses and training provided were issued; if so, the persons who responded; the criteria by which the course provider was ultimately chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46193/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Supply Board (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the ESB is obligated to notify his Department of the number of reported power faults that take place on a national, regional or county level; if his Department will seek such information from the ESB for 2020 and to date in 2021, including the duration times for such faults; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 15 September 2021, if tenders for the courses and training provided were issued; if so, the persons who responded; the criteria by which the course provider was ultimately chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46194/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 288. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 15 September 2021, if tenders for the courses and training provided were issued; if so, the persons who responded; the criteria by which the course provider was ultimately chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46195/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the most recent guidance issued by his Department regarding State appointments. [44309/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the length of time an organisation (details supplied) has had use of the buildings at a location free of charge; the reason such an arrangement was permitted; the reason the organisation was accommodated in this way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46190/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (28 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 15 September 2021, if tenders for the courses and training provided were issued; if so, the persons who responded; the criteria by which the course provider was ultimately chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46196/21]