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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore has been excluded from the expansion of elective surgery capacity procedures such as those planned for four elective hospitals at two sites in Dublin, one in Connolly, one at the children’s hospital in Crumlin, one in Cork, one in Galway, as well as the surgical hubs for Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (8 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I have raised the issues relating to approved housing bodies on the floor of this House a number of times. I have engaged with the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority in the past few weeks on its efforts to monitor compliance with approved standards. I acknowledge the very constructive and open response I received from the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of contracts of €25,000 or more that have been awarded by the Office of Public Works that were non-compliant with procurement guidelines in each year from 2017 to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39789/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of growing concern among parents and educators regarding what they perceive as the inappropriately sexualised context of the SPHE curriculum for young children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39806/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2025 (8 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if concerns around disparity of treatment with respect to a child benefit measure announced in Budget 2025 (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40019/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (8 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 471. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the last time that a Department inspector visited Citywest to determine the number of persons from Ukraine that are currently staying there as beneficiaries of temporary protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40178/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (8 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of meals that are served each day at Citywest to persons from Ukraine who are currently staying there as beneficiaries of temporary protection; if these are all accounted for with the Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40179/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (8 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons from Ukraine who were staying in Citywest as beneficiaries of temporary protection that have left Citywest since Citywest began to accept refugees from Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40180/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (8 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons from Ukraine who were staying in Citywest as beneficiaries of temporary protection but have left Citywest that are known to be still resident in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40181/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (8 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons from Ukraine who were staying in Citywest as beneficiaries of temporary protection that are known to have returned to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40182/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (8 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 476. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons from Ukraine who are currently staying in Citywest as beneficiaries of temporary protection, or who were BOTP, but have left Citywest that are still in receipt of State payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40183/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (8 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: 524. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns in relation to delays to the medicinal products seventh schedule in the context of the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39763/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his reply. He mentioned record levels of investment but we need to see more investment in Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore. It is disappointing that the Minister for Health did not respond to my request to work constructively with him and have a meeting with him on this very serious issue. Health is important. When elderly patients cannot access care at their...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: Today I wish to raise the urgent need for an elective surgery hub at Midlands General Hospital in Tullamore. This is an issue I have been raising locally since March and I also sought a meeting with the Minister for Health at the time. I received a letter from a senior member of the medical team at the hospital that highlighted the issue around this case. At the time, the hospital was...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: The verdict is in. This budget has been exposed for the shallow but expensive exercise in Government propaganda that it is. The headline measures have been exposed as having little to no long-term benefit. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul's assessment is that while some of the measures are welcome, the budget lacks focus and was untargeted to those who needed it the most. Where is the...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Budget Statement 2025 (1 Oct 2024)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the budget. It would be remiss of me not to acknowledge that we have seen some positive measures announced today. However, my overall sense is that these measures are short-term and are reflective of the short-term thinking of the Government. In other words, they are electioneering, and that is the only way that many people are looking at this,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (26 Sep 2024)

Carol Nolan: 101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the engagement he and his Department have had with the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2022 to date; if the Taliban government in Afghanistan has withdrawn staff who engage with Ireland through its non-resident embassy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38319/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Carol Nolan: 202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1042 of 9 September 2024, the information provided through Garda vetting of an individual in relation to both hate crime and hate incidents for example, where an offence under investigation is tagged as a hate crime in accordance with the perception test; if this will appear in a Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Carol Nolan: 203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1042 of 9 September 2024, where she refers to the operation of hate crime legislation in neighbouring jurisdictions, if she is aware that the vast majority of offences are tried before a jury in England, while in Ireland, the vast majority of offences will be tried in the District Court...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (26 Sep 2024)

Carol Nolan: 249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update regarding an application made by a company on behalf of a person (details supplied); if he could provide an approximate timeframe indicating when this applicant will receive compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38247/24]