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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: -----and instead began to radically and forcefully implement the laws that we have on our Statute Book?

Education (Affordable School Uniforms) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: I welcome this debate on an issue with which we are all very familiar, either as parents or as public representatives. Back-to-school costs are a major source of anxiety for parents every year, particularly when uniforms demanded by some schools are at the higher end of the cost scale. It was noted on First Stage that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and Barnardos have...

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: I very much welcome this Bill, given the urgent need to take active steps towards financing and upgrading our creaking energy grid. If that requires amending an outdated series of rules around ESB borrowing, we should get on and do exactly that. Clearly there is a need here, if the existing laws and limits go back to the 1950s or the 2000s. The Bill deals with the current ESB fund of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all ambassadors stationed abroad, their salaries, all Irish embassies and consulates abroad and the cost in 2024 of maintaining each such embassy or consulate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58371/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Haulage Industry (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 518. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been contacted by his ministerial colleagues about delivering a financial support package for the Irish road haulage sector which was initially proposed following the damage caused to the port of Holyhead in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59787/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new ASD class will open at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57878/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns that schools may be accessing and utilising age-inappropriate material supplied by an organisation (details supplied) as part of the relationships and sexuality education curriculum and that 6th class pupils may be exposed to profoundly inappropriate material from this organisation; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1058. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department provides funding to assist the work of a service (details supplied); the amount provided from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58860/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1059. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment applications/claimants with Somalian nationality from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58862/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that have applied for the works in lieu scheme; the amount of funding allocated to each of the 31 local authorities for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59809/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of people who have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit continuously since December 2019; the ages and geographical locations of these recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58372/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who have had their receipt of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit permanently withdrawn or revoked for breach of the conditions associated with their claim, and who have not subsequently had their claim reinstated, from January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58373/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Bodies (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of all existing quasi-judicial bodies established under article 37 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57771/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of so-called "Sharia Law" in Ireland; and whether his Department or any State agencies monitor attempts to enforce such practices on a local basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58370/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the information provided to him regarding an assault on the owner of a restaurant (details supplied) by an unidentified security person, now working at the State owned IPAS centre; the reason the company responsible for site management has refused to supply the victim with the information they are legally...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has access to airline databases to monitor the departure of Ukrainians who were in temporary protection and who have decided to leave the State; if he will provide details of such movements between 1 January 2024 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58857/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of persons referred by his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department to a service (details supplied) from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58858/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department provides funding to assist the work of a service (details supplied); the amount provided from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58859/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons with Somalian nationality that entered emergency accommodation from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58861/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (4 Nov 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm if the vast majority of Somali nationals living in Ireland that have been granted international protection have previously been resident in Sweden, with many having Swedish citizenship; if he will accept that this constitutes an abuse of the international protection process; and if he will make a statement on the...