Results 61-80 of 6,641 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (1 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to elaborate on his recent statement that an independent Palestinian State should not involve Hamas; the way in which he envisages Hamas being removed from power in Gaza in order to bring about this outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52317/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (1 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued to nationals of India in each year from 2015 to date; the categories of work permits issued; the sectors in which they were granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52319/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (1 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of full-time and part-time staff currently employed by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; the numbers of staff centrally employed and those employed under short-term contracts or through agencies; to provide the salary rates for centrally employed, short-term contract staff and agency contracted staff;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her view on the Constitutional guarantee that parents shall be primary educators of their children; to elaborate on how her Department is working to vindicate that right; the reason she made no mention of parents in her comments launching a new education consultation process in July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52318/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (1 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the statement contained in the forward to the ‘Aistear’ curriculum published in December 2024 that "babies, toddlers and young children around the country" had "offered their views and insights" on the development of the curriculum; to state the number of babies that contributed to this process; how the opinions of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (1 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the academic performance of home-schooled students is benchmarked against all other students, including in relation to junior certificate and leaving certificate results; to summarise the most recent data available in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52354/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (1 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the beginning of the new school year is governed in legislation; whether the issue is governed solely by guidelines issued by her Department; to give a summary of these guidelines for primary and secondary level schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52355/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (1 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to granting protected status to so-called ‘benchmarks’ which were erected at various points around the country in the 1800s as part of the "Principal Spirit Lines of Levelling" project of the ordnance Survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52321/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legal powers given to local authorities to grant retention planning to developments which were built without a grant of planning; whether consideration has been given to legally precluding local authorities from granting such retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52350/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Bodies (1 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time and part-time staff currently employed by the Data Protection Commission; the numbers of staff centrally employed and those employed under short-term contracts or through agencies; to provide a breakdown of salary levels of all staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52358/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (1 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his knowledge of the case of a person (details supplied); and whether he is aware of claims that this individual is in fact much older and has sought asylum in other countries under variations of the same name. [52360/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 188. To ask the Minister for Health to list all vaccinations which are either legally required or recommended to be administered to children before they reach the age of majority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52320/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 Sep 2025)

Carol Nolan: 743. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support calls for the introduction of an income volatility mechanism from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51379/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 Sep 2025)

Carol Nolan: 746. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support amending the young trained farmer relief to ensure that this relief is extended beyond the expiry date of 31 December 2025, as it is vital to facilitate generational renewal; if he will take steps to also ensure that the age limit for young trained farmers should be increased from the current 35 to include all...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 Sep 2025)

Carol Nolan: 747. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support calls for an accelerated capital allowance for slurry storage and associated equipment (LESS), due to expire at the end of December 2025, to be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51383/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (30 Sep 2025)

Carol Nolan: 744. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to revisit proposals from the Teagasc Pig Department regarding income smoothing measures, such as those based on the Australian model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51380/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 Sep 2025)

Carol Nolan: 745. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support generational renewal in agriculture with the essential requirement for low-cost finance and installation aid to young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51381/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Budget 2026 (30 Sep 2025)

Carol Nolan: 773. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will support in Budget 2026 the raising of disability allowance, domiciliary care allowance, and carer’s allowance by at least €50 per week and introduce a permanent cost of disability payment; fund key priorities in the action plan for disability services 2024 to 2026, with a focus on personal assistance,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Carol Nolan: 827. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support calls to immediately introduce a statutory, universal home support scheme, with specific rural adaptation funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51384/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Sep 2025)

Carol Nolan: 873. To ask the Minister for Health if she will assist in the urgent case of a person seeking help with his claim for continuous glucose monitoring reimbursement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51479/25]