Results 1-20 of 6,422 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (11 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the annual cost of interest payments on the State’s national debt for each year during the period 2000 to date; the total interest payments made during that period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31052/25]

Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the motion and the opportunity to once again place a spotlight on the extraordinary levels of vacant housing. The motion is pragmatic and I will support it. When I think of housing vacancy rates, I think of a man dying of thirst while a giant pool of water remains within his reach. There is a stupidity and recklessness to this issue that is mind-boggling. In the middle of a...

Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: Over-regulated, underdelivered and a catastrophic social disaster that is resulting in the untold misery of thousands of people who are trapped in a bleak housing nightmare. We are witnessing an epidemic of incompetence when it comes to housing. We are witnessing the third Government in a row that has shown no real, dynamic leadership on this issue. We have the third Government in a row...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: Caretakers in our schools are committed, dedicated and very hard working people. Along with school secretaries, they are the engine of any school. My question relates to the delivery of a package for caretakers. I acknowledge that there is a commitment to deliver a package for caretakers similar to the one delivered for school secretaries in the near future but at this point, caretakers...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: 182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for the foreign birth register; the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29422/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: 492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether is a connection between the huge increases in absenteeism at primary and secondary schools and the increase in working from home in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28996/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: 878. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of divorces granted in each year from 2015 to date; to provide a breakdown of the number which are opposite-sex couples and same-sex couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28997/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: 972. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of requests or complaints received by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) under Articles 17 and 19 of the GDPR (the "right to erasure / right to be forgotten") in each year from 2018 to date. [28995/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Responsibilities (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: 981. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality ; if he will provide an outline of engagements in his Ministerial diary and that of any Minister of State at his Department for the period 1 March 2025 to the week ending 28 March 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29155/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: 989. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify if his department has conveyed any concerns to the Department of Health regarding the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2024, which includes provisions to allow domestic and international surrogacy, regarding the potential for human trafficking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29213/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: 994. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who are currently suspended from duty; if he will provide a breakdown of how long they have been suspended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29288/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: 995. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for protection that have been issued with a notice upon making their application advising them of the fact that may opt to voluntarily return at any stage before he refuses to give a refugee or subsidiary protection declaration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29289/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ministerial Appointments (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an outline of engagements in her Ministerial diary and that of any Minister of State at her Department for the period 1 March 2025 to the week ending 28 March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29156/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Inquiries (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1195. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will assist in an urgent case involving an assessment of needs for a pre-school child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29967/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1329. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2024 which includes provisions to allow domestic and international surrogacy is being reconsidered in light of concerns regarding the potential for human trafficking and to ensure that any proposed Irish law in this area is in line with EU obligations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29212/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of second consultation claims that were made via the primary care reimbursement scheme for termination of pregnancy in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29290/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (10 Jun 2025)

Carol Nolan: 1555. To ask the Minister for Health if a periodic audit of outcomes including emergency medical care and ectopic pregnancy diagnosis following medical termination of pregnancy, as recommended in the December 2022 report ‘National Clinical Practice Guideline: Investigation and Management of Complications of Early Termination of Pregnancy’, has been undertaken; if so, if the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (29 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason most provided by the 948 applications for international protection from Ukrainian nationals from 1 March 2022 to 19 May 2025 as to why they did not choose to be treated under the process provided for under the EU Temporary Protection Directive (2001/55/EC); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28503/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (29 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the precise database that is accessed by Irish immigration officers to check the criminal status of persons seeking entry to the State’s international protection system, including at ports of entry; the number of responses received by immigration officers, including those officers at ports of entry, that have returned...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (29 May 2025)

Carol Nolan: 461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process that is implemented when immigration officers received an alert indicating a person seeking entry to the State is wanted for criminal purposes, specifically in the context of the international protection system; if he will confirm that such persons are allowed entry to the State even in circumstances where an...