Parliamentary questions

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

417. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the total costs incurred by her Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any format, for each of the years 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52168/23]

Departmental Communications

Carol Nolan

418. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations (details supplied) from 2020 to date; if so, the topic discussed; the fees paid to the organisations for these briefings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52195/23]

Freedom of Information

Carol Nolan

438. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests that were rejected in their entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51966/23]

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

445. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any format, for each of the years 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52157/23]

Departmental Communications

Carol Nolan

447. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations (details supplied) from 2020 to date; if so, the topic discussed; the fees paid to the organisations for these briefings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52184/23]

Trade Agreements

Carol Nolan

463. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the most recent engagement he and his Department have had with the EU Commission with respect to the European Union and Mercosur states trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52489/23]

Freedom of Information

Carol Nolan

495. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests that were rejected in their entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51967/23]

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

503. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any format, for each of the years 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52158/23]

Departmental Communications

Carol Nolan

504. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations (details supplied) from 2020 to date; if so, the topic discussed; the fees paid to the organisations for these briefings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52185/23]

Gender Recognition

Carol Nolan

517. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details on the research commissioned by his Department to examine issues of concern relating to children aged under 16 years of age being able to access a gender recognition certificate and/or self-declare their gender; the person or company contracted to provide this research and the costs incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52393/23]

Health Services Staff

Carol Nolan

573. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of people employed full time, part time and as contractors by the HSE in each year from establishment to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51924/23]

Freedom of Information

Carol Nolan

580. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests that were rejected in their entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51975/23]

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

610. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any format, for each of the years 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52166/23]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

614. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations (details supplied) from 2020 to date; if so, the topic discussed; the fees paid to the organisations for these briefings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52193/23]

Freedom of Information

Carol Nolan

661. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests that were rejected in their entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51974/23]

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

667. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any format, for each of the years 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52165/23]

Departmental Communications

Carol Nolan

668. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations (details supplied) from 2020 to date; if so, the topic discussed; the fees paid to the organisations for these briefings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52192/23]

Freedom of Information

Carol Nolan

677. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests that were rejected in their entirety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51979/23]

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

678. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total costs incurred by her Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any format, for each of the years 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52170/23]

Departmental Communications

Carol Nolan

679. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations (details supplied) from 2020 to date; if so, the topic discussed; the fees paid to the organisations for these briefings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52197/23]

Tax Yield

Carol Nolan

64. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he or his Department have made any initial calculations regarding the amount of revenue that may be generated by the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51381/23]

Disability Services

Carol Nolan

144. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline what national or international evidence or research, apart from data in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the National Disability Strategy 2004, the Education for Persons with Special Education Needs Act 2004, and the Disability Act 2005, was undertaken or considered in devising the progressing disabilities services programme; what models of implementation elsewhere, if any, were examined; his views on the conceptualisation of the PDS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51284/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

193. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a service (details supplied) applied for and received the Covid recognition payment on behalf of its staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51346/23]

Food Safety

Carol Nolan

194. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the policy of his Department with respect to the development of synthetic food; if he has engaged with the Food and Safety Authority on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51357/23]

Work Permits

Carol Nolan

213. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to announce the completion of the review of the occupations lists for employment permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51009/23]

Work Permits

Carol Nolan

214. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if dental hygienists will be included in the updated list of occupations for non-EEA work permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51010/23]

Work Permits

Carol Nolan

215. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if dental nurses will be included in the updated list of occupations for non-EEA work permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51011/23]

Gender Recognition

Carol Nolan

351. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details on the research commissioned by her Department to examine issues of concern relating to children aged under 16 years of age being able to access a gender recognition certificate and/or self-declare their gender; the person or company contracted to provide this research and the costs incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51119/23]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

447. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify what aspects or provisions of the Child Care Act 1991 he believes need to be updated in order to reflect changes, both in society and in the institutional structures providing child welfare and protection services; his understanding of children's rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51110/23]

Health Services Staff

Carol Nolan

581. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has or is planning to conduct a risk assessment on the recently announced recruitment freeze within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51111/23]

Passport Services

Carol Nolan

63. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the total cost of the passport service, including staff costs, as well as the revenue generated in fees paid by applicants for passports and passport cards, in each year from 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50438/23]

Tax Code

Carol Nolan

124. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns that the residential zoned land tax is being applied in a manner not intended by the legislation underpinning it, specifically that it is giving rise to punitive financial challenges for religious orders, including enclosed religious orders that are in possession of land that enables them to live in an enclosed way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50339/23]

Homeless Accommodation

Carol Nolan

166. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he agrees that it would be unconscionable for there to be any form of taxpayer assistance or bailout of an organisation (details supplied), in view of the fact that it has over €180 million in property assets, as against tax liabilities of €14 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50439/23]

Deportation Orders

Carol Nolan

182. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice how the State and the International Protection Accommodation Services verify that deportations are carried out by persons subject to such orders; if there is a verification process in place; if so, whether she will confirm the number of persons who voluntarily self-deported for each year from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50326/23]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

185. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide details on the engagement her Department has had with the Department of Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to address concerns raised by the Scoping Study on the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Young People in Ireland conducted by UCD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50410/23]

Departmental Policies

Carol Nolan

189. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the work of her Department to advance the recommendations of the O'Malley review of protections for vulnerable witnesses in the investigation and prosecution of sexual offences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50419/23]

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

190. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of the costs to date of the "Victims Charter" advertising campaign which is currently ongoing; the total budget which has been allocated to date; the amount which has been paid to RTÉ to date; and the overall amount which is likely to be paid to RTÉ over the course of the campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50441/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

191. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 26 September 2023, how much of this overall spend has been paid to RTÉ to date; how much has been budgeted to be paid to RTÉ over the full course of the "Serious Consequences" campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50442/23]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

192. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of homicides in each year from 2000 to date; the breakdown of the number of victims by gender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50443/23]

Animal Diseases

Carol Nolan

212. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify if there are compensation options available for farmers where their goat herd contracts tuberculosis in the same manner as financial supports are available to beef and cattle farmers in a similar situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50342/23]

Agriculture Industry

Carol Nolan

215. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he envisages any supports being put in place to assist the potato sector following concerns raised by farmer representative bodies that harvesting of this year’s crop is now essentially a salvage operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50408/23]

Disability Services

Carol Nolan

221. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 988 of 7 November 2023, how much of the total outlay outlined in his reply was paid to RTÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50440/23]

Irish Aid

Carol Nolan

17. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Irish Aid has provided any funding to human rights and or rule-of-law NGOs in Georgia in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50094/23]

Pension Provisions

Carol Nolan

103. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection how exemptions, granted under regulations made under Section 37(1) of the Pensions Act 1990, from the pension preservation requirements of Part III of the Act, are monitored for ongoing compliance with the conditions which permitted their exemption when applied for; if she considers that the legislation is in full accord with the EU Directive and is adequate for such monitoring of continuous compliance with the conditions of an exemption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50090/23]

Food Industry

Carol Nolan

114. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of proposals by the Italian Agriculture Minister to ban synthetic food including the production, import and marketing of food produced in laboratories; if he will outline his Department's position with respect to synthetic foods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50128/23]

International Protection

Carol Nolan

128. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm if officials from his Department or from the international protection service have engaged with Wicklow County Council or Arklow Municipal District Council regarding the potential use of a location for IP applicants or beneficiaries of temporary protection (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50098/23]

Children in Care

Carol Nolan

131. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 28 June 2023; to provide an update on the work engaged in by his Department with the Department of Justice to review the findings and recommendations of the scoping report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50120/23]

Middle East

Carol Nolan

48. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the rights of Palestinian people to protest within the state of Israel and the West Bank, and the international law position on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49391/23]

Diplomatic Representation

Carol Nolan

49. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to list all foreign ambassadors, or equivalent, who have been expelled since the foundation of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49392/23]

Diplomatic Representation

Carol Nolan

50. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to list all embassy or consular staff who have been expelled since the foundation of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49393/23]