Parliamentary questions

Departmental Consultations

Carol Nolan

78. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from organisations (details supplied) from 2021 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. [46750/23]

Departmental Consultations

Carol Nolan

85. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from organisations (details supplied) from 2021 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. [46749/23]

Departmental Consultations

Carol Nolan

101. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from organisations (details supplied) from 2021 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. [46762/23]

Departmental Consultations

Carol Nolan

105. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from organisations (details supplied) from 2021 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. [46755/23]

Departmental Consultations

Carol Nolan

119. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from organisations (details supplied) from 2021 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. [46759/23]

Departmental Consultations

Carol Nolan

129. 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 from organisations (details supplied) from 2021 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. [46756/23]

Diplomatic Representation

Carol Nolan

144. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if Irish Embassy, consular, or mission staff in Albania and Georgia, which are designated safe countries, have engaged with any representatives of the Albanian or Georgian Governments or government agencies to determine the reason such large numbers of their citizens are choosing Ireland as a country in which to apply for international protection, given there are no conflicts currently ongoing in those countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46901/23]

Departmental Consultations

Carol Nolan

151. 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 from organisations (details supplied) from 2021 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. [46746/23]

Departmental Consultations

Carol Nolan

157. 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 from organisations (details supplied) from 2021 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. [46747/23]

Departmental Consultations

Carol Nolan

171. 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 from organisations (details supplied) from 2021 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. [46754/23]

Departmental Consultations

Carol Nolan

203. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from organisations (details supplied) from 2021 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. [46761/23]

Departmental Consultations

Carol Nolan

207. 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 from organisations (details supplied) from 2021 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. [46758/23]

Departmental Schemes

Carol Nolan

209. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a breakdown of the allocations made under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46917/23]

Departmental Programmes

Carol Nolan

210. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community-based organisations supported by her Department's community services programme, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46918/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

117. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; and if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication. [46552/23]

Irish Aid

Carol Nolan

119. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of grants given by Irish Aid in each of the years 2019 to 2022 to organisations (details supplied); if the money was used for the promotion of abortion or the delivery of abortion services in Africa or other developing regions; how this spending has been monitored and evaluated by Irish Aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46131/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

124. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46544/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

136. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46542/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

146. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46539/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

175. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46554/23]

Revenue Commissioners

Carol Nolan

189. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the Revenue Commissioners to address concerns regarding the inadequate and inefficient operation of the automated import and automated export system, which is having a seriously adverse financial impact on haulage companies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46196/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

200. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46543/23]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

202. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the estimated proportion of corporation tax receipts that were spent on capital expenditure from 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46591/23]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

203. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the total corporation tax receipts and the total tax receipts under all headings for each of the years 2010 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46592/23]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

204. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if a portion of corporation tax receipts were ring-fenced for capital expenditure from 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46593/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

211. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46549/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

234. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46541/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

289. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if she will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46540/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

309. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if she will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46553/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

336. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46547/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Carol Nolan

354. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if the fuel allowance payment is available to those on long-term illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46234/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

373. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if she will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46551/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

399. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if she will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46548/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

434. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46537/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

484. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46538/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

595. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46546/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

647. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46545/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

655. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if she will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46550/23]

Departmental Funding

Carol Nolan

207. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to clarify if her Department is working to establish a dedicated mitigation fund for downstream businesses in counties Offaly, Laois and elsewhere impacted by the lack of hotel and guesthouse beds and accommodation that are currently being utilised for international protection applicants or beneficiaries of temporary protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45982/23]

Tax Credits

Carol Nolan

102. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance to clarify the conditions that must be fulfilled for a person to claim carer's credits; what evidence is required or would be accepted to prove a person was a carer if, for example, they never applied for carers allowance but engaged in caring for a family member for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45388/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Carol Nolan

204. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection when parents with children of 18 years and in full-time post primary education can expect to receive children's allowance payments; if such payments will be backdated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45505/23]

Health Services

Carol Nolan

245. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will urge the HSE to reconsider its decision to refuse funding to a cancer support group (details supplied); the reason this group is being denied funding at CHO 8 level despite CHO 8 funding being provided to other organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45384/23]

Health Service Executive

Carol Nolan

246. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to direct the HSE to respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); the reason the HSE has not responded to a number of representations on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45385/23]

Budget 2024

Carol Nolan

265. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if support centres (details supplied) have been allocated any funding in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45518/23]

National Security

Carol Nolan

90. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to confirm that Hamas is a designated terrorist organisation in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44757/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

106. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding supports offered by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) since 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44918/23]

Sports Facilities

Carol Nolan

298. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on the steps she is taking or plans to take with respect to the use of the National Stadium by an organisation (details supplied); if she or officials from her Department have engaged with the organisation as part of efforts to investigate the use of the National Stadium by the organisation; the basis for her concerns in this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45370/23]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Carol Nolan

340. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has engaged with an approved housing body (details supplied) regarding recent financial governance concerns that have arisen; if his Department has received any requests from this AHB for funding support since 1 August 2023; if he or his officials have engaged in any way with the AHB since 1 August 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45256/23]

Gender Recognition

Carol Nolan

347. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the inquiries, if any, which are undertaken by her or her Department to ensure that an applicant for a gender recognition certificate under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 has a settled and solemn intention of living in the preferred gender for the rest of their lives, as required by the Act; the steps taken to establish the veracity of statutory declarations made to that effect by applicants under the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44637/23]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

376. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to outline if the expression transgender has been defined elsewhere in Irish law. [44638/23]

Ukraine War

Carol Nolan

377. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 436 of 9 May 2023 and 521 of 23 May 2023, the reason if Ukrainian applicants for temporary protection have provided his Department with proof of their address in Ukraine as stated in her replies, her Department cannot provide a breakdown of the regions in Ukraine from where those applicants originated from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44639/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Carol Nolan

380. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if demonstrating public support for proscribed terrorist organisations through such activities as marches, displaying of banners, posters or online activity which affirms the goals of such organisations, is prohibited by law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44759/23]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

381. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of all organisations or groups designated as terrorist organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44760/23]

Middle East

Carol Nolan

382. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has made any efforts to determine the presence of the Hamas terrorist organisation within the State, and also supporters of the Hamas terrorist organisation in Ireland who may be funding its operation internationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44761/23]

Agriculture Industry

Carol Nolan

419. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the deadline for lime to be spread beyond 31 March 2024 to 15 July 2024 to allow farmers time to spread the lime after first cut silage if the weather has not improved sufficiently before then; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44755/23]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

480. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 832 of 11 July 2023, the estimated number of religious buildings which can avail of the exemption outlined in section 3 of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44640/23]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

481. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1724 of 11 September 2023, the scope of his engagement with Taillte Éireann, the information was elicited from this engagement, and how this informed the drafting of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44641/23]

Healthcare Policy

Carol Nolan

513. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if dementia is classified as a disability in his Department's healthcare policy or the policy of the HSE; if not, the reason for same; if there are plans to change this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44741/23]

Pharmacy Services

Carol Nolan

514. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to address concerns that some older persons who do not hold a medical card are being asked to pay extra money at their chemist in order to get their medication put into a blister pack; if reimbursement options are available for such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44742/23]

Health Services

Carol Nolan

550. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a comprehensive breakdown of the €31.5 million allocated in 2023 to the free contraception scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44951/23]

Fire Stations

Carol Nolan

129. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 904 of 11 September 2023, to clarify the reason I was informed on 11 September 2023 that the Clara fire station project was not included in his Department's construction programme, and would only be reassessed on an annual basis only for a decision to be made less than a month later approving the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44491/23]

Road Safety

Carol Nolan

64. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport when the review which led to the recently announced reduction in speed limits was initially commenced; to outline the research and engagement with third parties which was undertaken during this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44224/23]

Tax Data

Carol Nolan

72. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the estimated total additional revenue which will be generated in a full year by the first two increases in excise duty on petrol, diesel and market gas oil which were implemented in June and September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44226/23]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

121. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when drafting of the Planning and Development Bill 2023 first commenced; when it was completed before submission to Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44229/23]

Legal Aid

Carol Nolan

150. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to outline the current criteria which apply to the granting of criminal legal aid; to state or estimate the number of applications which are made and accepted or refused in each year; whether she has any intention to review the legislation in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44225/23]

Citizenship Ceremonies

Carol Nolan

151. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of citizenships granted to persons not born within the State in each year from 2000 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44227/23]

Citizenship Ceremonies

Carol Nolan

152. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of citizenship ceremonies held in each year from 2000 to date; the total number of persons who have been granted citizenship at such ceremonies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44228/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Carol Nolan

160. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 5 October 2023, if the over 30 staff members that are envisaged to form part of the agency will be drawn from existing staff from other Departments or Government agencies; if not, if they will be new hires in addition to existing Departmental or agency staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44392/23]

Abortion Services

Carol Nolan

202. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 644 of 3 October 2023, if any research has been conducted or commenced by his Department into the likely number of safe access zones which will be created by the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44230/23]

Customs and Excise

Carol Nolan

130. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a commitment that there will be no change to the excise duty applied to agri-diesel due to low road usage of farm machinery and no viable alternative for use in farm machinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44027/23]

Tax Code

Carol Nolan

131. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will retain section 664A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 and extend it to include agricultural contractors to mitigate the increased cost of production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44028/23]

Customs and Excise

Carol Nolan

132. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if there will be a suspension of LPG carbon tax for 2023 and 2024 for farmers and agri-contractors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44029/23]

Tax Rebates

Carol Nolan

133. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will support a proposal that glasshouse growers of food crops using CO2 enrichment, should be granted a carbon tax relief or rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44030/23]

Tax Code

Carol Nolan

134. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will support a permanent retention of two step-out years per five-year cycle in cases in which a farmer is allowed to step-out of income averaging more than once in a five-year period (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44031/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Carol Nolan

143. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will fully honour the commitments made in the Programme for Government - Our Shared Future to ring-fence €1.5 billion of carbon tax receipts over the next ten years for agri-environment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44089/23]

Disability Services

Carol Nolan

326. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will support the request from an organisation (details supplied) for funding support to enable its vital work of providing financial assistance directly to parents of children with life-limiting or chronic complex care needs across Ireland to help with the non-medical expenses related to caring for their child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43758/23]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

349. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware whether there have been any prosecutions brought between 2019 to date in 2023 of an entry way to a premises being blocked by participants involved in a public pro-life assembly; if so, to provide details on such events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43680/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Carol Nolan

400. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide €90 million in funding for TAMS in 2024 to keep it in line with current levels of inflation costing which must be updated before the opening of each tranche; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44032/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Carol Nolan

401. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include grant-aid for dribble bars, rubber mats and quad gates under TAMS in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44033/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Carol Nolan

402. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support a proposal that a young farmer capital investment scheme and the women capital investment scheme needs to be established (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44034/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Carol Nolan

403. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts that there is a need for a significant upward revision of TAMS 3 for the pig sector to facilitate the significant investment required at farm level and consideration of funding this through a separate mechanism to TAMS 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44035/23]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Carol Nolan

436. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support the request from an organisation (details supplied) for funding support to enable its vital work of providing financial assistance directly to parents of children with life-limiting or chronic complex care needs across Ireland to help with the non-medical expenses related to caring for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43759/23]

Healthcare Policy

Carol Nolan

479. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the decision by the Health Secretary in the UK to implement a single sex policy in NHS hospitals meaning that transgender women who were born biological males will no longer have access to female-only wards; if he will support such a policy here for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43553/23]

Abortion Services

Carol Nolan

513. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health how much territory, in metres, in Táilte Éireann or any other relevant body which has informed the Government's introduction of exclusion zone legislation, it is estimated will be covered by prospective abortion exclusion zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43678/23]

Departmental Funding

Carol Nolan

526. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the request from an organisation (details supplied) for funding support to enable its vital work of providing financial assistance directly to parents of children with life-limiting or chronic complex care needs across Ireland to help with the non-medical expenses related to caring for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43757/23]

Courts Service

Carol Nolan

165. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department had any engagements with or made submissions to the Department of Justice with respect to the establishment of the new planning and environment division of the High Court; if he will share any submission made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43313/23]

Tax Code

Carol Nolan

212. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will reinstate the VAT equalisation measure for rental cars in budget 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43341/23]

Civil Service

Carol Nolan

227. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the employment policy of the Civil Service supports the implementation of gender quotas when hiring new staff; if so, the steps that have been taken to implement such a policy from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43281/23]

Education Policy

Carol Nolan

245. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied), specifically regarding the need to draw up and implement a national plan for the support and management of exceptionally able children in the Irish education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43334/23]

Courts Service

Carol Nolan

269. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department had any engagements with or made submissions to the Department of Justice with respect to the establishment of the new planning and environment division of the High Court; if he will share any submission made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43314/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Carol Nolan

290. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the funding allocation that will be made available to facilitate the operation of the proposed statutory agency with a dedicated focus on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; the number of staff she anticipates the agency will employ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43316/23]

Health Services Staff

Carol Nolan

325. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason recruitment for new genomic resource associate roles at the department of clinical genetics at CHI Crumlin, as specified as part of implementation of the national genetics and genomics strategy, is being held up, in spite of the fact that €2.7 million was allocated to implementation of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43210/23]

Abortion Services

Carol Nolan

326. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if it is the policy of his Department to support measures designed to ensure that the number of termination of pregnancies can be reduced year on year; the practical supports he is putting in place to ensure that the number of termination of pregnancies does not continue to grow year on year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43211/23]

European Union

Carol Nolan

134. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach if he has acted on his recent statement that he would invite EU Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkievicius to Ireland to discuss the outcome of the recent nitrates derogation decision. [42564/23]

Departmental Policies

Carol Nolan

237. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on measures to reconstitute the Disabled Drivers Medical Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42241/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Carol Nolan

474. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown by county of the €10.9m paid out under the tillage incentive scheme (TIS) in 2022 in tabular form as well as payments made to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42234/23]

Regulatory Bodies

Carol Nolan

492. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the establishment and work of the new agri-food regulator, An Rialálaí Agraibhia; the number of staff to be employed by the regulator; the positions they will hold; the budget allocated to enable it to operate and for it to engage in its investigative role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42566/23]

Childcare Services

Carol Nolan

519. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify the steps he has taken to prevent further strike action from members of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42240/23]

International Protection

Carol Nolan

555. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any properties formerly in use as nursing homes have been offered to his Department for use to accommodate international protection applicants or beneficiaries of temporary protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42647/23]

Abortion Services

Carol Nolan

644. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of proposed 'safe access zones' that Tailte Éireann and his Department estimate will be created by the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42498/23]