Results 121-140 of 6,712 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Regulations (2 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to date of delivering the national Government digital wallet initiative involving over 500 public servants, as part of the EU’s plan to offer digital identity to all of its citizens and residents by 2026, under the eIDAS 2.0 regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52841/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (2 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 279. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on that of an organisation (details supplied) that changes in our regulatory environment are critical to a more competitive business environment; that a well-designed and enforced regulatory environment is a critical feature of a modern, complex economy and can boost growth in living standards; that there are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: EU Regulations (2 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has undertaken any work toward assisting with the roll-out of a digital ID system; if his Department is involved with implementing the EU’s plan to offer digital identity to all of its citizens and residents by 2026 under the eIDAS 2.0 regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52852/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (2 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on recent reports (details supplied) that the child benefit payment system is subject to abuse by non-resident nationals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52853/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (2 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 336. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons from 2018 to date who have had child benefit payments ended because of fraud or because they were found to have misled his Department with respect to compliance and eligibility rules; the estimated cost to the taxpayer involving such cases in terms of monies that were paid out that should not have been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (2 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which his Department ensures that people who are the subject of deportation orders are removed from IPAS accommodation to which they are not entitled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52755/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (2 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality If he will seek data from An Garda Síochána on the number of persons arrested in each year from 2020 to date in 2025 who were found to be in breach of a deportation order; the number of such persons who were detained and for how long; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52756/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Business Supports (2 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he supports the introduction of a national training voucher scheme that would support employers, and particularly SMEs, in addressing both the direct and indirect costs of training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52660/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Flag (1 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the protocols, guidelines or legislation in place to govern the use and display of the national flag; and his views on whether amendments are needed [52313/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (1 Oct 2025)

Carol Nolan: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of all instances when a Head of State or Government of an EU member state visited Ireland but was not formally received by the President, the Taoiseach or the Minister for foreign affairs from 2000 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52315/25]

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

Carol Nolan: 6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the attacks by Hamas on civilians in Israel on October 2023 constituted a genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52316/25]

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]