Carol Nolan

732. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will examine the proposal from an organisation (details supplied) to permanently remove actively farmed land from the Residential Zoned Land Tax; if he will consider maintaining exemptions for farm buildings from commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56264/26]

733. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider extending accelerated capital allowances to additional on-farm efficiency items, including calf feeders, milking parlours and animal health monitoring equipment, as proposed by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56265/26]

734. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the VAT rate on animal vaccines and essential farm medicines to 0% as proposed by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56266/26]

735. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will examine the proposal from an organisation (details supplied) to increase the CAT Category A threshold from €400,000 to €500,000 and to retain 90% agricultural relief for genuine farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56267/26]

736. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider revising stamp duty on agricultural land in line with residential rates, as proposed by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56268/26]

737. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will address the discrepancy between the livestock VAT rate and the Flat Rate Addition VAT rate, as highlighted by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56269/26]

3250. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the current regulatory framework governing minimum benefits under the Health Insurance Act 1994 provides sufficient flexibility for older or vulnerable policyholders who do not require maternity or addiction related mental health cover (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55417/26]

3251. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider initiating a review of the minimum benefit regulations to assess whether mandatory maternity and mental health cover should continue to apply uniformly to all policyholders, including elderly customers who have no realistic prospect of availing of such benefits (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55418/26]

3252. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if her Department has received any representations from private health insurers regarding the need for greater flexibility in the application of minimum benefit requirements, particularly in cases where policyholders can demonstrate that certain benefits are unnecessary or unused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55419/26]

3253. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns that older policyholders may be effectively paying for benefits they neither need nor use due to rigid minimum benefit rules (details supplied); the steps she intends to take to ensure that consumers are not subject to inadvertent mis-selling or inappropriate product bundling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55420/26]

3254. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the Health Insurance Authority to ensure that stronger consumer protection measures are in place to prevent situations where policyholders feel they are being charged for benefits that do not reflect their actual healthcare needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55421/26]

3255. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the recourse that is available to policyholders who believe they have been mis-sold or incorrectly assigned benefits within their health insurance plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55422/26]

3256. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify whether private health insurers have any discretion under existing legislation to offer partial refunds or premium adjustments to policyholders who can demonstrate that they did not require or avail of mandatory minimum benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55423/26]

3257. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider amending legislation to allow insurers to provide refunds or tailored adjustments for elderly policyholders who are obliged to pay for maternity or addiction related mental health cover despite having no need for such services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55424/26]

3721. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints received by Beaumont Hospital's PALS service in each of the past three years; if she will confirm the average response time; the number of complaints that were escalated due to lack of follow up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57468/26]

4094. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of the HSE assessment of the application for pricing and reimbursement of belzutifan (welireg) (details supplied); to outline the current stage of the application within the HSE's formal assessment and approval processes, including the engagement that has taken place with the applicant; to provide an indicative timeline for completion of the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59277/26]

471. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the estimated cost to the Exchequer of extending paid paternity leave from two weeks to eight weeks; whether such costings have been prepared by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53643/26]

501. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps his Department is taking to address organised immigration crime along the eastern and southern seaboard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52741/26]

502. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of incidents recorded in each of the past three years involving suspected smuggling vessels intercepted off the Irish coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52742/26]

503. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the progress made in establishing enhanced data sharing arrangements with UK authorities under the common travel area to address cross Border illegal migration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52743/26]

504. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures being taken to strengthen identity verification processes during the international protection screening procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52744/26]

505. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the extent of cooperation between his Department, An Garda Síochána, the Naval Service and the Irish Coast Guard in monitoring coastal activity linked to illegal migration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52745/26]

506. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any return orders have been issued under the return border procedure since the commencement of the International Protection Act 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52746/26]

581. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of arrests made, prosecutions mounted and convictions secured under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024 in each month since its commencement in October 2024; the number of warnings issued and recorded by members of An Garda Síochána under section 4 of the Act in each month since its commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53580/26]

636. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to set out whether her Department has conducted or intends to conduct any review of the current two-week paid paternity leave entitlement, with particular reference to international best practice and the evidence supporting longer periods of leave for fathers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53638/26]