TDs / Carol Nolan

Official portrait of Carol Nolan

Carol Nolan

Independent Offaly TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

Portrait: © Houses of the Oireachtas (Oireachtas (Open Data) PSI Licence) · source file

1,635
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
52,708
words spoken in the chamber
Across 165 contributions
317
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
323
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 1,635 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 165 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 31 0
February 2025 111 8
March 2025 51 7
April 2025 39 9
May 2025 76 15
June 2025 34 15
July 2025 50 6
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 53 8
October 2025 100 10
November 2025 75 11
December 2025 35 7
January 2026 80 8
February 2026 213 9
March 2026 35 4
April 2026 109 9
May 2026 212 13
June 2026 108 7
July 2026 58 5
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 55 10
October 2026 110 4

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 59 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Offaly 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Independent 29 November 2024 to now
Carol Nolan Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Social
536. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 624 of 16 June 2026, to state how the 5,364 EU/EEA nationals and 2,606 nationals from other countries are entitled to disability allowance; are entitled to have been on it continuously for over five years; which such individuals are the subject of restrictions on their right to reside in Ireland, such as finding ade…
Carol Nolan Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
583. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current status of the proposal made by his predecessor to ban the wearing of face coverings at protests; to summarise any interactions he has had with Garda management on this issue since his appointment as Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49167/26]
Carol Nolan Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Education
296. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the long-promised new school building (details supplied); the reason for the prolonged delay given that negotiations and planning for a new school have been ongoing for over a decade; the expected timeline for progression to tender, construction and completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48632/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Social
210. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason his Department does not collect or publish data on the number of foreign born adults in receipt of means tested social welfare payments; when this data was last reviewed for statistical or policy relevance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47967/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Social
211. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason his Department does not record or publish the nationality or place of birth of qualified adults attached to primary social welfare claims; the number of such qualified adults currently supported by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47968/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Social
212. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has assessed the impact of not collecting data on the nationality or place of birth of qualified adults on the accuracy of expenditure forecasting, fraud detection, and long term welfare planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47969/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Social
213. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Comptroller and Auditor General, his Departments internal audit unit, or any external review has raised concerns regarding the absence of nationality or place of birth data for qualified adults or foreign born recipients of means tested payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47970/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Social
214. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department intends to introduce improved demographic data collection including nationality, place of birth, and qualified adult status for means tested welfare schemes; the expected timeline for any such reforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47971/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Social
215. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has examined the welfare data collection practices of comparable EU Member States in relation to tracking foreign born recipients and qualified adults; and if he will provide details of any such analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47972/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Social
216. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department records the number of applicants who fail the habitual residence condition each year, disaggregated by nationality; and if not, the reason this information is not collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47973/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Social
217. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has identified the minimum demographic data required to assess the long term sustainability of means tested welfare schemes; whether the absence of foreign born and qualified adult data undermines this assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47974/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Social
218. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the legal or policy basis on which his Department has decided not to collect data on the nationality or place of birth of qualified adults or foreign born recipients of means tested welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47975/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Justice
226. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 682 of 16 June 2026, to answer the questions originally asked, specifically to list all occasions from 1 January 2016 to date on which either he or his predecessors have instructed immigration officials to deny entry to the State to specific individuals and to provide the name of all such individua…
Carol Nolan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Taoiseach
95. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach further to his Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 9 June 2026, to confirm the fact that the international protection status of individuals who commit crime is not recorded means that neither the CSO nor the Government have any awareness or means of ascertaining whether international protection applicants are committing criminal offences to a greater or lesser degree than the …
Carol Nolan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Foreign
101. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 16 June 2026, to provide the annual number of instances, by embassy, in which persons were able to access the procedure in place for the advance of funds through the embassy network to facilitate the return of the citizen to Ireland from 2018 to date; the total amount of funds advanced in…
Carol Nolan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Enterprise
289. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total number of individuals who are nationals of countries outside the UK or EEA who have been granted work permits in each of the years from 2011 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [47219/26]
Carol Nolan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Education
305. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which her Department monitors school compliance with the Bí Cineálta procedures; the recourse if any a parent or guardian has in circumstances where they feel a given school is not complying with Bí Cineálta procedures with respect to allegations of bullying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46938/26]
Carol Nolan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Education
306. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she accepts that the revised parental complaints procedure for schools provides adequate independence for parents at each stage of the process; whether her Department has considered introducing an independent element such as a mediator or independent investigator at some point in the procedure before the Ombudsman for Children becomes the first gen…
Carol Nolan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Social
486. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost to date, and the estimated total cost, of the ‘My Future Fund’ advertising campaign on television, radio, newspapers; and the amount spent to date on advertising on RTÉ radio or television. [47214/26]
Carol Nolan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Justice
514. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of nationals of countries outside the UK, EU or EEA who were resident in the State and who were naturalised as Irish citizens in each of the years from 2011 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [47215/26]
Carol Nolan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Justice
515. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of asylum applications which were granted in each of the years from 2011 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [47216/26]
Carol Nolan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Justice
516. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of asylum applications in each of the years from 2011 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [47217/26]
Carol Nolan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Justice
517. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons whose deportation from the State has been confirmed and carried out in each of the years from 2011 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [47218/26]
Carol Nolan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Justice
552. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No.1387 of 9 June 2026, if he is now in a position to provide the information sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47775/26]
Carol Nolan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Agriculture
582. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47431/26]